Viral pathogens and biosafety
Elisa Vicenzi
EV obtained her Ph.D. in 1980 in Pharmacology at the University of Ferrara, Italy. She carried out her post-doctoral training at the “Mario Negri” Institute in Milan, Italy from 1981 to 1985. Then she moved to the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID, NIH directed by Malcolm A. Martin as a Visiting Associate. Since 1993 she has been working at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan as Senior Investigator in the AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit directed by Prof. Guido Poli till 2005 and since January 2006 she has been heading the Viral pathogens and biosafety Unit.
She is author of 126 including original articles published in peer-reviewed journals, reviews and book chapters.
1980 M.S. degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ferrara, Italy (summa cum laude)
1983 Specialist in Pharmacological Research, Department of Education of the Regional Government of Lombardia, “Mario Negri” Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milano, Italy
1981-1985 Research fellow, Laboratory for Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research, Chief: Maria Benedetta Donati, “Mario Negri” Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milano, Italy
1985-1986 Visiting Scientist, Institute of Cell Biology (Director: Prof. Ake Wasteson), Clinical Research Center, Healthy University, Linkoping, Sweden
1986-1987 Guest researcher, Laboratory of Chemo-Prevention, Chief: Michael B. Sporn, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
1987-1993 Visiting Associate, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Chief: Dr. Malcolm A. Martin, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
1994-2005 Co-founder and Senior Investigator of the AIDS Immunopathogenesis unit (Head: Guido Poli), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
2004-2023 Adjunct professor, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Since 2006 Head, Viral Pathogenesis and Biosafety Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
1996 Diploma at the 1st European Conference on Experimental AIDS Research held in Cannes, France
Since 2019 Reviewer for the Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS, Belgium
Since 2023 Reviewer for ANRS INSERM, France
EV currently serves as a reviewer and editor for Frontiers in Immunology and Frontiers in Microbiology. Additionally, she is a reviewer for mBio and has been co-Editor of two books for Springer Protocols, published by Humana Press: “Human Retroviruses. Methods and Protocols” (2013) and “HIV Reservoirs, Methods and Protocols” (2022)