Personale docente

As a research fellow in 1994, 1997, 1998 and 1999 in London, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Depts of Endocrinology, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology and Growth Factor Laboratory with Martin Savage and C. Camacho.Hubner she gained experience and knowledge on cell culture techniques and protein chemistry related withthe IGF system, growth and chronic inflammation while working on her phD. Before and after these periods she worked in the Department of Paediatrics of the University Hospital in Parma and in the research laboratory. In 2014 she moved as head to the Division of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology to Arcispedale S Maria Nuova- IRCCS, Reggio Emilia (Research Institute and Teaching Hospital) in Reggio Emilia where she was also director of the Research Laboratory for Paediatric Endocrinology she setup herself . The main focus of her research in recent years has been related with miRNAs and growth hormone deficiency, cytokines, miRNAs, and IGF system in follicular fluids and serum in PCOS, insulin sensitivity, HMGB1, treatment of obesity and endocrine disruptors. She is currently the PI for Reggio Emilia of the European LIFE-MILCH project that is assessing 58 different congeners in breast milk and in the urine of newborns up to 12 months of age in relationship with growth, BMI, pubertal stages and neurodevelopment.