The PhD in Personalized Medicine and Innovative Therapies has seen significant participation, with 54 students enrolled in the last 3 years. This figure underlines the attractiveness and relevance of the program in the biomedical research landscape. Doctoral students, coming from diverse scientific backgrounds, develop innovative research projects in the key areas of the course. Theses range from basic research to translational medicine, reflecting the interdisciplinary approach of the program. Many projects are conducted in collaboration with local and international partner institutions. Doctoral students are encouraged to publish in high-impact journals and present their results at international conferences, contributing to the advancement of personalized medicine and innovative therapies.
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ELENA CASTELPIETRA
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BARBARA FOGAR
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KARIN HOFMANN
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FEDERICA FRATESTEFANO
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MARIA PEROTTO
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ALBERTO BUDILLON
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GIULIA PIZZOLEO
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GIANLUCA TAMARO
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BARBARA DI STEFANO
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NICOLE PARMESAN
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LARA EMILY ROSSO
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ELENA MARIA NARDACCHIONE
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MARTA GIGLI
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ALESSIA CIAFFONI
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ELENA SPINELLI
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MARIA CHIANESE
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BIANCA ZUMBO
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NICOLETTA CARMELA GIULIA BARTOLONI
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FRANCESCO BALDO
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MATTEO MARIA RICCIO
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MONICA CONCATO
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LORENZO MIO
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MARIANNA DI ROSA
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ILARIA LUCIANA CARLOTTA DEL GIUDICE
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GIULIA BELTRAME VRIZ
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GIULIA BENEDETTA SIDOTI
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LUCA MESSINEO
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MARIA SOLE SCALIA
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ELISONA SHYTI
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BEATRICE RAVAGLIA
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BEATRIX BANKA
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RAFFAELE SABOT
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EMANUELE CHIARA
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ELISA PACCAGNELLA
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MATTEO ZOTTI
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PAOLA CONFALONIERI
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FRANCESCA PERI
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GIUSEPPE MOLINARIO
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MARIA IRSHAD
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OSCAR MAZZEI
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SERGIO GHIRARDO
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SOFIA SINDICI FORGIARINI
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CECILIA DEL VECCHIO
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CATERINA ZANUS
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HARRY STEVENS
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MADDALENA ROSSI
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MIRIAM TOFFOLI
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SILVIA CAMARDA
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ILARIA ZICCARDI
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GIUSEPPE GIOVANNI NARDONE
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FRANCESCO PILUSO
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FRANCESCO RICCITELLI
Mechanical forces regulate cardiac cell proliferation
Supervisor:
SERENA ZACCHIGNA
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BENEDETTA GUAGNINI
3D Composite Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering: from in vitro to in vivo characterization
Supervisor:
GIANLUCA TURCO
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DANIELE AMMETI
CHARACTERIZATION AND FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF NOVEL VARIANTS IDENTIFIED THROUGH NGS TECHNOLOGY IN INHERITED THROMBOCYTOPENIAS
Supervisor:
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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CARLOTTA BIDOLI
In silico identification of predictive markers for precision medicine in pediatric diseases
Supervisor:
GABRIELE STOCCO
MARIANNA LUCAFÒ
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PAOLA RISPOLI
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) as a model to study the toxicity of thiopurines: personalization of the therapy in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Supervisor:
GABRIELE STOCCO
MARIANNA LUCAFÒ
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AURORA SANTIN
Shedding light on Endometriosis disease: Analyzing the role of Genetics, Diet and Microbiome on a highly characterized cohort
Supervisor:
GIORGIA GIROTTO
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BEATRICE SPEDICATI
Unravelling the genetic bases of the sense of smell: clinical and molecular characterisation of a large cohort of COVID-19 patients with persistent olfactory dysfunction
Supervisor:
GIORGIA GIROTTO
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MARIA CRISTINA GRIMALDI
Development of polymeric nanoparticles for the delivery of nucleic acids in the treatment of B-cell malignancies-Targeted production of therapeutic antibodies by Burkitt lymphoma cells
Supervisor:
PAOLO MACOR
GABRIELE STOCCO
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MATTEO BRAMUZZO
DNA methylation and transcriptomic profiling of intestinal epithelial cells in children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease treated with Infliximab: preliminary results.
Supervisor:
EGIDIO BARBI
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FRANCESCA TODARO
Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC): Genotype heterogeneity, pathogenesis and development of therapeutic options
Supervisor:
RAFFAELE BADOLATO
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DIEGO VOZZI
Analysis through next generation sequencing of hereditary hering loss patients in order to find new genomic alterations never reported before.
