Position/Role

Full Professor in Medicine. She is member elected of the Scientific Board of the International Society of Gender Medicine www.isogem.com.

Professional career

Professor Giovannella Baggio M.D. is specialized in Internal Medicine and in Endocrinology. From 1995 she is Full Professor in Medicine. She had the Chair of  Geriatrics and Gerontology in Sassari University, and from 2013 she had the first Chair in Italy of Gender Medicine in the University of Padua.   From 1999 to 2017 she was Chief of the Internal Medicine Unit of the University Hospital of Padua (Italy). Nowadays she is Senior Full Professor of the University of Padua. She is President of the National Research Centre of Gender Health and Medicine. She is member elected of the Scientific Board of the International Society of Gender Medicine www.isogem.com.

Editorial work and publications

Author of 260 scientific papers in international and national journal, co-editor of 6 monographs.

Position/Role

Patrizia Burra is Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, Head of the Multivisceral Transplantation Unit and ViceRector on Research Training at Padua University.

Professional career

Professor Burra obtained her medical degree at the University of Padua in 1984, followed by specialization in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy. Subsequently, she undertook an international research fellowship at the Liver Unit and Liver Research Laboratories at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK, before completing a PhD in Hepatology at the Padua University in 1993. She then joined the faculty at the Padua University as a Senior Registrar and Assistant Professor, Since 2004 Professor Burra is responsible of the “Regional center for cell therapy of metabolic diseases”. In 2010 she was appointed Head of the Multivisceral Transplantation Unit at the Padua University. Patrizia Burra assuming her current position of Associate Professor in 2014. Since 2015 she is ViceRector on Research Training at Padua University.

Scientific results

Patrizia Burra is interested in clinical and translational studies in the setting of liver transplantation, mainly regarding antiviral therapy for HCV recurrence, HBV prophylaxis after transplantation, acute alcoholic hepatitis as indication for liver transplantation, liver transplantation for NASH and NAFLD, adherence to medical treatments and quality of life of transplant recipients.

In the past, she has carried out studies on neurological function and regional cerebral flux by means of SPECT (single photon emission tomography) and has carried out quantitative studies on neurological function by PET (positron emission tomography) in subjects who are candidates for liver transplantation. In addition to clinical research, Patrizia Burra has been involved in basic research, mainly carrying out studies on primary cultures of human hepatocytes, receptors for thyroid hormones and stem cells from the umbilical cord and their differentiation into hepatocytes.

Editorial work and publications

Patrizia Burra is associate editor of Transplant International since 2009, of American Journal of Transplantation from 2010 to 2015 and of Digestive and Liver Disease since 2015. Since 2017 she is Special Section Editor of Journal of Hepatology and from 2018 she is co-chair of The Lancet–EASL Commission on liver diseases in Europe.

She has authored more than 290 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, including:

Manns MP, Burra P, Sargent J, Horton R, Karlsen TH. The Lancet-EASL Commission on liver diseases in Europe: overcoming unmet needs, stigma, and inequities. Lancet. 2018 Aug 25;392(10148):621-622

Burra P, Zanetto A, Germani G. Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancers (Basel). 2018 Feb 9;10(2):pii: E46

Toniutto P, Zanetto A, Ferrarese A, Burra P. Current challenges and future directions for liver transplantation. Liver Int. 2017;37:317–327

Burra P,Rodríguez-Castro K, Guarino M, Morisco F, Villa E, Mazzella G, Women in Hepatology Group; Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF). AISF position paper on liver transplantation and pregnancy: Women in Hepatology Group, Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF). Digestive and Liver Disease, 48(8):860-868.

Burra P, Germani G, Adam R, Karam V, Marzano A, Lampertico P, Salizzoni M, Filipponi F, Klempnauer JL, Castaing D, Kilic M, Carlis LD, Neuhaus P, Yilmaz S, Paul A, Pinna AD, Burroughs AK, Russo FP. Liver transplantation for HBV-related cirrhosis in Europe: an ELTR study on evolution and outcomes. J Hepatol. 2013 Feb;58(2):287-96.

Awards and prizes

Patrizia Burra is President of the NGO Marina Minnaja Foundation for the research and study of liver transplantation. She is a member of numerous Italian and international scientific societies, including: AISF (Italian Association of Liver Study) since 1985, SIGE (Italian Society of Gastroenterology) since 1985, ESOT (European Society for Organ Transplantation) since 1994, EASL (European Association Study of the Liver) since 1995 and ILTS (International Liver Transplant) since 2008.

Additionally, Professor Burra has previously served as Vice President of ESOT, Councillor of ILTS and Chair of the ILTS Education Committee, President of ILTS as well as Chair of the European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association. Currently, she is Past President of ILTS.

Position/Role

Membership in scientific institutions

Operating  Committee of the Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo di Milano (CERMAC) (Center of Excellence for High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging) funded by Italian Ministry of Health and Italian  Ministry of University and Scientific Research

Professional career

7.9.1985 

graduated from the School of Medicine,  State University of Milano, Italy

1989

Received italian board certification in Psychiatry, University of Milano, Italy.

1994

Italian Licence for the practice of Psychotherapy.

2001

Received italian board certification in Criminology (full marks cum laude), University of Milano, Italy.

2005- present Head Mood Disorders Unit - Department of Clinical Neurosciences, San Raffaele Hospital (HSR), Milano

2011- present Project and direction post lauream master in “Psicopatologia forense e criminologia”, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

2013- present Project and direction University Course for “Professionisti della security aziendale”, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

2016-present Director Residency school in Psychiatry

2016- Full Professor of Psychiatry, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, School of Medicine

Editorial work and publications

Scientific publications

1         Scarone S, Pieri E, Cattaneo R, Gambini O, Colombo C, Pugnetti L (1988) Neurofunctional assessment of early phases of Alzheimer's disease: a preliminary note on hemispheric EEG characteristics during cognitive tasks. Human Neurobiology; 6: 289-293

2         Colombo C, Gambini O, Macciardi F, Bellodi L, Sacchetti E, Vita A, Cattaneo R, Scarone S (1989) Alpha reactivity in schizophrenia and in schizophrenic spectrum disorders: demographic, clinical and hemispheric assessment. International Journal of Psychophysiology; 7:47-54

3         Gambini O, Colombo C, Macciardi F, Locatelli M, Calabrese G, Sacchetti E, Scarone S (1990) EEG Power spectrum profile and structural CNS characteristics in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry, 27:1331-1334

4         Locatelli M, Gambini O, Colombo C, Canger R, Beltrami M, Scarone S (1991) A statistical approach to computerized EEG: preliminary data on control subjects and epileptic patients. Brain Topography, 3(4):401-406

5         Scarone S, Colombo C, Livian S, Abbruzzese M, Ronchi P, Locatelli M, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (1992) Increased right caudate nucleus size in obsessive-compulsive disorder: detection with magnetic resonance imaging. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 45:115-121

6         Locatelli M, Gambini O, Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Scarone S (1992) Pharmaco-EEG characteristics of fipexide hydrochloride a brain EEG mapping study in healthy aged people. Research communications in Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavior, 17(1 e 2):16-24

7         Colombo C, Ronchi P, Perani D, Fazio F, Scarone S (1992) Rates of cerebral metabolic glucose utilization in the basal ganglia of patients with OCD. Clinical Neuropharmacology, 15(1), Pt. B: 231

8         Colombo C, Abbruzzese M, Livian S, Scotti G, Locatelli M, Bonfanti A, Scarone S (1993) Memory functions and temporal - limbic morphology in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 50: 45-56

9         Calabrese G, Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Scotti G, Scarone S (1993) Caudate nucleus abnormalities in obsessive - compulsive disorder: measurements of MRI signal intensity.Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 50:89-92

10      Gambini O, Colombo C, Cavallaro R, Scarone S (1993) Smooth pursuit eye movements and saccadic eye movements in delusional disorder patients. American Journal of Psychiatry, 150:1411-1414

11      Scarone S, Colombo C, Livian S, Abbruzzese M, Ronchi P, Locatelli M, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (1993) Increased right caudate nucleus size in obsessive-compulsive disorder: detection with magnetic resonance imaging. Abstract-a-Card: Psychiatry Edition, Vol. 4, Number 1, Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.                                                                                                                                                       

12      Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Livian S, Abbruzzese M, Scarone S (1993) Size of the corpus callosum and auditory comprehension in schizophrenics and normal controls. Schizophrenia Research, 11: 63-70

13      Brancato V, Barbini B, Regazzetti MG, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1994) Negative symptoms in schizophrenia: an open study placebo-fluvoxamine treatment added to neuroleptics. New trends in Experimental and Clinical Psychiatry, vol.10:1

14      Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Scarone S (1994) Anatomical characteristics of the corpus callosum and clinical correlates in schizophrenia.European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 243: 244-248

15      Abbruzzese M, Scarone S, Colombo C (1994) Obsessive compulsive symptomatology in normale pressure hydrocephalus: a case report. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 19 (5):378-380                                                                                                                       

16      Perani D, Colombo C, Bressi S, Bonfanti A, Grassi F, Scarone S, Bellodi L, Smeraldi E, Fazio F (1995) 18-F-FDG PET study in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).The British Journal of Psychiatry, 166:244-250                                                                                         

17      Cavallaro R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1995) A pilot, open study on the treatment of refractory schizophrenia with risperidone and clozapine.Human Psychopharmacology, Clinical and Experimental, 10(3): 231-234 

18      Barbini B, Bertelli S, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1996) Sleep loss, a possible factor in augmenting manic episode. Psychiatry Research 65:121-125

19      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Colombo C, Campori E, Smeraldi E (1996) Infradian mood fluctuations during a major depressive episode. Journal of Affective Disorders, 41(2):81-87

20      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1996) Dopamine agonist amineptine prevents the antidepressant effect of sleep deprivation. Psychiatry Research, 65:179-184.

