Jacinto Convit Garcia was a Venezuelan physician and scientist, known for developing a vaccine to prevent leprosy and his studies to treat cancer.
17 Facts About Jacinto Convit
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Jacinto Convit played a role in founding Venezuela's National Institute of Biomedicine and held many leprosy-related positions.
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In 1988, Jacinto Convit was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine for his experimental anti-leprosy vaccine.
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The son of Francesc Convit i Marti, a Spaniard from the region of Catalonia who was a naturalized Venezuelan citizen, Jacinto Convit Garcia was born in La Pastora, Libertador Municipality, Caracas in 1913.
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Jacinto Convit's mother was Flora Garcia Marrero, a Venezuelan with Canarian roots.
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Jacinto Convit began his studies in the Caracas School and continued in the Andres Bello lyceum.
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Jacinto Convit was a pupil of Romulo Gallegos in philosophy and mathematics.
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Jacinto Convit earned his title as a Medical Science Doctor in 1938.
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Jacinto Convit began his teaching career in 1940 and was appointed Head of the Dermatology Clinic in 1950.
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Jacinto Convit subsequently played a major role in founding the National Institute of Dermatology in 1972.
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In 1968, Jacinto Convit was elected president of the International Leprosy Association and was re-elected in 1973.
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In 1971, Jacinto Convit was named by the WHO as Director of the Co-operative Centre for the Study and Histological Classification of Leprosy.
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In 1976, Jacinto Convit was elected Director of the Pan American Research and Training in Leprosy and Tropical Diseases.
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Jacinto Convit was named president of the International Journal of Leprosy.
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In 1987, Jacinto Convit added killed Mycobacterium leprae to the BCG vaccine.
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Jacinto Convit worked on onchocerciasis, mycosis, and other tropical diseases.
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Jacinto Convit published his last study at age 100 in 2013.