Supervisor:
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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HUMPHREY WANZIRA
Supportive Supervision as an approach to improve the quality of care for children with acute malnutrition in Arua district, Uganda: Baseline systematic assessment, Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Supervisor:
MARZIA LAZZERINI
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TANIA GIANGREGORIO
High throughput sequencing analysis for the molecular diagnosis of Inherited Thrombocytopenias
Supervisor:
ANNA SAVOIA
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SARA LEGA
DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO MONOGENIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE WITH NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES.
Supervisor:
ALBERTO TOMMASINI
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LUISA ZUPIN
Photobiomodulation Therapy: in vivo and in vitro Models for Applications in Pediatric Oncology
Supervisor:
SERGIO CROVELLA
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PAOLA TESOLIN
Phenotypic high throughput screening highlights promising molecules for the treatment of SLC7A8 dependent age-related hearing loss
Supervisor:
GIORGIA GIROTTO
PAOLO GASPARINI
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LUCIA POZZAN
Valutazione tridimensionale dell'inserimento guidato di miniviti palatali con tecnica Cad-Cam
Supervisor:
LUCA CONTARDO
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ANTONELLA MUZZO
Inflammatory bowel disease patient-derived organoids for personalized medicine
Supervisor:
MARIANNA LUCAFÒ
GABRIELE STOCCO
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LUIGI MUSCIACCHIO
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTROSPUN POLYMERIC MEMBRANES WITH ANTIBACTERIAL FOR URETERAL REGENERATION
Supervisor:
GIANLUCA TURCO
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MARTINA VIDMAR
A Novel Role for ACE2-TMEM16 Complexes in SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Supervisor:
MANOLA COMAR
MAURO GIACCA
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JENNY BUA
EPINICU (Empowering Parents of newborns in the NICU). A Multicountry Project to identify sustainable models of interventions in different settings: findings from Italy and 3 scoping reviews.
Supervisor:
MARZIA LAZZERINI
LAURA TRAVAN
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NOUR BALASAN
DEVELOPMENT OF CUSTOMIZED TESTS FOR THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF RELAPSES OF GYNECOLOGICAL TUMORS USING LIQUID BIOPSY
Supervisor:
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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VALENTINA LUPPIERI
SHEDDING LIGHT ON BRUXISM: THE FIRST ITALIAN GENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY (GWAS) IN A DEEPLY CHARACTERIZED COHORT OF ISOLATED POPULATIONS
Supervisor:
MILENA CADENARO
GIORGIA GIROTTO
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ANDREA MAGNOLATO
Precision Medicine and Target Therapy on Rare Diseases: the case of Neurofibromatosis type 1. Clinical data and transcriptome analysis
Supervisor:
EGIDIO BARBI
IRENE BRUNO
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ALESSANDRA TESSER
FUNCTIONAL PROFILING IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND CORRELATION WITH MONOGENIC INTERFERONOPATHIES
Supervisor:
ALBERTO TOMMASINI
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ILARIA FANTASIA
Congenital heart defects and placental dysfunction
Supervisor:
GIUSEPPE RICCI
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ANNALISA MILAN
Antimicrobial peptides Bac7(1-35) and BMAP-27 activity against Gram-negative microorganisms
Supervisor:
LUCILLA DOLZANI
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CATERINA MARIA BARBIERI
IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC VARIANTS REGULATING FEMALE FERTILITY
Supervisor:
DANIELA TONIOLO
PAOLO GASPARINI
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ALESSIA DI SILVESTRE
Identification of new molecular targets for personalized therapy in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
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LEILA LO BELLO
UTERINE ARTERIES AND UMBILICAL VEIN VOLUME BLOOD FLOW IN IUGR FETUSES
Supervisor:
GIUSEPPE RICCI
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FRANCESCA VEZZINI
Policy options for improving the performance of community health workers (CHWs) in maternal and child health in Brazil: analysis of barriers and facilitators to CHW national programme and evaluation of a community-based trial in Recife
Supervisor:
GIORGIO TAMBURLINI
ALESSANDRO VENTURA
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FRANCESCO TECILAZICH
Role of Patrolling Monocytes in Diabetic Retinopathy in an animal model of Type 1 Diabetes
Supervisor:
MARA LORENZI
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SAMUELE NAVIGLIO
PEDIATRIC-ONSET INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: FROM PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TO NEW STRATEGIES FOR THERAPY CHOICE AND MONITORING
Supervisor:
ALESSANDRO VENTURA
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LUCIA ROBERTA RUSSO
TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD AFTER DONOR CONCEPTION
Supervisor:
ANNA MARIA TALLANDINI
GIUSEPPE RICCI
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MICHELE GNECH
FUNCTIONAL AND COSMETIC OUTCOMES AND THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT IN ADULT PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT AN URETHROPLASTY FOR HYPOSPADIAS REPAIR IN THE PAEDIATRIC AGE. PRELIMINARY DATA.
