Associate professor of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome
1991 Graduation in medicine, Sapienza University of Rome
1997 Postgraduate school in endocrinology, Sapienza University of Rome
1993 Postdoctoral fellow, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
2002 PhD in andrology, Sapienza University of Rome
2010 Master's in prevention and assistance for overweight, obesity and eating disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome
Medical assistant at the Center of High Specialization for the Treatment of Obesity (CASCO), Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome
Research Fields:
1. Endocrine effects of kinase inhibitors. 2. Cellular and molecular mechanisms in testicular development and clinical consequences. 3. Pathophysiology of white adipose and brown adipose tissue. 4. Pathophysiology and clinic of ectopic adipose tissue. 5. Therapy of obesity. 6. Metabolic effects of NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase sirtuins.