Foto del docente

Anna Zaghini

Full Professor

Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences

Academic discipline: VET/07 Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology

Curriculum vitae

Download Curriculum Vitae (.pdf 119KB )

ZAGHINI Anna

POSITION: Full Professor

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 06/08/1956 - Bologna (Italy)

E-MAIL: anna.zaghini@unibo.it

ADDRESS: Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna

EDUCATION, ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND DIPLOMAS

1980-Faculty of Pharmacy-University of Bologna (Italy): Doctor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technologies

INSTITUTION ATTENDED AND POSITION OBTAINED

1983-1998-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine-University of Bologna: Researcher

1998-2006-Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Pathology (DSPVPA)-University of Bologna: Associate Professor

2006 to the present -Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (DIMEVET)-University of Bologna: Full Professor

2000-Certiquality (Italy): Quality System Internal Auditor

2001-Certiquality (Italy): Quality System Third Parts Auditor

2009-2010-SUM Management School-Politecnico di Milano: The evaluation process, The normative and

legislative aspects and the planning in the University

TEACHING (currently)

Veterinary Medicine: Veterinary pharmacology and pharmacy; Non-Conventional Medicines (NCM) alternative or complementary to the allopatic Medicine

Aquaculture and fish production hygene: Veterinary toxicology

Safety and quality in animal productions: The good use of antimicrobials in farm animals

Master of Veterinary Phytotherapy

In the past she was involved in three different Post graduated Schools and in a Master (University of Bologna), teaching: Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology; Veterinary Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacosurveillance; Pharmacology of medicinal plants

Academic assignment and collegiate bodies relevant for research

INTRAMURAL COMMITTEES

1998-2014 Person in charge for the ISO 9001 Certification of the DSPVPA

1999-2014 Person in charge of the Pharmacology and Toxicology Unit-DSPVPA

2000-2007 Member of the Scientific Commission of the University of Bologna (Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences)

2001-2004 Delegate of the Dean for the Research Commission of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

2001-2015 Member of the Board of the Department (DSPVPA and DIMEVET)

2001-2006 Deputy Director of the DSPVPA

2004 Proponent of a SPIN OFF (approved by the University of Bologna) to set up the enterprise Vetspin Srl

2007 to the present Member of ALMAFOOD IRT – University of Bologna

2006-2010 Director of the DSPVPA

2012-2015 Head of the School of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine

2018 to the present Director of the Master in Veterinary Phytotherapy

EXTRAMURAL COMMITEES

2000 to the present – Reviewer of MIUR of national research projects (PRIN, FIRB)

2011 to 2018 - Included in the EFSA expert database

2009 to the present - Member of the Reference Group for the Pharmacovigilance of Regione Emilia-Romagna (Italy)

PUBLICATIONS

Author and co-Author of 143 publications (more relevant; articles, proceeding papers, etc.):

- 75 full papers

- / short communications

- 68 national/international Congress abstracts

BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS RELATED TO PUBLICATIONS AND CITATIONS

Citation report (source: Web of Science™ and Scopus, March 28th, 2022)

One hundred and fourtythree (143) publications (articles, proceeding papers, etc.)

Citation report: Web of Science

- sum of the times cited: 560

- sum of times cited without self-citations: 536

- citing articles: 525

- citing articles without self-citations: 510

- average citations per item: 10,57

- Hirsch index (H-index): 12 / Scopus: 13

MAJOR RESEARCH TOPICS

The major research interests are dealing with:

- Pharmacokinetic profile of drugs or toxic molecules to settle the kinetic parameters

- Presence in feed of different environmental contaminants such as heavy metals, organochlorine compounds, and mycotoxins

- Residues of mycotoxins in food producing animal species

- Legal and illegal drugs used in producing animal species

- Effects of xenobiotics on hepatic and extra-hepatic (CNS) metabolism cytochrome P450-dependent

- Residue depletion study

- Antibiotic resistance (collaboration in the project “Valutazione sull’uso di antibiotic in Medicina Veterinaria per la prevenzione dell’antibioticoresistenza con particolare interesse ai principali agenti zoonotici presenti in Emilia-Romagna”)

- Translational medicine: Evaluation of the efficacy of human drugs in transgenic animal models

- Evaluation of the efficacy of phytotherapics in Veterinary Medicine

SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS

- Italian Society of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (SIFTVet) (2021 to the present President of the Society)

- CellTox (Associazione Italiana Tossicologia in vitro)

ACHIEVEMENT OF AWARDS AND OTHER RECOGNITIONS

/

DEGREE OF SUCCESS IN PREVIOUS ITALIAN OR INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

European Projects:

- 2012 and 2013 Coordinator of 2 European Project: Assuring safe and high QUAlity MARINE food-AQUAMARINE (2012); BiosensorS for real monitoring and Early Warning of marine biotoxin hazard-SEAWIZARD (2013). Both proposals exceeded the threshold scores against the evaluation criteria described in work programme, but were not be retained for funding due to insufficient budget.

- 2019 Partner (WP3 “Nutrition” and WP5 “Public health and environment impacts”) of the project ERA-HDHL “Knowledge Hub on Food and Nutrition Security (granted)

Italian Projects:

- 2015 2015NL8JWS_003: “Effects of curcuminoids on the toxicity and mammary excretion of Aflatoxins (B1 and B2) and their metabolites in dairy cows”

Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), Progetto di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) 2015. Head of Research Unit (HRU)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

- Peer reviewing scientific projects: Reviewer in the VQR MIUR evaluation process; Expert of the Italian MIUR for the evaluation of research projects

- Peer reviewing scientific publications: Veterinaria Italiana, Summa, Italian Journal of Animal Science, Italian Journal of Food Science, BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, Journal of Food Protection, Food Additives and Contaminants, New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Chemosphere, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmaceutics, Food and Chemical Toxicology, Frontiers Veterinary Science, Toxins, Xenobiotica, Toxins.

Latest news

At the moment no news are available.