Franco Bernini f.bernini@unipr.it https://personale.unipr.it/it/ugovdocenti/person/17126 Sex MALE | Date of birth 24/06/1954 | Nationality Italian From 2001 to now Full Professor of Pharmacology (SSD BIO-14) Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma Responsible of the laboratory of Lipid Pharmacology, Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma Business or sector: Pharmacology 1988 PhD in Experimental Medicine University of Milan Lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis From 1987 to 1988; from 1984 to 1986 Instructor and Visiting Scientist Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Medicine in Houston (TX; USA) directed by Prof. A.M. Gotto Lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis Job-related skills Research activity aimed to the investigation of mechanisms regulating lipid homeostasis including its pharmacological or nutraceutical modulation for the prevention and therapy of degenerative diseases (atherosclerosis, autoimmune disease). Research activity also focuses on the study of lipoprotein functions and its modification in several clinical conditions associated to higher cardiovascular risk, or after pharmacological or nutraceutical treatments. More recently, the research interest has moved to the study of lipid metabolism and its potential alterations in Alzheimer's disease in the search of novel pharmacological targets Publication Track record H-index: 41. N. publication: 167. N. citations: 5996. N. Citations/publication: 36 (Scopus)