21      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Lucca A, Campori E, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1997) Sleep deprivation hastens the antidepressant action of fluoxetine. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences,   247:100-103

22      Barbini B, Scherillo P, Benedetti F, Crespi G, Colombo C, Smeraldi E. (1997) Response to clozapine in cute mania is more rapid than that of chlorpromazine. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 12 (2):109-112

23      Benedetti F, Sforzini L, Colombo C, Maffei C, Smeraldi E. (1998) Low-dose clozapine in acute and continuation treatment of severe borderline personality disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 59(3):103-107

24      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1998) Patterns of mood variation during antidepressant treatment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 49(2):133-139

25      Barbini B, Colombo C, Benedetti F, Campori E, Bellodi L, Smeraldi E. (1998) The unipolar/bipolar dichothomy and the response to sleep deprivation. Psychiatry Research, 79(1):43-50

26      Barbini B, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Guglielmo E, Campori E, Smeraldi E. (1998) Perceived mood and biological rhythms in depression. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 248(3):157-160

27      Smeraldi E, Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori C, Colombo C (1999) Sustained antidepressant effect of sleep deprivation combined with pindolol in bipolar depression: a placebo-controlled trial. Neuropsychopharmacology, 20(4):380-385

28      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, Smeraldi E. (1999) Ongoing lithium treatment prevents relapse after sleep deprivation. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 19(3):240-245

29      Colombo C, Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Smeraldi E. (1999) Rate of switch from depression into mania after therapeutic sleep deprivation in bipolar depression.  Psychiatry Research,86(3): 267-270

30      Benedetti F, Zanardi R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E. (1999) Worsening of delusional depression after sleep deprivation: case reports. Journal of Psychiatric Research,33(1):69-72

31      Benedetti F, Serretti A, Colombo C, Campori E, Barbini B, Di Bella D, Smeraldi E (1999) Influence of a functional polymorphysm within the promoter of the serotonin transporter gene on the effects of total sleep deprivation in bipolar depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156(9):1450-1452

32      Serretti A, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Lilli R, Smeraldi E (1999) Dopamine receptor D4 is not associated with antidepressant activity of sleep deprivation.Psychiatry Research, 89:107-114

33      Colombo C, Lucca A, Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Smeraldi E (2000) Total sleep deprivation combined with lithium and light therapy in the treatment of bipolar depression: replication of main effects and interaction. Psychiatry Research,95(1):43-53

34      Benedetti F, Serretti A, Colombo C, Campori E, Barbini B, Di Bella D, Smeraldi E. (2000) Some ado for a polymorphism [letter; reply]. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157(11):1887-1888

35      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Serretti A. (2000) Genetic differences in antidepressant response to sleep deprivation. Eight World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Versailles, 27-31 August 2000. American Journal of Medical Genetics 96(4):537

36      Moresco RM, Colombo C, Fazio F, Bonfanti A, Lucignani G, Messa C, Gobbo C, Galli L, Del Sole A, Lucca A, Smeraldi E (2000) Effects of fluvoxamine treatment on the in vivo binding of [F-18]FESP in drug naive depressed patients: a PET study. Neuroimage 12(4):452-465

37      Zanardi R, Artigas F, Moresco R, Colombo C, Messa C, Gobbo C, Smeraldi E, Fazio F (2001) Increased 5-HT2 receptor binding in frontal cortex of depressed patients responding to paroxetine treatment: a PET scan study. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 21(1):53-58

38      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, Smeraldi E (2001) Morning sunlight reduces lenght of hospitalization for bipolar depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 62(3):221-223

39      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Pontiggia A., Colombo C (2001) Sleep phase advance and lithium to sustain the antidepressant effect of total sleep deprivation in bipolar depression: new findings sustaining the internal coincidence model? Journal of Psychiatric Research,35(6):323-329

40      Benedetti F, Campori E, Barbini B, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C (2001) Dopaminergic augmentation of sleep deprivation effects in bipolar depression. Psychiatry Research,104:239-246

41      Benedetti F, Lucca A, Brambilla F, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2002)  Interleukine-6 serum levels correlate with response to antidepressant sleep deprivation and sleep phase advance. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 26:1167-1170.

42      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Smeraldi E (2002) Sleep deprivation and biological rhytms in bipolar disorder. Journal of  Affective Disorders, 68:88-89

43      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Serretti A, Pontiggia A, Bernasconi A, Florita M, Smeraldi E (2003)  Morning light treatment hastens the antidepressant effect of citalopram: a placebo controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 64:648-653

44      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Serretti A, Lorenzi C, Pontiggia A, Barbini B,  Smeraldi E (2003)  Antidepressant effects of light therapy combined with sleep deprivation are influenced by a functional polymorphism within the promoter of the serotonin transporter gene. Biological Psychiatry, 54(7):687-92

45      Benedetti F, Serretti A, Colombo C, Lilli R, Lorenzi C, Smeraldi E (2003) Dopamine receptor D2 and D3 gene variants are not associated  with the antidepressant effect of total sleep deprivation in bipolar depression.  Psychiatry Research, 118(3):241-247.

46      Benedetti F, Serretti A, Colombo C, Barbini B, Lorenzi C, Campori E, Smeraldi E (2003) Influence of CLOCK gene polymorphism on circadian mood fluctuation and illness recurrence in bipolar depression. American Journal of Medical Genetics - NeuropsychiatricGenetics, 123B(1):23-6

47      Serretti A, Benedetti F, Mandelli L, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2003) Genetic dissection of psychopathological symptoms: insomnia in mood disorders and CLOCK gene polymorphism. American Journal of Medical Genetics,121B(1):35-8.

48      Messa C, Colombo C, Moresco RM, Gobbo C, Galli L, Lucignani G, Gilardi MC, Rizzo G, Smeraldi E, Zanardi R, Artigas F, Fazio F(2003) 5-HT2A receptor binding is reduced in drug-naïve and unchanged in SSRI-responder depressed patients compared to healthy controls: a PET study. Psychopharmacology, 167:72-8

49      Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Lorenzi C, Pontiggia A, SerrettiA, ColomboC, SmeraldiE (2004) A single nucleotide polimorphism in Glycogen synthase kinase 3-b influences age at onset of bipolar disorder. Neuroscience Letters, 355(1-2):37-40.

50      Benedetti F, Campori E, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2004) Fluvoxamine treatment of major depression associated with multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 16(3):364-366

51      Benedetti F, Pontiggia A, Bernasconi A, Colombo C, Florita M, Smeraldi E (2004) Lormetazepam in depressive insomnia: new evidences for phase-response effects of benzodiazepines. International Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology, 19(5):311-317

52      Benedetti F, Serretti A, Colombo C, Lorenzi C, Tubazio V, Smeraldi E. (2004) A glycogen synthase kinase 3-b promoter gene SNP is associated with age at onset and response to total sleep deprivation in bipolar depression. Neuroscience Letters, 368(2)123-126

53      Moresco RM, Cavallaro R, Messa C, Bravi D, Gobbo C, Galli L, Lucignani G, Colombo C, Rizzo G, Velonà I, Smeraldi E, Fazio F (2004) Cerebral D2 and 5HT2 receptor occupancy in schizophrenic patients treated with olanzapine or clozapine. J Psychopharmacology 18(3) 355-365

54      Barbini B, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Dotoli D, Bernasconi A, Cigala Fulgosi M, Florita M, Smeraldi E (2005) Dark therapy for mania: a pilot study. Bipolar Disorders, 7:98-101

55      Serretti A, Olgiati P, Colombo C (2005) Components of self-esteem in affective patients and non-psychiatric controls. J Affective Disorders, 88:93-98

