Present Position: Full Professor of
Pharmacology at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences,
University of Bologna, Italy
Dean of the School of Medicine - University of Bologna (2015-2018)
Degrees:
- Degree in Medicine and Surgery cum
Laude (M.D.), University of Pavia, Italy
- Dottore di Ricerca in Farmacologia e Tossicologia (equivalent
to Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology), University of Turin,
Italy
- Specialization in Pharmacology (subspecialty: Clinical
Pharmacology) cum Laude, University of Pavia,
Italy
- Degree in Pharmacy cum Laude (Pharm.D.), University of
Pavia, Italy
Other Examinations:
Italian State Examination to obtain the License to practise
Medicine and Surgery
Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences
(U.S.A.)
English Language Examinations:
Test of English as a Foreign Language (U.S.A.)
Cambridge Proficiency Examination (U.K., Grade A)
Professional Experience:
- Externship in the Department of Internal Medicine
at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland: September
1982.
- Internship in the Department of Internal Medicine
and Therapeutics, Section of Pharmacology, University of Pavia,
Italy, October 1982 - July 1983.
- Research Fellow in the Department of Internal
Medicine and Therapeutics, Section of Pharmacology, University of
Pavia, Italy, July 1983 - February 1985; Supervisor: Prof. A.
Crema.
- Research Fellow in the Gastroenterology Unit, Mayo
Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, U.S.A., March 1985 -
February 1986; Supervisor: Prof. J.-R. Malagelada.
- Research Fellow enrolled in a Ph.D. Program in
Pharmacology and Toxicology (subspecialty: Gastrointestinal
Pharmacology) in the Department of Internal Medicine and
Therapeutics, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of
Pavia, Italy, 1986 - 1990; Supervisor: Prof. A. Crema.
- Visiting Scientist at the Digestive System
Research Unit, Gastroenterology Department (Prof. J.-R.
Malagelada), Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain,
March 1991.
- Assistant Professor at the Department of Internal
Medicine and Therapeutics, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
University of Pavia, Italy, 1991-1998
- Associate Professor at the Department of
Pharmacology, University of Bologna, Italy, 1998-2004
Main Research Interests:
Clinical Pharmacology
- Translating clinical research into clinical practice
(appropriate use of medicines)
- Regulatory pharmacology
- The drug-induced long QT syndrome
- Drug-induced liver injury (DILI)
Basic Pharmacology
- Plasticity in the enteric nervous system
- Mechanism in the drug-induced long QT syndrome
Funding (2002-present):
University of Bologna; Italian Ministry of Health; Italian
Medicines Agency (AIFA); European Commission (FP7)
Appointment at International Agencies:
Member of the list of experts appointed by the Italian Ministry
of Health at the European Medicines Agency (EMEA),
London
Appointment at the Italian Ministry of Health:
External Expert at the Commissione Unica del Farmaco: Mutual
Recognition Procedures (2001-2004)
Appointments at the Italian Medicines Agency
- Member of the Commission for Mutual Recognition Procedures
(2004)
- Member of the Working Group on Therapeutic Innovation
(2006)
- Member of the Evaluation and Authorization Committee - national marketing authorization procedures (2010)
- Member of the Secretariat for Research and Clinical Trials (2016-present)
Appointment at the Regione Emilia-Romagna Local
Health Authority:
Member of the Expert Group on Rare Diseases (2004-2008)
Appointments In Ethics Committees:
- Institutional Review Board of the Policlinico S. Orsola
Malpighi (Bologna, Italy): 1999-2009 (as Chairman 2005-2009)
- Institutional Review Board of the Hospital of the
Province of Lodi (Lodi, Italy): 1994-2013
- Institutional Review Board of the Piacenza Local Health
Authority (Chairman: 2013-2017)
- Institutional Review Board of the Cremona-Mantova-Lodi Area
(2013-2016)
- Institutional Review Board "Valle Padana" - Cremona - Italy (2017-2019)
Society Memberships (in parentheses, the year of
election):
- Mayo Alumni Association, Rochester, MN, U.S.A.
(1986)
- Italian Pharmacological Society (SIF) (1988)
- Italian Group for the Study of Digestive Tract Motility
(GISMAD) (1988)
- Italian Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE) (1989)
- Functional Brain-Gut Research Group (U.S.A.) (1992)
- Italian Association of Immunopharmacology
(1992)
- The Calcium Club (1993)
- American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
(1993)
- Italian Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences
(AISAL) (1994)
- European Biomedical Research Association, Italian
Section (1998)
- Drug Utilization Research Group (2003)
Peer review of Grant Applications:
- The Wellcome Trust (London, UK)
- European Commission (Bruxelles, BE): FP7-HEALTH; HORIZON 2020
- Research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and
Technology of the Republic of Serbia
- The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and
Development
- National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction
of Animals in Research (NC3Rs, UK)
- Austrian Science Fund
- Italian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation (Los Angeles, CA,
USA)
