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Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences

Diagnostic Medicine

Medical genetics, pharmacology, microbiology, pathological anatomy, clinical psychology, and diagnostic imaging.

The field of research in diagnostic medicine integrates fundamental disciplines such as medical genetics, pharmacology, microbiology, pathological anatomy, clinical psychology and diagnostic imaging. Activities are carried out in study centres, research groups and specialised laboratories, with a focus on innovative biomarkers, precision medicine, new imaging methods, artificial intelligence and translational studies. The aim is to improve early diagnosis, molecular characterisation of diseases and personalisation of therapeutic pathways, with a multidisciplinary approach ranging from oncology to rare diseases and clinical psychology applied to medicine.

Scientific-disciplinary sectors

A scientific-disciplinary sector is an academic category that groups together related disciplines to facilitate research, teaching and knowledge management. The field of General Surgery and Specialist Surgery includes teaching staff from the following sectors:

  • BIOS-11/A Pharmacology
  • MEDS-01/A Medical Genetics
  • MEDS-02/B Clinical Pathology
  • MEDS-03/A Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology
  • MEDS-04/A Pathological Anatomy
  • MEDS-22/A Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy
  • MEDS-26/A Technical Sciences of Laboratory Medicine
  • VET/05 Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals
  • PSIC-01/A General Psychology
  • PSIC-04/B Clinical Psychology

People

Simone Ambretti

Associate Professor

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Maria Pilar Aparisi Gomez

PhD Student

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Matteo Armillotta

PhD Student

Olga Baraldi

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

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Andrea Boccatonda

PhD Student

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Eva Caterina Borgatti

PhD Student

keywords: Microbiologia, Pazienti trapiantati, Monitoraggio immunologico, PCR Real-time e sequenziamento Sanger e NGS, 16S/ITS

Lorenzo Braccischi

Research fellow

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Angelo Bruni

PhD Student

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Willian Cardoso Ferreira

PhD Student

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Gastone Castellani

Full Professor

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Arrigo Cattabriga

PhD Student

keywords: Mieloma Multiplo, Risonanza Magnetica, Whole Body MRI

Stefano Chillotti

PhD Student

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Paola Dal Monte

Associate Professor

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Margherita Damiani Ferretti

PhD Student

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Emi Dika

Associate Professor

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Stefano Fanti

Full Professor

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Maria Ida Gobbini

Full Professor

Marco Grillini

PhD Student

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Ludovica Ingletto

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

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Gaetano La Manna

Full Professor

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Silvio Laureti

Associate Professor

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Federico Magnani

PhD Student

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Giovanni Marconi

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Giacomo Nigrisoli

Research fellow

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Uberto Pagotto

Full Professor

Massimiliano Palazzini

Associate Professor

Ilaria Pettenuzzo

PhD Student

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Lidia Sacchelli

Research fellow

keywords: psoriasi
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Francesco Saia

Associate Professor

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Stefania Varani

Associate Professor

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Francesco Vasuri

Fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track L. 79/2022

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Maria Laura Vega Pittao

Adjunct professor

Research fellow

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Federico Venturi

PhD Student

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Pier Luigi Zinzani

Full Professor