56      Colombo C, Barbini B (2005) The importance of assessment. Editorial. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, J of Treatment Evaluation, vol. 2 (3) 135-136

57      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Cigala Fulgosi M, Pontiggia A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2005) Cognitive assessment of depression: a new test for mood disorders. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, J of Treatment Evaluation, vol. 2 (3) 149-165

58      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Florita M, Cigala Fulgosi M, Pontiggia A, Campori E, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2005) Treatment: rapid improvement in information processing after sleep deprivation and sleep-phase advance in bipolar depression. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, J of Treatment Evaluation, vol. 2 (3) 180-182

59      Benedetti F, Anselmetti S, Florita M, Radaelli D, Cavallaro R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2005) Reality monitoring and paranoia in remitted delusional depression. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, J of Treatment Evaluation, vol. 2 (3) 199-205

60      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C, Dallaspezia S, Pontiggia A,  Smeraldi E (2005) Combined Total Sleep Deprivation and Light Therapy in the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Bipolar Depression: Acute Response and Long-Term Remission Rates. J Clin Psychiatry 2005;66;12:1535-1540

61      Benedetti F, Serretti A, Pontiggia A, Bernasconi A, Lorenzi C, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2005) Long-term response to lithium salts in bipolar illness is influenced by the glycogen synthase kinase 3-beta-50 T/C SNP. Neuroscience Letters, 376 (1) :51-55

62      Serretti A, Cusin, Benedetti F, Mandelli L, Pirovano A, Zanardi R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2005) Insomnia improvement during antidepressant treatment and clock gene polymorphism. American Journal of Medical Genetics, B, 137(1) :36-39

63      Olgiati P, Serretti A, Colombo C (2006) Retrospective analysis of psychomotor agitation, hypomanic symptoms, and suicidal ideation in unipolar depression. Depression and anxiety 23(7) :389-97

64      Serretti A, Olgiati P, Colombo C (2006) Influence of postpartum onset on the course of mood disorders.  BMC Psychiatry, 6:4

65      Mandelli L, Serretti A, Marino E, Pirovano A, Calati R, Colombo C (2006) Interaction between serotonin transporter gene, catechol-o-methyltransferase gene and stressful life events in mood disorders. International J of Neuropsychopharmacology 9, 1-11

66      Mandelli L, Serretti A, Colombo C, Florita M, Santoro A, Rossini D, Zanardi R, Smeraldi E 2006): Improvement of cognitive functioning in mood disorder patients with depressive symptomatic recovery during treatment: an exploratory analysis. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 60, 598-604

67      Zanardi R, Rossini D, Magri L, Malaguti A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2006) Response to SSRIs and role if the hormonal therapy in post-menopausal depression. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol Epub dec 27

68      Serretti A, Olgiati P, Liebman MN, Hu H, Zhang Y, Zanardi R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2007) Clinical prediction of antidepressant response in mood disorders: linear multivariate vs neural network models. Psychiatry Research. 2007 Aug 30;152(2-3):223-31. Epub 2007 Apr 18.

69      Serretti A, Calati R, Oasi O, De Ronchi D, Colombo C (2007) Dissecting the determinants of depressive disorders outcome : an in depth analysis of two clinical cases. Annals of general Psychiatry 6:5

70      Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Blasi V, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Falini A, Lorenzi C, Radaelli D, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2007) Neural and genetic correlates of antidepressant response to sleep deprivation: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of moral valence decision in bipolar depression.. Arch Gen Psychiatry 64(2):179-87

71      Serretti A, Mandelli L, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Olgiati P, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2007): Serotonin Transporter Gene influences the time course of improvement of "Core" depressive and Somatic anxiety symptoms during treatment with SSRIs for recurrent Mood Disorders. Psychiatry Research 15:149:185-93. .

72      Serretti A, Zanardi R, Mandelli L, Smeraldi E, Colombo C (2007) A neural network model for combining clinical predictors of antidepressant response in mood disorders. J Affective Disorders 98(3):239-45

73      Benedetti F, Dallaspezia S, Fulgosi MC, Lorenzi C, Serretti A, Barbini B, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2007) Actimetric evidence that CLOCK 3111 T/C SNP influences sleep and activity patterns in patients affected by bipolar depression. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet  144(5):631-5

74      Serretti A, Calati R, Oasi O, De Ronchi D, Colombo C (2007) Dissecting the determinants of depressive disorders outcomes: an in depth analysis oft wo clinical cases. Annals of General Psychiatry 2007, 6:5 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-6-5

75      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2007) Chronoterapeutics in a psychiatric ward. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 11:509-522

76      Benedetti F, Dallaspezia S, Cigala Fulgosi M, Barbibi B, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2007) Phase advance is an actimetric correlate of antidepressant response to sleep deprivation and light therapy in bipolar depression. Chronobiology International, 24(5): 921-937

77      Maina G, Albert U, Bellodi L, Colombo C, Faravelli C, Monteleone P, Bogetto F, Cassano GB, Maj M (2007) Health-related quality of life in euthymic bipolar disorder patients: differences between bipolar I and bipolar II subtypes. J Clin Psychiatry 68(2):207-12

78      Olgiati P, Serretti A, Rossini D, Ferrari B, Dotoli D, Bongiorno F, Zanardi R, Colombo C (2007) Comparison between controlled trials in depression and naturalistic study data. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, vol. 4 p. 83-90

79      Serretti A, Olgiati P, Benazzi F, Zanardi R, Colombo C (2007) Psychomotor agitation in bipolar and unipolar depression. Clinical correlates and out come. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, vol. 4 p. 39-47

80      Mandelli L, Serretti A, Zanardi R, Rossini D, De Ronchi D, Tarricone I, Colombo C (2007) Antidepressant response in the elderly. Psychiatry Research 152:37-44

81      Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Bernasconi A, Dalla Spezia S, Falini A, Scotti G, Lorenzi C, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2008) Clock genes beyond the clock: CLOCK genotype biases neural correlates of moral valence decision in depressed patients. Genes Brain Behav. Mar 26; 7:20-25

82      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Bernasconi A, Fulgosi MC, Campori E, Colombo C, Dalla spezia S, Lorenzi C, Pontiggia A, Radaelli D, Smeraldi E (2008) Lithium overcomes the influence of 5-HTTLPR gene polymorphism on antidepressant response to sleep deprivation. J Clin Psychopharmacol 28(2):249-51

83      Zanardi R, Barbini B, Rossini D, Bernasconi A, Fregni F, Padberg F, Rossi S, Wirz-justice A, Terman M, Martiny K, Bersani G, Hariri AR, Pezawas L, Roiser JP, Bertolino A, Calabrese G, Magri L, Benedetti F, Pontiggia A, Malaguti A, Smeraldi E, Colombo C (2008) New perspectives on techniques for the clinical psychiatrist: brain stimulation, chronobiology and psychiatric brain imaging. Psichiatry and clinical neurosciences 62:627-637

84      Serretti A, Benedetti F, Mandelli L, Calati R, Caneva B, Lorenzi C, Fontana V, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2008) Association between GSK-3β –50T/C polymorphism and psychotic symptoms in mood disorders. Psychiatry research, 158(2):132-140

85      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Bernasconi A, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C, Gavinelli C, Marino E, Pirovano A, Radaelli D, Smeraldi E (2008) Serotonin 5-HT_2A receptor gene variants influence antidepressant response to repeated total sleep deprivation in bipolar depression. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 32:1833-1866.

86      Benedetti F, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Pirovano A, Marino E, Smeraldi E (2009) A length polymorphism in the circadian clock gene Per3 influences age at onset of bipolar disorder. Neuroscience Letters, 445(2):184-7.

87      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Pirovano A, Marino E, Smeraldi E (2009) The catechol-O-methyltransferase Val(108/158)Met polymorphism affects antidepressant response to paroxetine in a naturalistic setting. Psychopharmacology, 203(1):155-60.

88      Mandelli L, Marino E, Pirovano A, Calati R, Zanardi R, Colombo , Serretti A (2009) Interaction between SERTPR and stressful life events on response to antidepressant treatment. European Neuropsychopharmacology 19: 64-67

89      Benedetti F, Calabrese G, Bernasconi A, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Dallaspezia S, Falini A, Radaelli D, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2009) Spectroscopic correlate of antidepressant response to sleep deprivation and light therapy: a 3.0 T study of bipolar depression. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging,173(3):238-42

90      Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Bernasconi A, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2009) Changes in medial prefrontal cortex neural responses parallel successful antidepressant combination of venlafaxine and light therapy. Archives Italiennes de Biologie, 147:83-93

91      Kato M, Zanardi R, Rossini D, De Ronchi D, Okugawa G, Kinoshita T, Colombo C, Serretti A (2009) 5-HT2A gene variants influence specific and different aspects of antidepressant response in Japanese and Italian mood disorder patients. Psychiatry research, vol. 167, p. 97-105

92      Marino E, Fanny B, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Franchini L, Colombo C, Bramanti P, Smeraldi E. (2010) Genetic bases of comorbidity between mood disorders and migraine: possible role of serotonin transporter gene. Neurol Sci. 2010 Jun;31(3):387-91. Epub 2009 Nov 21.

