Director
Pediatric Oncohematology Division, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino, Italy
Full Professor of Pediatrics - University of Turin, Italy.
Head of Dipartimento di Patologia e Cura del Bambino and Head of S.C. Oncoematologia Pediatrica – Regina Margherita Children’s Hospital A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy.
Medicine and Surgery Degree, cum laude, University of Ferrara
Specialization in Hematology, cum laude, University of Ferrara
Specialization in Pediatrics, cum laude, University of Turin
The clinical and translational research activity is focused on the study of new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of pediatric onco-hematologic diseases. The main topics are the following: a) classical chemotherapy, with new, less toxic drugs; b) targeted therapies with monoclonal antibodies or small molecules that inhibit specific intracellular targets; c) inducers of tumor specific immune response such as CTL and CIK; d) isolation, identification and expansion of hematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells and possible mechanisms of tissue regeneration.
- Scientific responsibility of international, national and regional research projects
- Participant as a speaker and/or moderator in many National and International scientific meetings
- Many years of experience in conducting clinical research studies as Principal Investigator in accordance with GCP (Good Clinical Practice)
- Author of over 390 scientific publications in international journals
- Reviewer for the following journals: The Lancet Hematology; The Lancet Oncology; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; Frontiers in pediatrics; FEBS Letters; Cancers; Transplant Immunology; Expert Opinion On Biological Therapy; Genes; World Journal of Clinical Cases - BPG
Member – Multiple scientific societies such as AIEOP, GITMO, EBMT, ITCC, AICC, SCR, SIP, SIE, SIOPE, EURAMOS, HIBISCUS, FOSTER
