Current position (SSD): Full Professor Pharmacology (SSD BIO 14),

 INSTITUTIONAL ROLES G. d’Annunzio University

Chairman of Department of Pharmacy

Board member, Center for Advanced Studies and Technology – CAST

 OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Member of Ethical Committee for Biomedical Research, Regione Abruzzo, Italy

Scientific Societies Memberships

Italian Society of Pharmacology

Italian Society of Toxicology

National College of Pharmacologists

The Endocrine Society (USA)

Society of Toxicology (USA)

New York Academy of Sciences (USA)

 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

Study of chemical composition and biological effects of herbal extracts: exploring chemical compounds of medicinal plants and their possible therapeutic effects; sustainable cultivation practices; pharmacological and biotechnological applications; safety and dosage; preclinical and clinical studies and evidence-based medicine.

Pharmacological studies of neuroendocrine system: growth hormone (GH)

releasing hormone (GHRH)-GH axis; energy metabolism; feeding and body weight regulation; emotional disorders including anxiety and depression; therapeutic effects of  GHRH analogs, in preclinical studies.

 BIBLIOMETRIC INFORMATIONS

Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5008-8416 

Scopus author ID (link): 57205756527

Documents: 159

h index: 33

citations : 3616

 TEACHING ACTIVITY

Teaching charges at G. d’Annunzio University, School of Pharmacy

1998-2003      Pharmacognosy

2001-current   Endocrine Pharmacology

2003-current   Toxicology

2011-current   Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy

PhD board member at G. d’Annunzio University

Doctorate in Drug Sciences

Doctorate in Biomolecular and Pharmacological Sciences

TRAINING

1978    Scientific High School Diploma, 60/60

1984    Medical Degree, 110/110 cum laude

1984    Italian Medical Licence

1987    Specialization in Endocrinology, 70/70

1993    Philosophiae Degree in Endocrinology and Metabolism