Dr. Gallo is a Professor in the Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, and a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences. Dr Gallo is an Adjunct Professor both in the School of Public Health and in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy of Rutgers University. He is a founding member of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute where he served as Director of Toxicology, and as Director of the NIEHS Center of Excellence. He was the founding Director of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Associate Dean for Research. Dr. Gallo is a renowned toxicologist with expertise in the area of dioxins and PCBs, experimental models in pharmacology and toxicology, cytoplasmic and cell surface receptors, hormone biology and mechanisms of hormonal and environmental carcinogenesis. His avocation is History of Toxicology. Dr. Gallo served on several NIH committees including the ALTOX-4 Study Section, Chair of the Board of Scientific Councilors of the National Toxicology Program, and member of the NIEHS Board of Councilors. He also served as Chair of the NCI Centers Review committee, as well as a member of several NAS/NRC Expert committees including Drinking Water and Health; Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children; Risk Assessment Methodology; and the National Research Council/Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine. He served the US-EPA as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, and the Dioxin Review Science Advisory Board. Dr. Gallo was Chair of the New Jersey Governor’s Pesticide Control Council, and the New Jersey Cancer Risk Commission. Dr. Gallo serves as a consultant to the academic, government and private sectors.

Research Areas

Dioxins; Experimental Models; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Ocular Toxicity; Cytoplasmic Receptors; Hormones; Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis; Cell Surface Receptors; and Chemical Carcinogenesis

Scholarly Activities

• 2011: Society of Toxicology Education Award
• 2001: Chair, Hormonal Carcinogenesis Gordon Research Conference
• 2000: Ambassador of Toxicology, Mid-Atlantic Society of Toxicology
• 1985: Chair, Mechanisms of Toxicity Gordon Research Conference
• 1985: UMDNJ Exceptional Merit Award
• 1979: Russell Sage College Outstanding Alumni
• 1971-1972: NIH Post Doctoral Fellow
• 1968-1971 NIH Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Recent Publications

1. Assaf, S, Bozek, DA, Heemskerk, K, Banks, A, MacLeod, G, Bahia, RK, Cutts, E, Johnston, MJ, Cseh, O, Angers, S et al.. Glioblastoma stem cell growth requires DOT1L-MED23 control of enhancer accessibility. Cell Rep. 2026;45 (7):117647. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117647. PubMed PMID:42397736
2. Gallo, M, Occhioni, F, Daniele, R, Casciola, CM. Hydrodynamical pathways in the phase change of real fluids. Commun Phys. 2026;9 (1):220. doi: 10.1038/s42005-026-02639-y. PubMed PMID:42395050 PubMed Central PMC13323055
3. Choueiri, TK, Motzer, RJ, Karam, JA, Yip, W, Suárez, C, Ye, D, He, Z, Caglevic, C, Ferguson, T, Chang, YH et al.. Adjuvant Pembrolizumab plus Belzutifan for Renal-Cell Carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2026;395 (1):32-43. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2518245. PubMed PMID:42384869
4. Dou, R, Castel, B, Tanney, CAS, Miguel, VN, Bredow, M, Melkonian, K, Gallo, MCR, Keller, J, Goncalves-Dias, M, El Mahboubi, K et al.. Divergent Roles of CPK28 in Immune Homeostasis Across Land Plants. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2026; :. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-02-26-0020-SC. PubMed PMID:42373094
5. Salamone, PC, Dowzuk, NA, Gallo, MN, Boehme, R. Social touch is associated with disrupted bodily self-concept in people with depersonalization symptoms. Acta Psychol (Amst). 2026;268 :107307. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107307. PubMed PMID:42322820
6. Simmons, RK, Raut, P, Younes, ST, Gallo, M. Inaccurate interpretation of hypoxia signatures from transcriptomic analyses in neuro-oncology. Neoplasia. 2026;79 :101327. doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2026.101327. PubMed PMID:42308836 PubMed Central PMC13293650
7. Avril, T, Le Gallo, M, Lafont, E. Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modifications in the endoplasmic reticulum stress response. FEBS J. 2026; :. doi: 10.1111/febs.70622. PubMed PMID:42300786
8. Sambade, IM, Cao, A, Costas, D, de Santiago, JA, Ortega-Iñarrea, M, Hermida, M, Pardo, BG, Caballero, A, Gallo, M, Villalba, A et al.. Moderate-high heritability and QTL associated with Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum resistance to the parasite Perkinsus olseni. BMC Genomics. 2026; :. doi: 10.1186/s12864-026-13057-3. PubMed PMID:42298410
9. Lozzi, B, Gatesman, TA, Dasgupta, P, Sardar, D, Ko, Y, Mao, C, Chen, HC, Curry, RN, Choi, D, Mohila, CA et al.. Hp1bp3 loss links chromatin reorganization to metabolic vulnerability in glioma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026;123 (24):e2601061123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2601061123. PubMed PMID:42268888 PubMed Central PMC13273316
10. Fazioli, F, Colella, G, Miceli, R, Salvatore, MGD, Gallo, M, Boccella, S, Chiara, A, Ruosi, C, Nigris, F. Correction: Postsurgery fluids promote transition of cancer stem cell toendothelial and AKT/mTOR activity contributing to relapse of giant cell tumors of bone. Oncotarget. 2026;17 (1):244-245. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.28872. PubMed PMID:42262148 PubMed Central PMC13249081