Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Pierluigi Navarra
WORK EXPERIENCE
November 2014–Present
Chairman - Institute of Pharmacology
Catholic University Medical School , (Italy)
2004–Present
Head – Clinical Pharmacology Unit
Academic Hospital ‘A. Gemelli’ – Catholic University, (Italy)
2002–Present
Full Professor – Institute of Pharmacology
Catholic University Medical School , (Italy)
1992–2002
Associate Professor – Institute of Pharmacology
Catholic University Medical School , (Italy)
1998–2002
Assistant Professor – Institute of Pharmacology
Catholic University Medical School , (Italy)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1989–1990
Research Fellow
Department of Endocrinology, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, University of London, (United Kingdom)
1988–1989
Visiting Assistant
Laboratory of Normal and Pathological Physiology, University of Ghent, (Belgium)
1982–1986
Post-graduate School in Clinical Pharmacology
Catholic University Medical School , (Italy)
1976–1982
Degree in Medicine
Catholic University Medical School , (Italy)
1971–1975
B.S. Arts
Liceo Scientifico , (Italy)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Expertise
Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology:
As from the early ‘90s, set-up and management of pre-clinical and clinical research groups, involving
scientific, logistic and funding tasks;
Organizational/managerial tasks:
Teaching and co-ordination, courses in Pharmacology for Degree in Medicine and Post-graduate
schools;
From 2004 to date, Responsible for the Clinical Pharmacology Unit of ‘Gemelli’ Academic Hospital (11
units);
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Curriculum Vitae
Pierluigi Navarra
2007 – 2012, Head of PhD School in Neuroscience, Catholic University Medical School
2009 – 2012, Head, Department of Public Health, ‘Gemelli’ Academic Hospital
2007 to date, Director 2nd level Master in ‘Sviluppo pre-clinico e clinico del farmaco. Aspetti regolatori,
tecnico-scientifici ed etici’ Catholic University Medical School.
Publications
Scientific and publishing skill: authorship of more than 180 full papers in in www.pubmed.gov (U.S.
National Library of Medicine).
Independent referee for: Biochemical pharmacology, Blood, Brain research, British Journal of
Pharmacology, European Journal of Neuroscience, Endocrinology, Fertility & Sterility, Journal of
Endocrinology, Journal of Neurochemistry, Journal of Neuroimmunology, Journal of Pharmacy and
Pharmacology, Molecular Human Reproduction, Neuroscience, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
Projects
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Grants from Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) and Ministero dell’Università e Ricerca
Scientifica e Tecnologica (MIUR); joined Italian-British research programme (1990-1993); CNR
national multi-centric program on the ‘Biology of inflammatory cytokines’ (1994-1996), and a MIUR
national multi-centric program on the biology of corticotropin-releasing hormone in fetal endothelium
(2001-2003).
Memberships
member of the Italian Society of Pharmacology, the Italian Society of Toxicology, the Societé Belge de
Physiologie et de Pharmacologie Fundamentales et Cliniques and the Endocrine Society (USA).
Other Relevant Information
From 1998 to 2004, member of the advisory board of the ‘Commissione Unica del Farmaco’ (CUF) of
Italian Ministry of Health; in 2001-2003, coordinator of the Pharmacovigilance Commitee of CUF.
From 2004 to date, member advisory board of the ‘Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco’ ; assessment of
marketing authorization dossiers, national and EMA procedures’ committees
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