Supervisor:
EGIDIO BARBI
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CHIARA MOLTRASIO
- Omic approaches to unravel Hidradenitis Suppurativa etio-pathogenesis
Supervisor:
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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FRANCESCA MARIA SOLE VERONESI
Development and characterisation of nano-reinforced materials for dental applications
Supervisor:
ROBERTO DI LENARDA
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CHIARA PIZZOLITTO
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 3D STRUCTURES AND HYDROGELS BASED ON NATURAL AND MODIFIED POLYSACCHARIDES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Supervisor:
IVAN DONATI
GIANLUCA TURCO
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STEFANIA BRAIDOTTI
Precision therapy for kinase-mediated autoimmune diseases: development of an in vitro system for diagnosis and clinical monitoring.
Supervisor:
GABRIELE STOCCO
RAFFAELLA FRANCA
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ILARIA PERSICO
DEALING WITH THE MAIN CHALLENGES OF FANCONI ANEMIA MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
Supervisor:
JORDI SURRALLÉS
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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LAURA BRUNELLI
A co-design approach for the development of a mHealth solution to support the first 1000 days of life
Supervisor:
TAMARA STAMPALIJA
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ANDREA LANZA
Isolation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against ICOSL
Supervisor:
DANIELE SBLATTERO
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MARTINA GRUPPUSO
Innovative approaches for polysaccharide electrospinning in the preparation of nanostructured membranes for the treatment of non-healing wounds
Supervisor:
GIANLUCA TURCO
ELEONORA MARSICH
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SOFIA PAGARIN
Development of analytical protocols for the study of thiopurine pharmacokinetics in biological matrices by surface-enhanced raman scattering spectroscopy
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
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ALESSIA NORBEDO
Extracellular Vesicles (EVs): new biomarkers of response to immunosuppressive drugs in pediatirch patients
Supervisor:
MARIANNA LUCAFÒ
GABRIELE STOCCO
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NUNZIA ZANOTTA
Characterization of chorionic villus microbiome in the first trimester and of the amniotic fluid microbiome in the second trimester of pregnancy: relationship with the vaginal, rectal and oral maternal microbiome.
Supervisor:
MANOLA COMAR
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CLAUDIA LOGANES
Microbiota and immune defect in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease: development of models for possible corrective not immuno-suppressive approaches
Supervisor:
ALBERTO TOMMASINI
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MASSIMO DI GRAZIA
PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES, QUALITY OF LIFE AND SEXUAL FUNCTIONING IN A GROUP OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS LIVING WITH A BLADDER EXSTROPHY EPISPADIAS COMPLEX
Supervisor:
ALESSANDRO VENTURA
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ANDREA ANDOLINA
Non-pharmacological treatment of ODD using drama techniques to improve self control.
Supervisor:
ALESSANDRO VENTURA
ALDO SKABAR
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ANNA MORGAN
Identification of New Hereditary Hearing Loss Genes Using High-Throughput Sequencing Technologies.
Supervisor:
GIORGIA GIROTTO
PAOLO GASPARINI
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EUGENIA DI BARBORA
ADHD and academic achievement: risk brokers and protective factors
Supervisor:
CINZIA SCHERIANI
ALDO SKABAR
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MASSIMILIANO COCCA
Whole Genome Sequencing of Italian Isolate Populations to identify rare and characteristic variants and to generate a reference panel for imputation.
Supervisor:
PAOLO GASPARINI
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GIUSEPPINA CAMPISCIANO
Microbiota & infertility: microorganisms and immune factors in the idiopathic infertility
Supervisor:
MANOLA COMAR
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EMANUELLE PESSA VALENTE
Quality of Maternal and Neonatal Health Care: Assessment and Improvement in Six Maternity Hospitals in Pernambuco, Brazil
Supervisor:
GIORGIO TAMBURLINI
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GABRIELLA ZITO
Efficiency and safeness improvement and cost containment strategy in Assisted Reproduction Technique (ART)
Supervisor:
GIUSEPPE RICCI
CRISTINA POZZOBON
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VALENTINA BOZ
Clinical, immunological, genetic and transcriptome characterization of Immune Dysregulations
Supervisor:
ALBERTO TOMMASINI
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GIULIA ZUDEH
PACSIN2 as a modulator of autophagy and thiopurine sensitivity: in vitro evaluations in lymphoid and intestinal cells
Supervisor:
GABRIELE STOCCO
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BARTOLOMEA GAITA
THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ORIGIN’S SITE AND THE PATHOGENETIC ROLE OF ANTI- EPIDERMAL TRANSGLUTAMINASE 3 ANTIBODIES IN DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS
Supervisor:
TARCISIO NOT
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ANTONIO DE LUCA
CORRELATION BETWEEN TISSUE ABNORMALITIES AND MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION INDICES IN ARRHYTHMOGENIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: A MULTIMODALITY IMAGING STUDY.