93      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Bernasconi A, Fulgosi MC, Dallaspezia S, Gavinelli C, Locatelli C, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Radaelli D, Smeraldi E, Colombo C. (2010) Acute antidepressant response to sleep deprivation combined with light therapy is influenced by the catechol-O-methyltransferase Val(108/158)Met polymorphism. J Affect Disord.121(1-2):68-72. Epub 2009 Jun 11.

94      Benedetti F, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Smeraldi E (2010) Effect of catechol-O-methyltransferase Val(108/158)Met polymorphism on antidepressant efficacy of fluvoxamine. European Psychiatry, 25(8):476-478

95     Lorenzi C, Delmonte D, Pirovano A, Marino E, Bongiorno F, Catalano M, Colombo C, Bramanti P, Smeraldi E (2010) Searching Susceptibility Loci for Bipolar Disorder: A Sib Pair Study on Chromosome 12.Neuropsychobiology 2010; 61:10-18 (DOI: 10.1159/000258638)

96      Benedetti F, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Smeraldi E  (2010) Association between catechol-O-methyltransferase Val(108/158)Met polymorphism and psychotic features of bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord. 2010 Jan 30.

97      Bongiorno F, Franchini L, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Bramanti P, Smeraldi E (2010) Genetic bases of comorbidity between mood disorders and migraine: possible role of serotonin transporter gene. Neurological Sciences, vol.1 feb 2010

98      Rossini D, Lucca A, Magri L, Malaguti A, Smeraldi E, Colombo C, Zanardi R (2010) A symptom-specific analysis of the effect of high-frequency left or low-frequency right transcranial magnetic stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in major depression. Neuropsychology 62(2):91-7

99      Dallaspezia S, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E, Benedetti F (2011) Circadian clock gene Per3 variants influence the post-partum onset of bipolar disorder. European Psychiatry, 26(3):138-40.

100   Benedetti F, Yeh PH, Bellani M, Radaelli D, Nicoletti MA, Poletti S, Falini A, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Scotti G, Smeraldi E, Soares JC, Brambilla P (2011) Disruption of white matter integrity in bipolar depression as a possible structural marker of illness. Biol Psychiatry  Feb 15;69(4):309-17

101   Malaguti A, Rossini D, Lucca A, Magri L, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E, Zanardi R (2011) Role of COMT, 5-HT1A, and Sert genetic polymorphisms on antidepressant response to transcranial magnetic stimulation. Depression and anxiety, 28:568-573

102   Benedetti F, Dallaspezia S, Locatelli C, Radaelli D, Poletti S, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2011) Recurrence of bipolar mania is associated with catechol-O-methyltransferase Val (108/158) Met polymorphism. J of Affective Disorders  132:293-296

103   Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Poletti S, Locatelli C, Dallaspezia S, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2011) Association of the C(-1019)G 5-HT1A promoter polymorphism with exposure to stressors preceding hospitalization for bipolar depression. J of Affective Disorders 132:297-300

104   Benedetti F, Colombo C (2011) Sleep deprivation in mood disorders. Neuropsychobiology, 64:141-151

105   Benedetti, F; Absinta, M; Rocca, MA; Radaelli, D; Poletti, S; Bernasconi, A; Dallaspezia, S; Pagani, E; Falini, A; Copetti, M; Colombo, C; Comi, G; Smeraldi, E; Filippi, M (2011) Tract-specific white matter structural disruption in patients with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord 13, 4140

106   Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Poletti S, Locatelli C, Falini A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2012) Opposite effects of suicidality and lithium on gray matter volumes in bipolar depression. J of Affective Disorders 135 (1-3):139-147

107   Brambilla C, Gavinelli C, Delmonte D, Cigala Fulgosi M, Barbini B, Colombo C, Smeraldi e (2012) Seasonality and sleep: a clinical study on euthymic mood disorder patients. Depression Research and treatment - Hindawi Publishing Corporation doi:10.155/2012/978962

108   Franchini L, Ciracì M, Redaelli C, Colombo C (2012) Sexual dysfunction during long-term treat,ment with antidepressants in unipolar disorder: clinical and management aspects. J of Psychopathology 2012, EPUB February 2012

109   Benedetti F, Dallaspezia S, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Radaelli D, Locatelli C, Poletti S, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2012) Gene-gene interaction of glycogen synthase kinase 3-beta and serotonin transporter on human antidepressant response to sleep deprivation. J of Affective disoders 136 (2012)514-519

110   Dallaspezia S, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Cigala Fulgosi M, Gavinelli C, Smeraldi E (2012) Optimized light therapy for non-seasonal major depressive disorder: effects of timing and season. J Affective Disorders 138 (2012)337-342

111  Colombo C, Fossati A, Colom F (2012) EditorialBipolar Disorder Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 525837, 2 pages
Hindawi Publishing corporation Depression research and treatment doi:10.1155/2012/525837

112   Radaelli D, Poletti S, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Smeraldi E, Benedetti F (2012) Neural responses to emotional stimuli in comorbid borderline personality disorder and bipolar depression. Psychiatry Res 203, 61-66

113   Dallaspezia S, Poletti S, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E, Benedetti F (2012) Interaction between lithium salts and a functional polymorphism in EAAT2 in influencing history of illness in bipolar disorder. Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy, 16 (5):303-9

114  Dallaspezia S, Poletti S, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E, Benedetti F (2012). Influence of an Interaction between Lithium Salts and a Functional Polymorphism in SLC1A2 on the History of Illness in Bipolar Disorder. MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS & THERAPY, vol. 16, p. 303-309, ISSN: 1177-1062, doi: 10.1007/s40291-012-0004-5.

115  Radaelli D, Poletti S, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Smeraldi E, Benedetti F (2012). Neural responses to emotional stimuli in comorbid borderline personality disorder and bipolar depression. PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH, vol. 203, p. 61-66, ISSN: 0165-1781, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.09.010, How to Cite or Link Using DOI

116   Benedetti F, Bollettini I, Barberi I, Radaelli D, Poletti S, Locatelli C, Pirovano A,  Lorenzi C, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2013) Lithium and GSK3-b promoter gene variants influence white matter microstructure in bipolar disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology, 38 (2): 313-27

117   Casarotto S, Canali P, Rosanova M, Pigorini A, Fecchio M, Mariotti M, Lucca A, Colombo C, Benedetti F, Massimini M (2013) Assessing the Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Cortical Excitability by Means of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Electroencephalography. Brain Topography 26 : 326-337 DOI 10.1007/s10548-012-0256-8

118   Zanardi R, Colombo L, Marcheggiani E, Rossini D, Delmonte D, Cigala Fulgosi M, Gavinelli C, Colombo C (2013) Paroxetine drops versus paroxetine tablets: evaluation of compliance in a six-month study. Riv. Psichiatr. 48(3):261-7 doi:10.1708/1292.14294

119   Benedetti F, Riccaboni R, Locatelli C, Poletti S, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C (2014) Rapid treatment response of suicidal symptoms to lithium, sleep deprivation, and light therapy (chronotherapeutics) in drug-resistant bipolar depression. J Clin Psychiatry J Clin Psychiatry 2014 75(2): 133-140

120   Radaelli D, Dallaspezia S, Poletti S, Smeraldi E, Falini A, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2013) Different neural responses to a moral valence decision task in unipolar and bipolar depression.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/568617

121   Radaelli D, Benedetti F, Cavallaro R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2013) Reality monitoring deficits as common  neuropsychological correlates of schizophrenic and affective psychosis. Behavioral sciences 3 (2): 244-252

122  Radaelli D, Poletti S, Gorni I, Locatelli C, Smeraldi E, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2014) Neural correlates of delusion in bipolar  depression. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 221 1-5

123   Poletti S, Sferrazza Papa G, Locatelli C, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2014) Neuropsychological deficits in bipolar depression persist after successful antidepressant treatment. J Affective disorders 2014 Mar;156:144-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.11.023. Epub 2013 Dec 16.

124   Poletti S, Locatelli C, Radaelli D, Lorenzi C, Smeraldi E, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2014) Effect of early stress on hippocampal gray matter is influenced by a functional polymorphism in EAAT2 in bipolar disorder. Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 2014 Jun 3;51:146-52. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2014.01.021. Epub 2014 Feb 8.

