PERLETTI GIANPAOLO

Date of Birth: October 22, 1962

Education:

>Master's degree in Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Milan, Italy
>Second-level Master’s in Clinical Drug Trials, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy

Research and Professional Experience:

>1989–1990: Research and study period (“Cancer Chemotherapy” Master program) at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA, funded by an AIRC fellowship.

>1991: Joined the Institute of Pharmacology, University of Milan, Italy, as a graduate technician; served as coordinator of the Molecular Biology Service.

Visiting Scientist/ Visiting professor positions:

>1994, 1995: Department of Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
>1997: Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA (funded by the Yamagiwa Yoshida Memorial International Cancer Study Grant; International Union Against Cancer, Geneva)
>1998: Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
>2003: Department of Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
>2007: iThemba Labs, Somerset West, Republic of South Africa
>2008: Received the Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement, 13th World Congress on Advances in Oncology and 11th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine, Heraklion, Greece

>Guest Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Universiteit Gent, Belgium (2015–2023)
>Visiting Professor, iThemba Labs – University of Stellenbosch, RSA, until 2023

Academic Appointment:

>Since 2000: Confirmed University Researcher, University of Insubria (BIO/14 sector)

Publications and Editorial Work:

>Author of approximately 160 articles in international journals, 6 book chapters, and editor of a pharmacology textbook

>Permanent collaborator with The Cochrane Prostatic Diseases and Urologic Cancers Review Group, Minneapolis, USA (currently conducting 2 systematic reviews)
>Co-Editor-in-Chief of an international journal; member of the editorial boards of 2 international journals

Teaching Activities:

>Outgoing Teaching Staff, Universiteit Gent, Belgium (Faculty of Medicine), Academic Years 2005–2023, under the Teaching Staff Mobility Program, Action 2.2, University of Insubria – Universiteit Gent agreement, LLP Erasmus Program 2008–2010

Teaching Roles (Adjunct Professor):

>Teaching Toxicology in the Bachelor’s program in Biological Sciences and Technologies, University of Insubria, Varese
>Teaching Cellular and Molecular Toxicology in the Master’s program in Biology Applied to Biomedical Research, University of Insubria, until 2021
>Since 2021: Teaching Clinical Trials in Pharmacology in the Master’s program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Insubria
>Complementary teaching in the courses Pharmacology and Chemotherapy and Principles of Nutraceutics and Cancer Chemoprevention within the Master’s program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Insubria