CV RICCARDO MELICONI
Name Surname: Riccardo Meliconi
Gender, DoB, Tax Code: male, 15-04-1951,
MLCRCR51D15A944M
Place of Birth, Nationality: Bologna, Italian
Address where correspondence should be sent:
Rheumatology Unit
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Via Pupilli 1
40136 Bologna, Italy
Tel: +39 051 6366 945
E-Mail: riccardo.meliconi
Education and Training:
1976: MD degree ( cum laude)
1981: Specialist Diploma in Internal Medicine
1985: Specialist Diploma in Rheumatology
1988: Specialist Diploma in Allergology and Clinical
Immunology
1977: Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
(ECFMG)
Certificate USA
1979: Certificate of Full Registration as a Medical Practitioner
(General Medical Council – UK)
Honours:
1980: F Schiassi Prize ( Medical Surgical Society of
Bologna)
1986: Punta Ala Prize from Boehringer-Ingelheim Ltd,
Firenze.
1992: National Prize on Pneumology from Rhone-Poulenc-Rorer
Foundation
Grants:
1978: Grant from Anna Villa Rusconi Foundation, Varese
1986: International Cancer Research Technology Transfer (ICRETT)
from International Union Against Cancer, Geneve
1988: NATO CNR Advanced Fellowship
1991: CNR-British Council grant
Employment and Research Experience:
1977-79: Clinical Research Fellow, Liver Unit, King's College
Hospital ; London
1979-1984 : Resident , Assistant Physician, Internal Medicine,
S. Orsola Hospital Bologna
1984-2002: Senior Research Fellow in Medicine and Rheumatology,
S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna
1988-1990: Honorary Research Associate and Honorary Clinical
Assistant, Rheumatology Unit, Guy's Hospital, London.
From 2002: Associate Professor of Rheumatology, University of
Bologna
2003- September 2013: Head, Rheumatology Unit, Istituto
Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna
From 2008: Director of Rheumatology Training Program, University
of Bologna
From 2008: Chairman of School for Orthopaedic Technician,
University of Bologna
From September 2013: Head, Unit of Medicine and
Rheumatology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna
Short Training and Research Periods.
1974/1976: Dept of Immunology, The Middlesex Hospital Medical
School, London.
1981: Dept of Immunology, King's College Hospital Medical
School, London
1986: Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical
College, Valhalla, NY
1986: Dept of Blood Cell Chemistry, Central Laboratory of the
Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam.
Research areas:
Past:
immunopathogenesis of liver diseases, idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis,
Present:
polymyalgia rheumatica, chronic synovitis,
osteoarthritis: cytokines, immunopathology, biomarkers.
hand OA : genetics, clinical and US features
Scientific Societies, member of:
American College of Rheumatology
Osteoarthritis Research Society International
Società Italiana di Reumatologia
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY (last 10 years)
2006 – 2007 PRIN MIUR “Cytokine and cytokine receptor
functional polymorphisms and cartilage damage in osteoarthritis” (2
years) (Principal Investigator)
2007-2009 University of Bologna: “Common molecular targets
tra among inflammatory and antinfiammatory pathways in
osteoarthritis” (18 months) (Participant)
2007 -2009 Project of Emilia Romagna Region-University of
Bologna: “Early Arthritis Clinic: analysis of management model and
perspective for improvement of the care pathway in the
Emilia-Romagna region” (2 years) (Research Unit)
2010-2011 Del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna Foundation: “New
molecular pathways associated with new bone production and
cartilage damage in osteoarthritis” (1 year) (Principal
Investigator)
2011-2014 Italian Ministry of Health: “Diagnosis and treatment
of inflammatory arthropathies in the Regione Emilia Romagna: a
prospective population-based study (RF-2009-1549144)” (2 years)
(Research Unit)
2011-2014 FIRB MIUR: “Pathogenesis and molecular targets in
degenerative muscoskeletal diseases (RBAP10KCNS )” (3 years)
(Participant)
2012 -2015 Italian Ministry of Health: Prognostic value of a
combined panel of soluble and genetic biomarkers in patients with
early arthritis (RF-2010-2317168) (3 years) (Principal
Investigator)
2014-2016 Project of Emilia Romagna Region-University of Bologna
(Young Investigators 2013) “Regional registry-based biobank
development and pharmacogenetic analysis: synergistic strategies
driving towards personalized medicine in Rheumatoid Arthritis
management”
Publications
85 papers on peer reviewed journals.