125   Benedetti F, Bollettini I, Radaelli D, Poletti S, Locatelli C, Falini A, Smeraldi E, Colombo C (2014) Adverse childhood experiences influence white-matter microstructure in patients with bipolar disorder. Psychological Medicine 44, 3069-3082

126   Mattiello S, Brignoli SM, Cordedda A, Pedroni B, Colombo C, Rosi F (2014) Effect of the change of social environment on the behavior of a captive brown bear Journal of veterinary behavior: clinical applications and research. Vol. 9 issue 3 pages 119-123

127   Canali P, Sferrazza Papa G, Casali A, Schiena G, Fecchio M, Pigorini A, Smeraldi E, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2014) Changes of cortical excitability as markers of antidepressant response in bipolar depression: preliminary data obtained by combining transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroencephalography (EEG). Bipolar Disorders 2014; 16(8):809-819. Doi: 10.1111/bdi.12249

128   Benedetti F, Riccaboni R, Poletti S, Radaelli D, Locatelli C, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Smeraldi E, Colombo C (2014) The serotonin transporter genotype modulates the relationship between early stress and adult suicidality in bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorders 2014; 16:857-866 doi: 10.1111/bdi.12250

129   Poletti S, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2014) Adverse childhood experiences worsen cognitive distortion during adult bipolar depression. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55 (2014) 1803-1808 pii: S0010-440X(14)00182-5. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.07.013

130   Benedetti F, Poletti S, Radaelli D, Locatelli C, Pirovano A, Lorenzi C, Vai B, Bollettini I, Falini A, Smeraldi E, Colombo C (2014) Lithium and GSK-3beta promoter gene variants influence cortical gray matter volumes in bipolar disorder. Psychopharmacology DOI 10.1007/s00213-014-3770-4

131   Canali P, Sarasso S, Rosanova M, Casarotto S, Sferrazza-Papa G, Gosseries O, Fecchio M, Massimini M, Cavallaro R, Smeraldi E, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2015) Shared reduction of oscillatory natural frequencies in bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia.  Journal of affective disorders 184:111-5

132   Bollettini I, Poletti S, Locatelli C, Vai B, Smeraldi E, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2015) Disruption of white matter integrity marks poor antidepressant response in bipolar disorder. Journal of affective disorders 174:233-240

133   Poletti S, Bollettini I, Mazza E, Locatelli C, Radaelli D, Vai B, Smeraldi E, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2015) Cognitive performances associate with neasures of white matter integrity in bipolar disorder. Journal of affective disorders 174:342-352

134   Radaelli D, Sferrazza Papa G, Vai B, Poletti S, Smeraldi E, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2015) Fronto-limbic disconnection in bipolar disorder. European Psychiatry 30: 82-88

135   Poletti S, Locatelli C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2015) Glutamate EAAT1 transporter genetic variants influence cognitive deficits in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Res 226 (2015) 407-408 S0165-1781(15)00058-X DOI: 10.1016/j.psyres.2014.12.071

136   Benedetti F, Bollettini I, Poletti S, Locatelli C, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Smeraldi E, Colombo C (2015) White matter microstructure in bipolar disorder is influenced by the serotonin transporter gene polymorphism 5-HTTLPR. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 14: 3,  238-250

137   Benedetti F, Riccaboni R, Dallaspezia S, Locatelli C, Smeraldi E, Colombo C (2015) Effects of CLOCK gene variants and early stress on hopelessness and suicide in bipolar depression. Chronobiology International. Posted online on July 23, 2015 http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/07420528.2015.1060603

138   Vai B, Poletti S, Radaelli D, Dallaspezia S, Bulgarelli C, Locatelli C, Bollettini I, Falini A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E, Benedetti F (2015) Successful antidepressant chronotherapeutics enhance fronto-limbic neural response and connectivity in bipolar depression. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 233 (2015) 243-253

139   Poletti S, Vai B, Smeraldi E, Cavallaro R, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2016) Adverse childhood experiences influence the detrimental effect of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia on cortico-limbic grey matter volumes. Journal of affective disorders, 189:290-297

140   Dallaspezia S, Locatelli C, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2016) Sleep homeostatic pressure and PER3 VNTR gene polymorphism influence antidepressant response to sleep deprivation in bipolar depression. Journal of affective disorders, 192:64-69

141   Benedetti F, Poletti S, Hoogenboezem TA, Mazza E, Ambrée O, de Wit H, Wijkhuijs AJM, Locatelli C,  Bollettini I, Colombo C, Arolt V, Drexhage HA (2016) Inflammatory cytokines influence measures of white matter integrity in bipolar disorder. Journal of affective disorders 202:1-9

142 Suzuki M, Dallaspezia S, Locatelli C, Uchiyama M, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2016) Discrepancy between subjective and objective severity as a predictor of response to chronotherapeutics in bipolar depression. Journal of affective disorders, 204: 48-53

143   BenedettiF,PolettiS,HoogenboezemTA,LocatelliC,AmbréeO,deWitH,WijkhuijsAJM,MazzaE,  BulgarelliC,VaiB,  ColomboC,SmeraldiE,AroltV,DrexhageHA (2016) StemCellFactor (SCF) isaputativebiomarkerofantidepressantresponse. JNeuroimmunePharmacol 11:248. doi:10.1007/s11481-016-9672-y

144   Poletti S, Locatelli C, Falini A, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2016) Adverse childhood experiences associate to reduced glutamate levels in the hippocampus of patients affected by mood disorders. Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology and biological psychiatry 71 (2016) 117-122

145   Poletti S, Aggio V, Bollettini I, Falini A, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2016) SREBF-2 polymorphism influences white matter microstructure in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging 257: 39-46

146   Benedetti F, Poletti S, Hoogenboezem TA, Mazza E, Ambrée O, de Wit H, Wijkhuijs AJM, Locatelli C Bollettini I, Colombo C, Smeraldi E, Arolt V, Drexhage HA (2016) Inflammatory cytokines influence measures of white matter integrity in bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 202:1-9

147   Poletti S, Myint AM, Schuetze G, Bollettini I, MazzaE, Grillitsch, Locatelli C, Schwarz M, Colombo C, Bendetti F (2016) Kynurenine pathway and white matter microstructure in bipolar disorder. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci  DOI 10.1007/s00406-016-0731-4

148   Poletti S, Riccaboni R, Pirovano C, Lorenzi C, Locatelli C, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2016) Behavioural genetics of suicidality in bipolar disorder: the interaction between clock and 5-HTT polymorphisms and early life stress. Psychiatry research  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.10.054

149   Bollettini I, Melloni EMT, Aggio V, Poletti S, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Vai B, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2016) Clock genes associate with white matter integrity in depressed bipolar patients. J Chronobiology International http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2016.1260026

150   Suzuki M, Dallaspezia S, Locatelli C, Lorenzi C, Uchiyama M, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2017) Clock gene variants associated with the discrepancy between subjective and objective severity in bipolar depression. Journal of affective disorders 210: 14-18

151   Poletti S, Aggio V, Brioschi S, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2017) Multidimensional cogntive impairment in unipolar and bipolar depression and the moderator effect of adverse childhood experiences. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 71(5):309-317

152   Poletti S, Mazza E, Locatelli C, Aggio V, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2017) Th17 cells correlate positively to the structural and functional integrity of the brain in bipolar depression and healthy controls. Brain, behavior, and Immunity 61:317-325

153   Mazza E, Poletti S, Bollettini I, Locatelli C, Falini A, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2017)  Body massindex associates with white matter microstructure in bipolar depression. Bipolar disorders 19(2):116-127

154   Benedetti F, Melloni EMT, Dallaspezia S, Bolletini I, Locatelli C, Poletti S, Colombo C (2017) Night sleep influences white matter microstructure in bipolar depression. J affective Disorders 15;218:380-387

155   Vai B, Riberto M, Poletti S, Bollettini I, Lorenzi C, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2017) Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val (108/158)Met polymorphism affects fronto-limbic connectivity during emotional processing in bipolar disorder.Eur Psychiatry 41:53-59

156   Canali P, Casarotto S, Rosanova M, Sferrazza-Papa G, Casali AG, Gosseries O, Massimini M, Smeraldi E, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2017) Abnormal brain oscillations persit after recovery from bipolar depression. Eur Psychiatry 41:10-15

157   Poletti S, Aggio V, Hoogenboezem TA, Ambrée O, de Wit H, Wijkhuijs AJ, Locatelli C, Colombo C, Arolt V, Drexhage HA, Benedetti F (2017) Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and gray matter volume in bipolar disorder. Eur Psychiatry 40:33-37

158   Benedetti F, Ambrée O, Locatelli C, Lorenzi C, Poletti S, Colombo C, Arolt V (2017) The effect of childhood trauma on serum BDNF in bipolar depressioni is modulated by the serotonin promoter genotype. Neuroscience Letters 656 (2017) 177-181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2017.07.043

