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. 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
2. Rusu, D, Davood, J, Avetisian, H, Lindgren, AR, Flynn, C, Banerjee, R, Satish, VL, Napolitano, M, Khorsandi, J, Karakash, WJ et al.. Incidence and Predictors of Symptomatic Retroperitoneal Fluid Collection Following Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Global Spine J. 2026; :21925682261458876. doi: 10.1177/21925682261458876. PubMed PMID:42237917 PubMed Central PMC13236715
3. Giaccari, A, Gliozzo, G, Ciccarelli, G, Di Giuseppe, G, Castellano, C, Cum, S, Delle Monache, L, Gallo, M, Lastretti, M, Medea, G et al.. Evidence-based recommendations for the use of continuous glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes: the Italian guidelines. Acta Diabetol. 2026; :. doi: 10.1007/s00592-026-02693-6. PubMed PMID:42207272
4. Crane, JG, Slaughter, MS, Gallo, M. Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement at 7 Years. N Engl J Med. 2026;394 (20):2066. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2604007. PubMed PMID:42202333
5. Larrosa-García, M, Pamplona, IA, Tolosa, SR, Morales, AJ, Martínez, MTS, Gallo, MM, Colobran, R, Vicente, HG, Pena, NM, Macías, RPB et al.. Impact of FCGR2A and FCGR3A Gene Variants on the Response to Rituximab in Patients With Glomerular Diseases. Pharmacol Res Perspect. 2026;14 (3):e70261. doi: 10.1002/prp2.70261. PubMed PMID:42170767 PubMed Central PMC13240126
6. Gallo, MT, Acquah, AME, Sbabo, L, Fumagalli, F, Brivio, P, Calabrese, F. Lactational Serotonergic Perturbation Imprints Stress-Related Transcriptional Profiles in the Adolescent Female Rat Prefrontal Cortex. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2026;17 (11):2122-2131. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6c00082. PubMed PMID:42170745 PubMed Central PMC13237732
7. Krug, B, Hu, B, Chen, H, Negrón-Lomas, C, Chen, X, El Mouatani, A, Gretarsson, KH, Ptack, A, Deshmukh, S, Kabir, N et al.. H3K27me3 spreading organizes canonical PRC1 chromatin architecture to regulate developmental programs. Nat Genet. 2026; :. doi: 10.1038/s41588-026-02586-y. PubMed PMID:42151415
8. Crane, JG, Gallo, M. How to Plan a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Failed Aortic Homograft. JACC Case Rep. 2026;31 (17):107846. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.107846. PubMed PMID:42059494 PubMed Central PMC13130898
9. de Oliveira, CA, Soares, MVR, de Pinho, CSN, Pinto, JP, Frota, AF, Moreira, ACO, Silva, MFS, Batista, TO, Hallak, JEC, Sheheryar, S et al.. A high-resolution plasma proteomic framework for stratifying treatment resistance and ultra-resistance in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2026;294 :86-95. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2026.04.022. PubMed PMID:42048856
10. Hariharan, S, Gallo, M, Roca, AS, Crimmins, SD, Reece, EA. From Knowledge to Competency: Building a Stratified Training Model in Maternal-Fetal Medicine for Advanced Diabetes in Pregnancy Care. Am J Perinatol. 2026;43 (8):1104-1112. doi: 10.1055/a-2852-4938. PubMed PMID:42030979