# Charles M. Rice

_American virologist_

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> Charles Moen Rice (born August 25, 1952) is an American virologist and Nobel Prize laureate whose main area of research is the hepatitis C virus. He is a professor of virology at the Rockefeller University and an adjunct professor at Cornell University and Washington University School of Medicine. At the time of the award he was a faculty at Rockefeller.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 25 August 1952 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22669757#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Sacramento ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22669757#P19))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22669757#P27))
- **Occupation:** virologist; researcher; biochemist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22669757#P106))
- **Education:** University of California, Davis; Rio Americano High School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22669757#P69))
- **Official website:** rockefeller.edu/our-scientists/heads-of-laboratories/893-charles-m-rice ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22669757#P856))
- **Awards:** Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award; M. W. Beijerinck Prize for Virology; InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize; Robert Koch Prize; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22669757#P166))

## About

Rice is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, member of the National Academy of Sciences and was president of the American Society for Virology from 2002 to 2003. He received the 2016 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, jointly with Ralf F. W. Bartenschlager and Michael J. Sofia. Along with Michael Houghton and Harvey J. Alter, he was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus."

## Questions

**When was Charles M. Rice born?**  
Charles M. Rice was born on 25 August 1952 in Sacramento.

**Where did Charles M. Rice study?**  
Charles M. Rice was educated at University of California, Davis, Rio Americano High School.

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- [Image: Charles M. Rice.jpg by Bill Branson (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_M._Rice.jpg)

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