159   Aggio V, Brioschi S, Bollettini I, Falini A, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2017) Impact of early and recent stress on white matter microstructure in major depressive disorder. Jornal of Affective Disorders, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.08.017

160   Suzuki M, Dallaspezia S, Locatelli C, Uchiyama M, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2018) Does early response predict subsequent remission in bipolar depression treated woth repeated sleep deprivation combined with light therapy and lithium? Journal of affective disorders 229 (2018) 371-37

Abstracts presented at international and national congresses

1         Cattaneo R, Pugnetti L, Colombo C, Scarone S (1985) Implicazioni terapeutiche derivanti dallo studio della postura sul flusso aereo e sull'attivita' EEG durante il sonno mediante monitoraggio combinato audiovisivo-poligrafico nella sindrome di apnee notturne. Atti XXXVI Congresso Societa' Italiana di Psichiatria, Milano

2         Colombo C, Cattaneo R, Ragnoli D, Scarone S, Pugnetti L (1985) Descrizione quantitativa dell'attivita' EEG in specifici disordini del sonno, studio preliminare su cinque casi selezionati. Atti XXXVI Congresso Societa' Italiana di Psichiatria, Milano

3         Pugnetti L, Scarone S, Cattaneo R, Colombo C, Massironi R (1985) Analisi automatica delle variazioni EEG in banda alfa in pazienti con schizofrenia di recente esordio. Atti XXXVI Congresso Societa' Italiana di Psichiatria, Milano

4         Pugnetti L, Scarone S, Cattaneo R, Biserni P, Cattaneo AM, Colombo C, Massironi R (1985) Disturbi della specializzazione emisferica in pazienti affetti da schizofrenia: analisi automatica delle variazioni EEG in banda alfa. Atti III Congresso Nazionale Societa' Italiana Attivita' Nervosa Superiore, Milano, 14-15 giugno

5         Colombo C, Cattaneo R, Locatelli M, Gambini O, Scarone S (1989) Indagine neurofunzionale in parenti di primo grado di pazienti schizofrenici: uno studio neurofisiologico. In: Progressi in Psichiatria. Pancheri P., Reda G.C. Eds. C.I.C. Edizioni Internazionali, Roma,1:391-396. Atti del XXXVII Congresso Nazionale della Societa' Italiana di Psichiatria

6         Colombo C, Bellini L, Livian S, Gatti P, Scotti G, Scarone S (1990) MRI and neuropsychological tests in schizophrenic patients: a preliminary study. Second International Symposium: Imaging of the Brain in Psychiatry and Related Fields. Wurzburg, June13-16, Book of abstracts, 18

7         Colombo C, Scarone S (1990) Clinica e terapia dell'insonnia. Atti del I Congresso Nazionale della Societa' Italiana per la Formazione in Psichiatria (S.I.F.I.P.) "Formarsi e formare in psichiatria oggi", Roma 11-14 ottobre, pp. 267-281

8         Gambini O, Locatelli M, Colombo C, Macciardi F, Scarone S (1990 )The meaning of physiological computerized EEG: A statistical approach.Atti dell'International meeting on psychoneurobiology: Psychiatry and advanced technologies, Saint Vincent, 25-28 settembre

9         Scarone S, Colombo C, Livian S, Scotti G, Perani D, Fazio F (1991) Morphofunctional aspects of schizophrenia: PET and MRI data. In: Biological Psychiatry; 29(11S):13. 5th World Congress of World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, Florence, June 9-14

10      Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Perani D, Fazio F, Smeraldi E, Scarone S (1991) Functional aspects of schizophrenia. Preliminary PET data. Biological Psychiatry, vol. 2, p 376-378

11      Colombo C, Ronchi P, Perani D, Fazio F, Scarone S (1992) Rates of cerebral metabolic glucose utilization in the basal ganglia of patients with OCD. Proceedings of the 18th Collegium International Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum Congress; Vol. 15, Suppl. 1, Part B, 231, Raven Press, New York

12      Locatelli M, Colombo C, Beltrami M, Vittadini M, Scarone S (1992) Valutazione morfofunzionale delle fasi iniziali della demenza associata ad alcolismo mediante CEEG e RMN. X Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Alcologia: "L'Alcologia in Europa", Verona

13      Bonfanti A, Colombo C, Abbruzzese M, Scarone S (1993) Structural characteristics of the corpus callosum and neuropsychological correlates in schizophrenics and normal controls. Schizophrenia Research, vol. 9, no. 2, 3, special issue: Abstracts of the IVth international congress on schizophrenia research, Colorado Springs, USA, 17-21 April

14      Calabrese G, Santino P, Colombo C, Cavallaro R, Scarone S, Scotti G (1993) T2 relaxation time of basal ganglia in tardive dyskinesia. Schizophrenia Research, vol. 9, no. 2, 3, special issue: Abstracts of the IVth international congress on schizophrenia research, Colorado Springs, USA, 17-21 April

15      Perani D, Bressi S, Colombo C, Grassi F, Bonfanti A, Scarone S, Smeraldi E, Fazio F (1993) Metabolic dysfunction in obsessive - compulsive disorder: an [18 F]FDG PET follow-up study in patients treated with inhibitors of serotonin re - uptake. In: Neurology; 43(4):189. 45th Annual Meeting Program of American Academy of Neurology, New York, april 25-may 1, 

16      Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Perani D, Bressi S, Grassi F, Scarone S, Fazio F, Smeraldi E (1994) Studio (18 F) FDG PET in pazienti con disturbo ossessivo-compulsivo trattati con inibitori selettivi del re-uptake della serotonina. In: 7° Congresso Societa' Italiana di Psichiatria Biologica - Libro degli Abstracts. Arti Grafiche Pisano,Cagliari; S7.4:42

17      Calabrese G, Colombo C, Falini A, Origgi D, Lipari S, Scotti G, Scarone S (1994) La spettroscopia del protone nella valutazione del metabolismo cerebrale in pazienti schizofrenici. In: 7° Congresso Societa' Italiana di Psichiatria Biologica - Libro degli Abstracts. Arti Grafiche Pisano,Cagliari; S15.2:99

18      Calabrese G, Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Falini A, Lipari S, Origgi D, Scotti G, Scarone S (1995) Neuronal dysfunction in the frontal-cortex in schizophrenia evaluated by H-1 MRS study. Schizophrenia Research, vol. 15, p. 79

19      Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Calabrese G, Scarone S (1994) Psichiatric disease and brain imaging techniques: MRI/MRS studies. In: 1er Symposium sur la Resonance Magnetique Appliquée a la Psychiatrie - Libro degli Abstracts. Centre Hospitalier - Rouffach - France; 37

20      Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1994) Innovazioni e opportunità nel trattamento farmacologico antipsicotico. XXXIX Congresso Nazionale Societa' Italiana di Psichiatria. Atti del simposio: Intervento riabilitativo e farmaci antipsicotici: nuove prospettive:41, Riccione 23-28 ottobre, pp.41-47

21      Barbini B, Benedetti F, Campori E, Guglielmo E, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1995) Perceived symptomatology and biological rhythms in unipolar patiens. World Conference on Chronobiology and Chronotherapeutics. Biological Rhythms Research; 26:365

22      Barbini B, Colombo C, Benedetti F, Campori E, Di Molfetta D, Smeraldi E (1995) The study of circadian and infradian fluctuations in mood disorders: a methodological approach. World Conference on Chronobiology and Chronotherapeutics. Biological Rhythms Research; 26:365-366

23      Sforzini L, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1996) Clozapine in the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. II European Congress on Personality Disorders. Diagnostic assessment and therapeutic strategies in personality disorders. Book of abstracts. Milano, Jun 26-29

24      Benedetti F, Sforzini L, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1997) Terapia acuta e a medio termine con clozapina a basso dosaggio nel disturbo di personalità borderline. II Congresso internazionale della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia. Pisa, 20-23 febbraio. Giornale Italiano di Psicopatologia, 3

25      Barbini B, Benedetti F,  Campori E, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1997) Differential effect of total sleep deprivation in unipolar and bipolar depression. 6th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Jun 22-27; Nice. Biol Psychiatry 42(Suppl 1):109S

26      Benedetti F,  Barbini B, Campori E, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1997) Patterns of infradian mood variation in major depression. 6th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Jun 22-27; Nice. Biol Psychiatry42(Suppl 1):109S

27      Colombo C, Benedetti F, Smeraldi E (1997) Clozapine treatment of borderline personality disorder. 6th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Jun 22-27; Nice. Biol Psychiatry 42(Suppl 1):31S

28      Barbini B, Benedetti F, Campori E, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1997) Circadian mood fluctuation as a predictor of the antidepressant response to total sleep deprivation. 6th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Jun 22-27; Nice. Biol Psychiatry 42(Suppl 1):233S

