Research and didactic areas:
- Internal medicine and geriatrics
- Cardiovascular disease prevention
- Clinical epidemiology
- Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
- Nutrition, Dietary supplements and Nutraceuticals
Innovative research fields:
- Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics: Numberous
clinical trials (mainly phase III and IV) aiming at testing new
drug indication or properties, and new drug association efficacy
and tolerability, in different fields including lipidology,
diabetology, cardiology, neurology, nephrology, urology. Role
covered: Planning, clinical research, data analysis, result
divulgation. The most part of the results of this studies are
published on peer-reviewed international journals with IF.
- Human nutrition and dietary supplementation:
Preclinical and clinical trials aimed at identifying nutrients or
plant derived drugs (also under the form of nutraceuticals and
functional foods) able to modulate cardiovascular risk factors
levels or other pathological condition such as nephrolithiasis,
erectile dysfunction and others, to contribute at creating an
“evidence based” background where previously unavailable. Planning,
clinical research, data analysis, result divulgation. The most part
of the results of this studies are published on peer-reviewed
international journals with IF.
- Cardiovascular disease prevention: Main field of
research, where the most part of effort in conducting
epidemiological and clinical studies has been concentrated. Beyond
the above cited clinical trials on drugs and nutrients, different
studies have been carried out to identify new clincal and
laboratory determinants of cardiovascular disease risk both in
general and selected population, and new clinical and laboratory
markers of lipid metabolism genetic disease significantly
increasing the cardiovascular disease risk. Planning, clinical
research, data analysis, result divulgation. The most part of the
results of this studies are published on peer-reviewed
international journals with IF.
- Clinical epidemiology: Numberous transversal and
longitudinal epidemiological studies carried out on general
population and ambulatory setting (see list below). The main
field of research has been the epidemiology of nutritional habit,
conventional and non conventional cardiovascular disease risk
factors, metabolic syndrome, genetic diseases of lipid metabolism,
type 2 diabetes, and drug utilization. The most part of the results
of this studies are published on peer-reviewed international
journals with IF.
- Internal medicine and geriatrics: The most part of the
above cited studies has been carried out on adult and elderly
patients affected by diseases of interntistic interest, such as
hypertension, obesity, diabetes, lipid metabolism diseases,
headache, nephrolythiasis, chronic kidnery failure, erectile
dysfunction and others. Planning, clinical research, data
analysis, result divulgation. The most part of the results of this
studies are published on peer-reviewed international journals with
IF.