Supervisor:
MARCO MERLO
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SARA PATRIZI
Multi-omics approaches to complex diseases in children
Supervisor:
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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MARTINA FRANZIN
Role of microbiota composition in mediating the effects of thiopurines in pediatric patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
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FEDERICA ANASTASIA
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND WITNESSED VIOLENCE BY A PEDIATRIC OBSERVATORY
Supervisor:
CLAUDIO GERMANI
EGIDIO BARBI
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MARIO MARDIROSSIAN
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYSACCHARIDE-BASED SCAFFOLDS WITH ANTIMICROBIAL FEATURES FOR TISSUE REGENERATION
Supervisor:
GIANLUCA TURCO
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SARA BOZZER
Preclinical development of targeted-nanoparticles for the treatment of pediatric B-cell malignancies Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Burkitt Lymphoma
Supervisor:
PAOLO MACOR
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GIORGIO COZZI
Pharmacogenetic, pharmacokinetic and epigenetic profiles in children who experience vomiting or recovery agitation during sedation with ketamine
Supervisor:
EGIDIO BARBI
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LETIZIA PUGNETTI
IDENTIFICATION OF MOLECULAR MARKERS OF DISEASE AND RESPONSE TO THERAPY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
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DAVIDE SELVESTREL
DNA methyltion as epigenetic biomarker for the personalization of therapy in pediatric patients
Supervisor:
GABRIELE STOCCO
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SISSY BASSANI
Identification and functional characterization of new candidate genes and variants associated with Hereditary Hearing Loss and Presbycusis
Supervisor:
GIORGIA GIROTTO
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DEBORA CURCI
BIOSENSOR DEVELOPMENT AND GENOMIC ANALYSIS FOR THE STUDY OF THE INFLIXIMAB RESPONSE IN PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS.
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
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GIORGIA FONTANA
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF NEW GENETIC VARIANTS IDENTIFIED IN GENES OF INHERITED THROMBOCYTOPENIA
Supervisor:
ANNA SAVOIA
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ROSSELLA GRATTON
Hidradenitis suppurativa: identification of the main cellular and molecular pathways involved in immune and cutaneous cell biology.
Supervisor:
SERGIO CROVELLA
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OKSANA MONTECCHINI
PRECISION THERAPY FOR PEDIATRIC BCR-ABL-LIKE ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA: DEVELOP,ENT OF AN IN VITRO SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL MONITORING
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
GABRIELE STOCCO
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CAROLINA CASON
NEW GENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME AND RESISTOME IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HOSPITAL
Supervisor:
MANOLA COMAR
ROBERTO LUZZATI
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MARINELLA PINELLI
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: genetic and functional approaches in the NGS era
Supervisor:
RAFFAELE BADOLATO
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GUGLIELMO STABILE
Proteomic research in uterine malignant and benign tumor
Supervisor:
GIUSEPPE RICCI
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MARCO BRUMAT
HIGH-THROUGHPUT DATA ANALYSIS OF HEARING PHENOTYPES ON 9000 SUBJECTS FROM TEN COHORTS AND IN 200.000 INDIVIDUALS FROM UK BIOBANK
Supervisor:
GIORGIA GIROTTO
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NICOLE PAPA
Characterization of ETV6-Related Thrombocytopenia (ETV6-RT): a new form of thrombocytopenia associated with a risk of developing hematologic neoplasms
Supervisor:
MICHELA FALESCHINI
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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MARIA PINA CONCAS
STUDY OF FOOD LIKINGS: GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC INFLUENCES AND RELATIONSHIP WITH HEALTH
Supervisor:
PAOLO GASPARINI
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MICHELE RIZZO
Analysis of vaginal microbiota after Male-To-Female gender reassignment surgery
Supervisor:
CARLO TROMBETTA
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ALESSIA PIN
VEO-IBD AS MODELS FOR PATHOGENIC STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRECISION THERAPIES
Supervisor:
ALBERTO TOMMASINI
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LORENZA MATARAZZO
“MULTICENTER STUDY FOR THE GENOTYPIC AND PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF HEREDITARY CHOLESTASIS”
Supervisor:
GIUSEPPE MAGGIORE
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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ELENA GENOVA
Induced pluripotent stem cells as an innovative model for therapy personalization of inflammatory bowel disease.
Supervisor:
GABRIELE STOCCO
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ELISA BENELLI
Clinical and molecular characterization and effect of anti IgE treatment of patients with life-threating food allergy unresponsive to specific oral immunotherapy.
Supervisor:
EGIDIO BARBI