29      Smeraldi E, Cavallaro R, Colombo C, Cocchi F, Moresco RM, Messa C, Fazio F (1998) Valutazione PET dell'assetto recettoriale D2 e 5HT2 in pazienti schizofrenici "drug free": correlati psicopatologici e clinici. 3° Congresso nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia, Psicopatologia e terapia, Roma, 25 febbraio-1 marzo

30      Colombo C, Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Smeraldi E. (1998) The treatment of a depressive episode in bipolar patients: sustaining the effect of sleep deprivation. Workshop on novel therapeutic strategies in the schizophrenia spectrum and mood disorders. International academy for biomedical and drug research, Venezia, 13-14 marzo 1998. Book of abstracts, pp. 89-92

31      Campori E, Benedetti F, Barbini B, Colombo C, Smeraldi E. (1998) Effect of sleep deprivation combined with dopamine agonist amineptine in bipolar depression. 21st CINP Congress; 1998 Jul 12-16, Glasgow. Book of abstracts, p. 268

32      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Campori E, Barbini B, Smeraldi E. (1998) Day-to-day mood changes during antidepressant treatment. 21st CINP Congress; 1998 Jul 12-16, Glasgow. Book of abstracts, p. 270

33      Colombo C, Benedetti F, Sforzini L, Smeraldi E. (1998) Clozapine in the treatment of severe borderline personality disorder. 21st CINP Congress; 1998 Jul 12-16, Glasgow. Book of abstracts, p. 417

34      Moresco RM, Gobbo C, Messa C, Zocco A, Prato K, Colombo C, Smeraldi E, Fazio F (1998) Studio della regolazione del sistema serotoninergico mediante PET nella depressione. 8 Congresso della Società Italiana di Psichiatria Biologica, Napoli 29 settembre-3 ottobre, Book of abstracts, p. 26

35      Fazio F, Messa C, Moresco RM, Colombo C, Zanardi R, Prato K, Gobbo C, Galli L, Smeraldi E (1998) Dopaminergic and serotoninergic activity in drug-naive depressed patients assessed with PET and [F-18]FESP. The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, vol. 39 p. 40P

36      Moresco RM, Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Lucignani G, Messa C, Del Sole A, Gobbo C, Lucca A, Galli L, Smeraldi E, Fazio F (1998) Effect of fluvoxamine on cerebral serotoninergic receptors assessed by PET and [F-18]FESP in drug naïve depressed patients. The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, vol. 39, p 40P

37      Colombo C, Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Smeraldi E. (1999) Sleep deprivation: an efficacious alternative treatment in bipolar depressives. World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry - European regional congress. Firenze, 1999 Apr 8-11. Book of abstracts, p. 175-176

38      Colombo C, Benedetti F, Campori E, Barbini B, Smeraldi E (1999) Deprivazione di sonno: tool diagnostico e strategia di potenziamento nel disturbo bipolare. IV Congresso nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia; Firenze.

39      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Smeraldi E (2000) La deprivazione di sonno nella terapia della depressione bipolare. XLII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psichiatria, Torino 16-21 ottobre. Libro degli abstract, pag. 370.

40      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala M, Smeraldi E (2000) La deprivazione di sonno nel trattamento della depressione bipolare. V Congresso nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia, Roma, 23-27 febbraio

41      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Smeraldi E (2000) La deprivazione di sonno nella terapia della depressione bipolare. In: Dal pregiudizio alla cittadinanza. Atti del XLII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psichiatria, pag.721-724.

42      Colombo C, Benedetti F (2000) Farmacogenetica del trasportatore della serotonina. Workshop: Disturbi dell’umore e ossessività, Parigi 5-6 maggio 2000

43      Benedetti F, Colombo C (2000) Tecniche di potenziamento nella terapia antidepressiva. Workshop: Disturbi dell’umore e ossessività, Parigi 5-6 maggio 2000

44      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala M, Serretti A (2000) Genetic differences in antidepressant response to sleep deprivation. American Journal of Medical Genetics, vol. 96, 4, Abstracts of Eight World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Versailles, France, 27-31 agosto 2000

45      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Lucca A, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Smeraldi E (2001) Light and lithium to sustain the rapid effects of total sleep deprivation in bipolar depression. 6^th ECNP Regional Meeting. Napoli, 2001 May 19-21. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl. 2):S52

46      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Serretti A, Smeraldi E (2001) Genetic predictors of antidepressant response to total sleep deprivation. 6^th ECNP Regional Meeting. Napoli, 2001 May 19-21. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl. 2):S38

47      Benedetti F, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, Smeraldi E (2001) Availability of morning sunlight and response to antidepressant treatments. 6^th ECNP Regional Meeting. Napoli, 2001 May 19-21. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl. 2):S51

48      Benedetti F, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C, Barbini B, Pontiggia A, Carbonato I, Smeraldi E (2001) Rapid assessment of cognitive distorsions in major depression. 6^th ECNP Regional Meeting. Napoli, 2001 May 19-21. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl. 2):S51

49      Colombo C, Benedetti F, Barbini B, Cigala Fulgosi M, Campori E (2001) Genetic predictors of antidepressant response to total sleep deprivation. 7^th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Berlin, 2001 July 1-6. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2(Suppl.1):214S

50      Colombo C, Benedetti F, Cigala Fulgosi M, Smeraldi E (2001) Rapid assessment of cognitive distorsions in major depression. 7^th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Berlin, 2001 July 1-6. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2(Suppl.1):232S

51      Colombo C, Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M (2001) Light, lithium and sleep phase advance to sustain the rapid effects of total sleep deprivation in bipolar depression. 7^th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Berlin, 2001 July 1-6. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2(Suppl.1):352S

52      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2001) Strategie di potenziamento non farmacologico. VI Congresso internazionale della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia. Roma, 21-25 febbraio 2001.Giornale Italiano di Psicopatologia 7(Suppl 1):12-13.

53      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2001) Sole, luce e terapia dei disturbi dell’umore. VI Congresso internazionale della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia. Roma, 21-25 febbraio 2001.Giornale Italiano di Psicopatologia 7(Suppl 1):81-82.

54      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2001) Deprivazione di sonno e disturbo bipolare.  VI Congresso internazionale della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia. Roma, 21-25 febbraio 2001.Giornale Italiano di Psicopatologia 7(Suppl 1):71-72.

55      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, Pontiggia A, Smeraldi E (2001) I ritmi del sonno e della veglia, della luce e del buio nella terapia dei disturbi dell’umore. XI Congresso nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Medicina del Sonno. Pisa, 14-17 ottobre 2001

56      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Smeraldi E (2002) Genetic predictors of antidepressant response to sleep deprivation. 14^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Istanbul, October 13-17.European Neuropsychopharmacology, 11 (Suppl. 3), S243

57      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Smeraldi E (2002) Sleep deprivation and biological rhythms in bipolar disorder. 1st Biennal Conference of the International Society for Affective Disorders. Taormina, March 9-12. Journal of Affective Disorders68 (1): 88-89

58      Benedetti F, Colombo C (2003) Ritmi biologici e disturbo bipolare. Convegno su Ritmi Biologici e Disturbi Mentali, Roma, 11 giugno 2003. Psichiatria e Psicoterapia, 22 (2 Suppl.): 29-33.

59      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Pontiggia A, Bernasconi A, Barbini B, Smeraldi E (2003) Chronobiological treatment of bipolar depression. 16^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Praga, September 20-24. European Neuropsychopharmacology13 (Suppl. 4):S108.

60      Benedetti F, Serretti A, Colombo C, Barbini B, Lorenzi C, Campori E, Smeraldi E (2003) CLOCK gene and circadian mood fluctuations in bipolar depression. 16^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Praga, September 20-24. European Neuropsychopharmacology13(Suppl. 4) :S223

61      Benedetti F, Serretti A, Mandelli L, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2003) Genetic dissection of psychopathological symptoms: insomnia in mood disorders and CLOCK gene polymorphism. 16^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Praga, September 20-24. European Neuropsychopharmacology13(Suppl. 4) :S225

62      Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Lorenzi C, Pontiggia A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2003) Glycogen synthase-kinase 3b influences age at onset of bipolar disorder. 16^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Praga, September 20-24. European Neuropsychopharmacology13(Suppl. 4) : S225

63      Cigala Fulgosi M, Benedetti F, Florita M, Colombo C, Barbini B, Smeraldi E (2003) Rapid assessment of cognitive distorsions in major depression. 16^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Praga, September 20-24. European Neuropsychopharmacology13(Suppl. 4) : S225.

64      Benedetti F, Serretti A, Cusin C, Mandelli L, Pirovano A, Zanardi R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2003) CLOCK gene influences insomnia during antidepressant treatment. 16^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Praga, September 20-24. European Neuropsychopharmacology13(Suppl. 4) : S226.

