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Giorgia Comai

Associate Professor

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences

Academic discipline: MEDS-08/B Nephrology

Curriculum vitae

Associate Professor at the University of Bologna since 2023, she conducts her research in the field of nephrology with a focus on kidney transplantation. She currently conducts research on transplant immunology, glomerulonephritis recurrence, infectious complications, and the role of complement in kidney diseases.

 

Education

She earned a Medicine and Surgery degree from the University of Bologna in 2001, a Specialisation Diploma in Nephrology in 2007, a PhD in Specialised Medical Sciences: Project no. 3 "Nephrological and Uro-Andrological Sciences" from the University of Bologna in 2011, and a 2nd level Master's in Renal Pathology from the University of Milan in 2018.

Academic career

She has been a contract teacher at the University of Bologna's Nephrology Specialisation School since 2014. She also held teaching positions in the Nursing degree program (2016-2018) at the University of Ferrara and at the Humanitas University in Milan (2019-2021).

In June 2020, she obtained the National Scientific Qualification of Associate Professor. She has been an Associate Professor at the University of Bologna since November 2023.

Teaching activities

Since 2024, he has been teaching nephrology at the Nephrology Specialisation School, the Biotechnology degree program, and the Medicine and Surgery degree program.

Scientific activities

She has taken part in a number of national and international research projects, including the "TANGO Study" (Post-transplant Glomerular Diseases), which was coordinated by Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts (USA).
Author of numerous scientific papers published in international journals. Speaker at several national and international conferences.

Institutional activities

She is a member of the SIN-SITO Board. She serves on the SIN's Scientific and Technical Committee.

Healthcare activities

She is in charge of the highly professional assignment "Management and clinical optimisation of kidney transplant pathways" at the Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplant Unit of IRCCS Policlinico S.Orsola in Bologna.

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