Beatrice Aramini

• Since 1 April 2022, she has been a fixed-term researcher type b) (senior), scientific disciplinary sector: MED/21 THORACIC SURGERY.

Educational Training

• Classical high school diploma at the D. Manin Cremona State Classical High School in 1998.

• Degree in Medicine on 12/03/2007 at the University of Bologna, with thesis entitled "RESULTS OF A MULTICENTRIC OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON THE PHASES OF SHORTENING OF THE ESOPHAGUS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGICAL THERAPY FOR GASTRO-REFLUX DISEASE ESOPHAGEAL”.

• Qualified as a surgeon in July 2007, obtained at the University of Bologna.

• Research Doctorate 2008-2011 in “Specialist Medical Sciences: Training project n. 4 in Cardio-Pneumo-Thoracic Sciences of medical and surgical interest”. XXIII Cycle.

• Research Fellowship from 20/10/2008 to 10/01/2011, with Marco Polo Unibo Project, at Columbia University Medical Center – Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplant Center- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York, NY, USA to develop the Research titled “Role of SP-A gene polymorphism in lung transplantation”.

• Specialization in Thoracic Surgery achieved on 06/20/2016, at the U.O. of Thoracic Surgery, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Modena).

• Clinical Fellowship from 09/01/2015 to 06/03/2016 at the Department of Thoracic Surgery-Transplant Center of the Vienna General Hospital (AKH), Vienna (Austria).

Professional experiences

• From 16/07/2016 to 07/01/2018 Contractor, with a 36-hour freelance contract, at the Thoracic Surgery Unit of the University Hospital of Modena.

• From 08/01/2018 to 07/01/2021 Researcher t.d. art. 24 c. 3 lett. A (RTDA) disciplinary scientific sector MED/21 Thoracic Surgery with full-time assistance integration at the Thoracic Surgery Unit of the University Hospital of the Modena Polyclinic.

• From 20/01/2021 to 31/03/2022 Permanent Medical Director in Thoracic Surgery at AUSL Romagna, G.B. Morgani - L. Pierantoni, Forlì.

She has been a speaker at numerous national and international conferences.

She is involved in numerous collaborations and National and International Research Projects concerning benign and malignant chest diseases.

Teaching activity

• From 2016 to 2021 he carried out teaching and tutoring activities for students of the Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery at the Thoracic Surgery Operating Unit of the University Hospital of Modena.

• From 2016 to 2021 he carried out teaching activities with frontal lessons in Thoracic Surgery to students of the Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia for AY 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020.

• From 2016 to 2021 she carried out tutoring activities as co-supervisor of Degree Thesis in Medicine and Surgery and of Specialization Thesis in Thoracic Surgery at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE).

Scientific activity

She has been a speaker at numerous national and international conferences.

She is involved in national and international collaborations and research projects concerning benign and malignant chest diseases.

The scientific activity is substantiated overall by over 100 printed works, of which 80 are publications "in extenso" in international journals with Referee board.

Membership of editorial boards/peer reviewers:

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Journal

• American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

• The Clinical Respiratory Journal

• World Journal of Surgical Oncology _ BMC Group Springer Nature Journals

• Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery (ICVTS)

• Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Journal of International Medical Research - JIMR

• Cancer Biology & Therapy Journal

• Stem Cell Research & Therapy Journal (part of Springer Nature)

• Journal of Surgical Research

• Cancer management and research

• SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine Journal, SPRINGER NATURE Editorial

• Journal of Cancer

• Histology and Histopathology Journal

• OncoTargets and Therapy Journal

• Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

• Biology Journal

• Nature Communications Biology

• Journal of Translational Medicine

• Cellular Signaling Journal

• Frontiers in Oncology Journal

• Cancer Gene Therapy Journal - Springer Nature

Awards and recognitions

• 12/17/2009. Young Investigator's Award for the Best Research presentation. Doctorate Rounds, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, 17 December 2009.

• WINNER of the SPIGC 2011 AWARD for BEST COMMUNICATION, on the occasion of the 2nd International Conference European Society of Young Surgeons, XXIV National Congress of the Italian Polyspecialist Society of Young Surgeons SPIGC, Naples, 13-16 October 2011.

• WINNER of the Studio Renzo Lodi AWARD, 1st edition 2017 for the presentation of the Research Project entitled "Atrial fibrillation developing after major lung surgical resection for non-small cell lung cancer: Clinical and Prognostic significance in a Prospective Study". April 29, 2017 at the headquarters of Palazzo Rocca Saporiti - Viale Murri 7, Reggio Emilia.

• WINNER of the AWARD for the SIET 2019 Poster Competition with the scientific work entitled "Correlation between cannabis smoking and spontaneous pneumothorax" on the occasion of the XX National Congress of the Italian Society of Thoracic Endoscopy held in Pisa 10-12 October 2019.

Affiliation to academies of recognized prestige

• She is a member of the Italian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SICT), of the Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery (SIET), of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS), of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE), Member of the Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) Club in London, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in London and Member of the Senior Fellow Forum (SFF) of the Royal Society of Medicine in London, Full Member of the Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.

Major clinical research areas include lung cancer, pectus excavatum, thymus disease, lung transplantation.

As far as translational research related to lung cancer is concerned, the main interests are focused on cancer stem cells (CSCs), circulating cells (CTCs), miRNAs, exosomes (EVs), and genetic mutations, for prognostic and therapeutic purposes.

The scientific activity is overall substantiated by over 130 printed works, of which 80 are publications "in extenso" in international journals with Referee board.

National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Associate Professor, competition sector 06/E1, scientific disciplinary sector MED/21 Thoracic Surgery, valid from 09/11/2020 to 09/11/2029.