Curriculum
NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC APPOINTMENT TO THE ROLE OF ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR in the Sector 06/D4 - CUTANEAL DISEASES, INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND DISEASES OF THE DIGESTING SYSTEM.
QUALIFICATIONS
Postgraduate degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Ferrara. Degree obtained on 19 October 2011 with a mark of 110/110 cum laude.
Specialisation in Infectious Diseases obtained at the University of Bologna. Title obtained on 12 July 2017 with a mark of 110/110 cum laude.
PhD in Molecular Medicine and Pharmacology from the University of Ferrara. Degree awarded on 22 October 2021.
TRAINING
June 2006 to August 2006: New York Summer Gross Anatomy Course (Prof. B. Bogart) New York University (NYU), 70 Washington Square South, 10012 New York.
From March 2011 to Today: Training and research activities at the Institute of Infectious Diseases, University of Ferrara, as:
1) graduate student (from March 2011 to October 2011)
2) attending volunteer doctor (from October 2011 to July 2012)
3) doctor in specialist training (from July 2012 to July 2017)
4) PhD student (from November 2017 to October 2021)
5) volunteer specialist doctor (from October 2021 to September 2023)
From August 2011 to October 2011: Observership in the management of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis at the Department of BroncoPneumoTisiology of the Eugenio Morelli Hospital in Sondalo, Via Zubiani 33, 23035 Sondalo (SO), (Head Dr. Saverio De Lorenzo).
23-27 April 2012: Postgraduate Master ‘Prevention, Detection and Management of Arboviral Diseases’, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona in collaboration with Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). Accredited by TropEd at 1.5 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System). Course duration: 34 hours.
November 2015: One-month molecular biology internship, carried out during the period of specialisation in Infectious Diseases, at the ‘Centre de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Médecine Tropicale et Médecine des Voyages’; Hopital l'Archet CHU, Nice (France), (Head of Prof. Pierre Marty).
October 2016: Training internship at the Laboratory of Virology of the IRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo, Via dell'Istria, 65, 34137 Trieste (Head Prof. Manola Comar) aimed at perfecting the learning of laboratory techniques such as ELISA Luminex multiplex immunoassays.
From January 2019 to April 2019: Observership aimed at perfecting the diagnosis and treatment of peri-prosthetic and osteo-articular infections, at the multidisciplinary ortho-infectiology service of the Presidio Ospedaliero Sant'Andrea di Vercelli, Corso Mario Abbiate 21, 13100 Vercelli. (Responsible Dr Silvio Borrè).
September 2019 to October 2019: Exchange Student as part of the PhD course at the ‘Centre de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Médecine Tropicale et Médecine des Voyages’; Hopital l'Archet CHU, Nice (France), (Head of Prof. Pierre Marty).
November 2019: Post-doctoral internship at the ‘Centre de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Médecine Tropicale et Médecine des Voyages’; Hopital l'Archet CHU, Nice (France), (Head Prof. Pierre Marty).
From January 2023 to February 2023: Observership including clinical and research activities at the ‘Clinical and Research Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery’ Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany (Head of Prof. Andrej Trampuz).
March 2023 to September 2023: POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP at the ‘Clinical and Research Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery’ Charité - Universitätsmedizin’, Berlin, Germany. Research Topics: - Investigation of novel biomarkers in the diagnosis of implant-related infections - Biofilm study in microcalorimetry - Application of molecular biology techniques in the diagnosis of implant-related infections
From October 2023 to date: RESEARCHER ON A TEMPO DETERMINATO L.240/10 type A
At University of FERRARA, Dept. of Translational Medicine and for Romagna
Research project: New inflammatory and molecular biomarkers in the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections by difficult germs.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Publications: 44 articles in international scientific journals, H index = 13, Citations: 565 (3 February 2025, Scopus) and 3 book chapters and 1 monograph. A total of about 30 communications at International and National Congresses.
MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS
Project 3817CESC - Clinical study: NEW INFIAMATORY AND MOLECULAR BIOMARCATORS IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ARTICULAR PROTESTS WITH ALGICA SYNTOMATOLOGY: A PILOT STUDY. Project leader: Dr. Martina Maritati.
Project approved by the CESC Ethics Committee in June 2022.
Project 171154 - Clinical study: PANTON-VALENTINE LEUCOCIDINE IN SUPPURATIVE HYDROSADENITE: A PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL CORRELATION STUDY. Project leader: Prof. Alessandro Borghi. Project approved by the Ferrara Ethics Committee in December 2017
Project 161186 - Clinical Study: STUDY ON THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF IMMUNOLOGICAL MARKERS AS DETERMINANTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN HIV PATIENTS IN ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AND VIROLOGICALLY SURVIVED. Project leader: Prof. Carlo Contini. Project approved by the Ferrara Ethics Committee in February 2017
Project 170394 - VAGINAL MICROBIOTA AND PAPILLOMA VIRUS: PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF A COHORT OF PATIENTS TREATED FOR INTRAEPITELIAL CERVICAL NEOPLASIA. Project leader: Prof. Pantaleo Greco. Project approved by the Ferrara Ethics Committee in July 2017
Project 150494 - Clinical study: DIAGNOSTIC AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF LATENT INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ARTICULAR REUMATISMS TREATED WITH BIOLOGICAL DRUGS. Project leader: Prof. Carlo Contini. Project approved by the Ferrara Ethics Committee in July 2015
From 2014 to 2017: Participation in the national research group ‘Silent intracellular infections and early pregnancy loss’ conducted within the framework of the Region-University Research Programme, Young Researchers Project in collaboration with: 1) Research Unit of Physiopathology of Human Reproduction and Polyabortion, University of Ferrara (Italy), (Head: Dott. ssa Roberta Capucci), 2) Research Unit of Infectious Diseases, University of Ferrara (Head: Prof. Carlo Contini), 3) Research Unit of Cellular Biology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Reproduction and Growth, University of Ferrara (Head: Prof. Mauro Tognon).
PRIZES AND AWARDS FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Academic year 2015-2016: Winner of the ‘Admeto Pettinari e Paolo Andreini scholarship’ for attendance of higher specialisation courses in Italy and abroad, granted by CSR (Cassa di Sovvenzione e Risparmio fra il Personale della Banca d'Italia).
May 2017: Winner of an annual scholarship from the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT) with the research project entitled: ‘HIV-positivity and undetectable viral load: what does it really mean? Immunological and inflammatory biomarkers as predictive markers of cardiovascular risk in virologically suppressed patients with residual viraemia’.
October 2017: Winner of the Orlando Arlotti Foundation Award with the research project entitled: ‘Study on the possible role of immunological markers as predictive determinants of cardiovascular risk in HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy and virologically suppressed’.
April 2022: Winner of the ‘Best E-Poster with oral presentation’ award at the 8th National Congress of the Italian Association of Arthroplasty (AIR) with the paper: ‘Myeloperoxidase: a new and promising marker in the diagnosis of periprosthetic infection. A pilot study.’ Forum Monzani, Modena 8-9 April 2022.
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Participation in the Editorial Board of the journal FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY, SECTION ‘CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY’ in the role of Review Editor https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/sections/clinical- microbiology/editors
27-07-2023 to date
Guest Associate Editor of the journal FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY, SECTION ‘CLINICAL INFECTIUOS DISEASES’ for the Special Issue ‘The Anti-microbial, Anti-inflammatory and Immunomodulant Actions of Lactoferrin, a Natural Compound’.
Guest Associate Editor of the journal FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY, SECTION ‘CLINICAL INFECTIUOS DISEASES’ for the Special Issue ‘Immune Insights into Orthopedic Infections: Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Prevention’
Reviewer of scientific articles for infectious and multidisciplinary journals (including Infections in Medicine, Mediators of Inflammation, Journal of Hospital Infection, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Rheumathology)
