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
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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.