Curriculum vitae
Prof. Cinzia Benazzi
Full Professor of the University of Bologna since 2000, she conducts her research in the field of mammary tumors of the dog and cat in particular by emphasizing aspects of compared pathology. Her work concerns kinetic and turn-over tumor surveys, adhesion molecules, lymphangiogenesis and angiogenesis in the metastatic process, and classification of mammary tumors on a genetic basis. The study on the phenotyping of malignant tumors by immunohistochemical and biomolecular methods is in collaboration with colleagues from the Department of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Pisa and the University of Maryland (USA). Other research topics include bone lesions in the bovine species in collaboration with colleagues from the Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand.
Training
Graduated in Veterinary Medicine with honors at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bologna in 1980. In the following years she followed the Annual Epidemiological Course on Infectious Diseases and Prophylaxis and the Annual Course in Foodstuffs at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bologna. She also followed the Pathological Anatomy Update Course for Veterinarians organized by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Turin in conjunction with the Order of Veterinary Medical Practitioners of the Province of Cuneo. In 1996 she received the (de-facto) Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Pathologists.
Academic career
In 1983 she became Researcher at the Pathologic anatomy service of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bologna, winning a free competition held in January 1982 and in 1987 she was appointed Associate professor, after winning a free competition held in June 1986. In 2000 she was appointed Full professor in Veterinary General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy.
Didactic activity: undergraduate courses
Degree course in Veterinary Medicine of the University of Bologna :
1987-1990
General and special pathological anatomy (yearly course)
1990-1995
Autopsy: technique and post-mortem diagnostics (yearly course)
1995 to nowadays
Veterinary General Pathology (second semester)
Degree course in Animal Productions and Wildlife Management of the University of Bologna
2009-2015
Principles of animal comparative pathology (first semester)
2010-2011
Anatomopathological diagnostics (first semester)
Didactic activity: postgraduate courses
1992-1997
One day each year at the Course of Swine anatomopathological diagnostics at the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Brescia (I). (title of the lecture: Porcine Stress Syndrome)
2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2020
Half a day each year at the Master in Oncology organized by the University of Pisa (I). (Title of the lecture: Pathologic anatomy of the deep respiratory tract tumors and intrathoracic neoplasms of the dog and cat)
Specialization School in Inspection of foodstuffs of animal origin of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bologna
2008- 2009 General pathology applied to hygiene of foodstuffs of animal origin
2009-2010 General pathology applied to meat inspection
2013
Two days lecture at the School of Specialization in Inspection of foodstuff of animal origin of the University of Sassari (I). (Title of the lecture: Third type hypersensitivity diseases of swine)
2018
Half a day lecture at the Master “Gestione Sanitaria e Produttiva dell’Allevamento Ovino e Caprino” at the University of Perugia (Title of the lecture: Pathophysiology of the respiratory tract and models of pneumonia)
2020
two hours at the Master "Fitoterapia veterinaria" developed at DIMEVET - University of Bologna
Committees and Societies
1989-1996
Secretary of the Association of Italian Veterinary Pathologists (APIV)
2001-2003
Member ofCPD (Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment) Committee of the European College of Veterinary Pathologists -ECVP
2003- 2007
Chairperson of the CPD Committee of ECVP
2006-2009
Member of the Applications (exam and residency courses) Committee of ECVP
2003-2009
Secretary of the European Society of Veterinary Pathology - ESVP
2009-2011
Appointed ESVP President
2011-2013
Sits on the ESVP Board as Past President
2013-2015
Appointed President of the ESVP-ECVP (European Society of Veterinary Pathology e European College of Veterinary Pathologists) Scientific Committee
2015-2016
Member of the ESVP-ECVP (European Society of Veterinary Pathology e European College of Veterinary Pathologists) Scientific Committee
2014
Organiser of the ECVP/ESVP Summer School (July 14-26, 2014)
2015
Organiser of the ECVP/ESVP Summer School (July 6-17, 2015)
2016
Member of the Local Organising Committee of the ESVP/ECVP Annual Meeting 2016, held in Bologna September 7-10, 2016
2021-23 Member of the Committee for ASN S.C. 07/H2
Participation at Internal Committes
1996-2008
member of the Council of the PhD in Anatomohistopathological Disciplines of the University of Bologna
2008-2010
member of the Council of the PhD in Veterinary morphophysiology and Pathology with biotechnological applications of the University of Bologna
2010-2012
member of the PhD in Veterinary Sciences of the University of Bologna
2000-2003
Member of the Research Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bologna
2009-2013
Member of the Didactics Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bologna
Membership in Editorial Committees
2009-2020
Editor of Veterinary Medicine International
2014 to nowadays
Member of the editorial team of the Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Health
2017
Member of the Journal of the Advisory Board of the Journal of Comparative Pathology
2018 to nowadays
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Comparative Pathology
2020 onwards Section Editor-in-Chief of Animals
Awards
2015
AIPVET (ASSOCIATION OF ITALIAN VETERINARY PATHOLOGISTS) award for the presentation “Ellis-van Creveld syndrome in grey alpine cattle: immunophenotypic and molecular characterization”.
2016
Best poster award winner: “Radiographic examination of Epiphysitis in fattening bulls and corresponding pathological aspects.” Proceedings of the 29th World Buiatrics Congress, 3-8 July 2016 Dublin, Ireland
2017
Best poster award winner: A. Alonso-Díez, M. Levi, S. Caceres, L. Barreno, G. Sarli C. Benazzi, J.C. Illera and L. Peña. “P-Glycoprotein is Overexpressed in Human and Canine Inflammatory Breast Cancer Cell Lines but not in the Xenotrasplanted Mice Tumors”. 3rd Joint European Congress of the ESVP, ECVP and ESTP-Lyon, France, August 30 – September 02, 2017.
