Researcher, University of Bologna, MD at Medicine and Rheumatology

MD at Medicine and Rheumatology

2015: Degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pavia

• 2020: Specialty in Rheumatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
• 2024: Research Doctorate in Rheumatology (PhD), University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
• 2024: Master’s degree in Methodology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Clinical Research, University of Milan Bicocca.

• 2020-2022: Doctor hired under contract co.co.co. for emergency COVID-19, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli.
• 2022-today: Medical Director of Rheumatology, SSD Medicine and Rheumatology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli.
• 2024-today: Senior Research Associate (RTD-b) in Rheumatology, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna.

Italian: mother tongue

English: fluent

• Use of Office applications.
• Planning and conducting clinical trials.
• Preparation of research protocols.
• Design and conduct of systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses.
• Use of the main statistical analysis software in biomedical research (R, SPSS, GraphPad Prism, Curve Expert Professional).

• 2022-2023: University lecturer under contract Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna for the teaching of Rheumatology to the courses of study in "Medicine and Surgery" and "Medicine and Surgery".
• 2021-today: Professor at the University Master’s degree of I level in "Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. Manual Therapy and Therapeutic Exercise", Fondazione Alma Mater - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna.
• 2024-today: Professor of Rheumatology for the courses in "Medicine and Surgery", "Physiotherapy", "Orthopaedic Techniques".

• Winner of EULAR Fellowship for clinical research activities at the Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, from October 2018 to October 2019.
• Study leader "Prevalence of asymptomatic lumbar osteitis (OCI), idiopathic diffuse skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and chondrocalcinosis (CC) in adult and middle age in the district of Bologna (PODCAB)".
• Study leader "Efficacy of a very low calories ketogenic diet (VLCKD) in obese patients with fibromyalgia or symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (KD-FM-OA)".
• Study leader "Evaluation of the characteristics of lumbar facet joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - Assessment of the characteristics of lumbar facets in patients with rheumatoid arthritis".
• Member of the editorial board of the journal "BMC Rheumatology".
•  Guest Editor for the journal "Journal of Clinical Medicine".
• Reviewer for scientific journals in the field of rheumatology such as: RMD Open, Rheumatology (Oxford), Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, Scientific Reports, Clinical Rheumatology, Frontiers in Immunology.
• Author of over 70 peer-reviewed indexed scientific publications.
• Member of the Italian Society of Rheumatology (SIR).
• Member of the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism and Skeletal Diseases (SIOMMMS).
• Member of the Scientific Committee for Research of the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism and Skeletal Diseases (SIOMMMS).

Rheumatoid arthritis; psoriatic arthritis; osteoporosis and bone metabolism diseases; rheumatic polymyalgia; axial spondyloarthritis; gout; calcium deposits pyrophosphate disease; algodystrophy; fibromyalgia; systemic sclerosis; interventional procedures.