Personale docente

Name: Federico Quaini
Date and place of birth: 07/04/1948, Cremona, ITALY

Education High School: Liceo Classico 1966
M.D.: University of Parma 1974
Board in Hematology, University of Modena 1977

Current Italian Appointment Associate Professor of Oncology, University of Parma
Director of the Cardiac Stem Cell Center CISTAC, University of Parma
Expert Manager on Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Parma
Coordinator School of Specialization in Oncology

Previous Appointments 1979-1985: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Parma,
December 1981 and January - July 1984: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, New York Medical College
1984: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Histology, City College University of the NYU
1985-1996: Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Parma
1987: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, NY Medical College,
1994, 1997, 2001-2007: Visiting Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, NY Medical College
Associate Professor of Oncology, University of Parma 1996-
Teaching positions: Head of the Course in Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine-University of Parma; Course in Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Biotechnology-University of Parma. Coordinator of the Board in Oncology-University of Parma
Collaborative work: 1) Marcello Tiseo, Medical Oncology, University/Hospital of Parma on the role of the immune contexture on lung cancer; 2) Govanni Roti, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation-Parma on novel therapeutic targets in leukemia and cancer; 3) Nicola Sverzellati, Department of Radiological Science University/Hospital of Parma on the identification of immune-radiomic signature radiomics in lung cancer; 4) Elisabetta Rosellini, Biomedical Engineering. University of Pisa on biomaterials for cardiac repair; 5) Paolo Madeddu, Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, Bristol University, UK on diabetes as a stem cell disease
Referee: PRIN e FIRB scientific projects from Italian Ministry of University (MIUR)
Heart Research UK and Georgian National Science Foundation
Editorial Board PloSOne
Reviewer for: PloSOne, Stem Cell, Scientific Reports, Cancers, Biochemical Pharmacology, European Journal of Pharmacology, Stem Cell Translational Medicine, Frontiers, British Journal of Cancer, Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Technology in Cancer Research, British Journal of Pharmacology, Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Histology and Histopathology.
Previous supported research: Co-Principal Investigator of the NIH Grant entitled: Cardiac Stem Cells and the Infarcted aging heart, 2004-2009 (Principal Investigator: Piero Anversa);
-Principal Investigator of PRIN MIUR project 2007AL2YNC entitled: Cardiotoxicity of anti-cancer therapy involves resident cardiac stem-progenitor cells. 2007-2009.
-Co-Principal investigator of the European Project N° 214539 FP7-NMP-2007: BIOSCENT BIOactive highly porous and injectable Scaffolds controlling stem cell recruitment, proliferation and differentiation and enabling angiogenesis for Cardiovascular ENgineered Tissues, 2008-2013
-Co-Principal Investigator of Regional Project on Regenerative Medicine, 2008-2012
- Co-Principal Investigator of AIRC 2017 project: Study of PD-L1 and other immunotherapy efficacy predictors on cytology and circulating tumor cells in advanced NSCLC
- Co-Principal Investigator of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology project: CA16122 – BIONECA 2017-2020
Actual participation to research projects
- Responsible for the task Immunophenotypic Analysis on AIRC 2019 project: A Radio-Immuno-Genomic Approach to Identify Prognostic and Predictive Models for the Response to Immunotherapy in NSCLC

Membership
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
European Society of Medical Oncology
European Society of Cardiology
Council Basic Cardiovascular Science
American Heart Association
Italian Society of Cardiovascular Research