Marcello Costa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Marcello Costa

Italian-born Australian medical doctor, research academic, and public health advocate

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1940

Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Profession: scientist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Marcello Costa (born 9 January 1940) is an Italian-born Australian medical researcher, academic, and public health advocate. He specializes in the structure and functions of the enteric nervous system.
He taught in Turin, Melbourne, and Helsinki before moving to Adelaide in 1975 where he was a foundation lecturer at the Flinders Medical School, building the new discipline of neuroscience at the college. He has been at Flinders University since, where he is the Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Neurophysiology in the Department of Physiology. He co-founded the Australian Neuroscience Society, the South Australian Neuroscience Institute (SANI) and the Friends of Science in Medicine (FSM).
He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal and the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award by the Federation of Neurogastroenterology and Motility Societies.