EDUCATION
– 1992
M.D. Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna Italy (vote
110/110 cum laude).
– 1996
PhD. Modena University School of Medicine, Modena, Italy in
General and applied biology of gastro-intestinal tract tumors.
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
–
1994-1995 Postdoctoral Fellowship. Harvard University, New England
Deaconess Hospital, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA.
INTERNSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
– 2000
Residency in Diagnostic Oncology (vote 70/70 cum laude). Residency
Program of Oncology, Bologna University.
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
– 1992
Licensure to Medical Practice (vote 110/100). Enrolled in the Board
of Medical Doctors of Bologna since January 1993
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
– 2019 Associate Professor of Pathology, Bologna University.
- 2017-2019 Associate professor of Clinical Pathology, , Bologna University, Italy.
–
2010-2018. Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of
Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health. Boston, U.S.A. Course title:
“Pathology for epidemiologists”
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
–
Since December 2000 Staff pathologist, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital,
Bologna, Italy
–
January 2008 to December 2008. Staff pathologist and Associate Director, Center for Molecular Oncologic Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University, Boston, USA.
–
January 2009 – Head Laboratory of Oncologic and Transplantation
Molecular Pathology, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of
Bologna, Italy.
- July 2019 - Directori Pathology Service Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
– 1995
Young Investigator Award of the Italian Association for Cancer
Research (AIRC).
– 2000
Pezcoller Young Investigator Award at the 91° Meeting of the
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), S.Francisco,
U.S.A. April 1-4 2000.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
– Member
of the American Association for Cancer Research since 1995 and the
U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology since 2008.
MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
–
2001-2007 Supervisor of the Immunohistochemistry and Molecular
Pathology Laboratory. Addarii Institute of Oncology. Bologna,
Italy.
– 2008
Staff pathologist and Associate Director of the Center for
Oncological Molecular Pathology. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
– Since
Januaty 2009 Head of the Laboratory of Oncologic and
Transplantation Molecular Pathology at the Addarii Institute of
Oncology. S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
-
Molecular pathology with particular interest in molecular
diagnostics of solid tumors.
-
Bio-pathological correlations in prostate cancer with particular
interest in immunohistochemical markers and imaging
- Histopathology of genito-urinary tumors (prostate, kidney, urinary bladder, testis, penile)
- Molecular analyses of bodily fluids
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Editorial board of “Clinical Cancer Research” and "Molecular Cancer Research"
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
Molecular pathology of solid tumors with particular interest in
prostate cancer and liver cancer.
Genito-Urinary histo-pathology.
Predictive molecular diagnostics applied to personalized
oncologic medicine.
