Cellular Immunology
Matteo Bellone
Dr. Matteo Bellone obtained an M.D. degree (with honors) and was Board Certified in Allergology and Clinical Immunology at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
He had a 3-year post-doctoral training in autoimmunity at the University of Minnesota (MN, USA) working with Dr. Bianca Conti-Fine.
Since the early nineties he has been active in the fields of cancer immunology and immunotherapy, with a focus on mouse models of prostate cancer, melanoma, and multiple myeloma. He is also involved in human research, and acts has principal investigator in clinical trials.
He is Head of the Cellular Immunology Unit at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele (Milan, Italy), where he also practices as medical consultant in Clinical Immunology.
He is adjunct professor of Immunology at the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan.
He serves as Associate Editor at Frontiers in Immunology and Frontiers in Oncology, and as member of several boards of scientific journals and charities.
He has been Secretary and Treasurer of the Network Italiano per la BioTerapia dei Tumori (NIBIT) association, and currently holds a position as Council Member of the European Network for Cancer Immunotherapy (ENCI). He has contributed to the organization of several international scientific meetings. He is member of the Società Italiana di Immunologia, Immunologia Clinica ed Allergologia (SIICA), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the International Myeloma Society (IMS).
1986 Medical Doctor, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan
1989 Board Certified in Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan
1992-2002 Researcher IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan
1993-date Member Società Italiana di Immunologia, Immunologia Clinica ed Allergologia
1994-1999 Cultore della materia Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan
1997-date Clinical consultant Allergology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan
1999-date Adjunct Professor Immunology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan
2001-2004 Assistant Editor Human Gene Therapy, European Office
2002-2004 Senior Researcher IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan
2004-date Head/Group Leader Cellular Immunology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan
2006-date Member Newtwork Italiano per la Bioterapia dei Tumori (NIBIT)
2012-2015 Member Scientific Committee, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine
2012-date Member American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
2013 Member Scientific Committee, Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire de Paris, UMR_S 970, Agence d’Evalution de la Reserche er d’Enseignement Superieur (AERES)
2013-2021 Member Organizing Scientific Committee, International Annual Meeting of the NIBIT
2013-2021 Member Board of Directors, NIBIT
2015-date Associate Editor Frontiers in Oncology and Frontiers in Immunology, Oncology section
2016-2021 Secretary and Treasurer NIBIT
2019-date Member Board of Directors, European Network for Cancer Immunotherapy (ENCI)
2019-2022 Member Advisory Board of the PANIPAC project - EuroNanoMed
2022-2023 Member Organizing Scientific Committee, International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference 2023 (CICON23)
2023-date Member International Myeloma Society (IMS)
1992 Int. Fellowship VIII International Congress of Immunology, Budapest, Hungary
1995 Science Recognition Award CIS/CIC International Symposium on Clinical Immunology, San Francisco, USA
2014 Grant Award Clinic and Laboratory Integration Program, Cancer Research Institute, New York, USA
2019 Best Translational Paper OSR Scientific Retreat, March 14-16, 2019, Baveno, Italy
2021 Grant Award Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, New York, USA
2023 Grant Award Clinic and Laboratory Integration Program, Cancer Research Institute, New York, USA