Born in Bari, Apulia, Italy, the 30th of May 1975.
EDUCATION:
1994: Scientific High School Certificate.
July 2000: degree in Medicine and Surgery with best marks (110/110 and praise) with a thesis titled “Feasibility Study and Cost Analysis of a Measles Elimination Program through Vaccination”.
June 2001: qualified as Medical Doctor.
2001-2004: degree of Specialialist in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine with the best marks with best marks (50/50 and praise).
2003: “International Course in Applied Epidemiology”, CDC /Emory University, Atlanta, (September- October 2003).
2000-2001: Specialization Course in “Epidemiological Methodology” (Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bari)
2001: Course in “Migration and Health Politics” (Superior School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine “D’Alessandro”, Erice, Sicily)
2001: Course in “Vaccine Epidemiology” (National High Health Institute ISS, Roma)
2001-2002: Specialization Course in “Hospital Hygiene and Organization” (Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bari)
2001-2002: Specialization Course in “Vaccines and Vaccination Strategies” (Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Florence)
2003: Course in “Management of Information Flow in Sanity” (Superior School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine “D’Alessandro”, Erice, Sicily).
2004: Course in “Mycological Diagnosis”, Catholic University of “Sacro Cuore”, Rome.
2004: 1st EWGLI training course “Investigating outbreaks of legionnaires’ disease: risk assessment, sampling and control”, Health Protection Agency, London.
2005: Course in “Legionellosis: emerging problems” (Superior School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine “D’Alessandro”, Erice, Sicily).
2005-2006: Specialization Course in “Sanitary Engineering” (Catholic University of “Sacro Cuore”, Rome.
CURRENT POSITION:
Since January 2005: Assistant professor of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bari, Italy.
Since January 2005: Medical Doctor at the Operative Unit "Hygiene", Policlinico Hospital, Bari. Italy.
2009-2011: coordinator of the University Degree in "Community Health Workers" (Assistenza Sanitaria)at the Medical School, University of Bari.
1/03/2011-07/10/2012: Visiting researcher at the National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
8/10/2012-7/10/2013: Seconded researcher at the National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
01.01.2015: Assistant professor (Med/42, Public Health) Sapienza University of Rome.
18.01.2019: Associate professor (Med/42, Public Health) Sapienza University of Rome