65      Pontiggia A, Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Florita M, Colombo C, Cropanese I, Smeraldi E (2003) Phase-response effects of lormetazepam in depressive insomnia. 16^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Praga, September 20-24. European Neuropsychopharmacology13(Suppl. 4) : S223.

66      Bernasconi A, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Pontiggia A, Florita M, Smeraldi E (2003) Morning light therapy as an augmenting strategy of antidepressant treatment. 16^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Praga, September 20-24. European Neuropsychopharmacology13(Suppl. 4) : S224.

67      Florita M, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Bernasconi A, Pontiggia A, Cigala Fulgosi M, Barbini B, Smeraldi E (2003) Changes in depressive neuropsychological functioning during antidepressant treatment. 16^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Praga, September 20-24. European Neuropsychopharmacology13(Suppl. 4) : S224.

68      Benedetti F, Serretti A, Colombo C, Barbini B, Lorenzi C, Campori E, Smeraldi E (2003) CLOCK gene and circadian mood fluctuations in bipolar depression. 16^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Praga, September 20-24. European Neuropsychopharmacology13(Suppl. 4) :S223

69      Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Lorenzi C, Pontiggia A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2003) Glycogen synthase-kinase 3b influences age at onset of bipolar disorder. 16^thCongress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Praga, September 20-24. European Neuropsychopharmacology13(Suppl. 4) : S225

70      Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Lorenzi C, Pontiggia A Serretti A,, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2003) Glycogen synthase-kinase 3b influences age at onset of bipolar disorder. XIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics. Quebec City, October 4-8.

71      Serretti A, Cusin C, Lorenzi C, Benedetti F, Pirovano A, Arnoldi A, Zanardi R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2003) Genetic predictors of antidepressant efficacy: the state of the art. XIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics. Quebec City, October 4-8.

72      Mandelli L, Serretti A, Benedetti F, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2003) Genetic dissection of psychopatological symptoms: insomnia in mood disorders and CLOCK gene polymorphism. XIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics. Quebec City, October 4-8.

73      Lorenzi C, Serretti A, Benedetti F, Tubazio V, Ploia C, Colombo C, De Ronchi D, Smeraldi E (2003) Human PERIOD 3 gene influences SSRIs antidepressant activity in mood disorders. The XIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics. Quebec, 15/09/2003. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 122B:124. pp.

74      Serretti A, Zanardi R, Benedetti F, Cusin C, Pirovano A, Artioli P, Colombo C (2003) Applicazione della farmacogenetica ai disturbi dell’umore. XLIII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psichiatria, Bologna 19-24 ottobre 2003.

75      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Bernasconi A, Barbini B, Cigala Fulgosi M, Pontiggia A, Smeraldi E (2004) Chronobiological treatments of bipolar depression. The International Society for Affective Disorders (ISAD)–2nd Biennial Conference–Cancun, Mexico 5th–10th March 2004. Journal of Affective Disorders 78(Suppl.1): S14.

76      Serretti A, Lorenzi C, Benedetti F, Pirovano A, Zanardi R, Colombo C, Ploia C, Tubazio V, Smeraldi E (2004) Genetic polymorphisms influencing response of antidepressants. XXIV CINP Congress. Paris, 20-24 June. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 7(Suppl.1):S67.

77      Ploia C, Serretti A, Benedetti F, Fontana V, Colombo C, Catalano M, Smeraldi E (2004) Mood disorders and antidepressants treatment: haplotype analysis of human PERIOD 3 gene. XIIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics. Dublin, Ireland, 9th–13th October 2004. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 130B:160.

78      Serretti A, Lorenzi C, Benedetti F, Pirovano A, Zanardi R, Colombo C, Ploia C, Tubazio V, Smeraldi E (2004) Genetic predictors of antidepressants efficacy: The State of the Art. European Psychiatry, 19(Suppl.1):79S-79S.

79      Florita M, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Bernasconi A, Pontiggia A, Cigala Fulgosi M, Barbini B, Smeraldi E (2004) Neuropsychological functioning during antidepressant treatment in depressed patients. World Psychiatric Association International Congress “Treatments in Psychiatry: an update”. Firenze, November 10-13. World Psychiatry 3(Suppl. 1):263.

80      Cigala Fulgosi M, Benedetti F, Florita M, Colombo C, Barbini B, Smeraldi E (2004) Rapid assessment of cognitive distorsions in major depression. World Psychiatric Association International Congress “Treatments in Psychiatry: an update”. Firenze, November 10-13. World Psychiatry 3(Suppl. 1):264.

81      Radaelli D, Benedetti F, Anselmetti S, Florita M, Sartorio E, Cavallaro R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2004) Reality monitoring and paranoia in remitted delusional depression. World Psychiatric Association International Congress “Treatments in Psychiatry: an update”. Firenze, November 10-13. World Psychiatry 3(Suppl. 1):264.

82      Bernasconi A, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Pontiggia A, Florita M, Smeraldi E (2004) Light therapy in the morning: augmenting strategy of antidepressant treatment. World Psychiatric Association International Congress “Treatments in Psychiatry: an update”. Firenze, November 10-13. World Psychiatry 3 (Suppl. 1):265.

83      Santoro A, Florita M, Benedetti F, Lucca A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2004) Transcranial magnetic stimulation modifies the processing of emotional stimuli in subjects with a major depressive episode. World Psychiatric Association International Congress “Treatments in Psychiatry: an update”. Firenze, November 10-13. World Psychiatry 3(Suppl. 1):266.

84      Pontiggia A, Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Colombo C, Florita M, Dallaspezia S (2004) Phase response effet of lormetazepam in the treatment of depressive insomnia. World Psychiatric Association International Congress “Treatments in Psychiatry: an update”. Firenze, November 10-13. World Psychiatry 3(Suppl. 1):280.

85      Dotoli D, Insacco C, Colombo C (2005) Specificità di genere e risposta alla terapia. X Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia, Roma 22-26 febbraio 2005, Italian Journal of Psychopathology, volume 11 suppl.:137-138.

86      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Pontiggia A, Cigala Fulgosi M, Bernasconi A (2005) Cronoterapia clinica dei disturbi dell’umore. X Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia, Roma 22-26 febbraio 2005, Italian Journal of Psychopathology, volume 11 suppl.:80-81.

87      Pontiggia A, Bernasconi A, Benedetti F, Serretti A, Lorenzi C, Colombo C, Smeraldi E. (2005) A glycogen synthase kinase 3-b -50 T/C SNP influences long-term response to lithium salts in bipolar illness. ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for young scientists in Europe. Nice, France, March 3-6. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 15(Suppl 1):S56-S57.

88      Bernasconi A, Radaelli D, Benedetti F, Blasi V, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2005) Recovery from bipolar depression after total sleep deprivation: a 3.0 T BOLD fMRI event-related study of moral thinking. ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for young scientists in Europe. Nice, France, March 3-6. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 15(Suppl 1):S61.

89      Radaelli D, Bernasconi A, Benedetti F, Blasi V, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2005) Neural correlates of distorted moral thinking in bipolar depression: a 3.0 T BOLD fMRI event-related study. ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for young scientists in Europe. Nice, France, March 3-6. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 15(Suppl 1):S63.

90      Benedetti F, Barbini B, Bernasconi A, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C, Dallaspezia S, Pontiggia A, Smeraldi E (2005) The role of brain monoamines in the antidepressant response to sleep deprivation. XIII congress of the Association of European Psychiatrists. Munich, Germany, April 2-6. European Psychiatry, 20(Suppl 1):S112.

91      Colombo C (2005) Ritmi biologici e malattia dell’umore. La psichiatria di genere: dallo studio delle differenze alla personalizzazione delle cure. Bormio, aprile 6-9 2005

92      Benedetti F, Pontiggia A, Bernasconi A, Colombo C, Lorenzi C, Serretti A, Smeraldi E (2005) GSK3-b and the molecular clock as novel targets for lithium salts and clinical chronotherapeutics. 1st International Congress of Applied Chronobiology and Chronomedicine. Antalya, June 1-5. Book of Abstracts, p. 51.

93      Benedetti F,  Radaelli D, Bernasconi A, Blasi V, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E. (2005) Changes in right DLPFC (BA9) neural responses parallel response to sleep deprivation in bipolar depression.1st International Congress of Applied Chronobiology and Chronomedicine. Antalya, June 1-5. Book of Abstracts, p. 51.

94      Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Radaelli D, Blasi V, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2005) Neural correlates of antidepressant response to sleep deprivation : a 3.0T BOLD fMRI event-related study of moral thinking. 1st International Congress of Applied Chronobiology and Chronomedicine. Antalya, June 1-5. Book of Abstracts, p. 52.

95      Benedetti F, Mandelli L, Serretti A, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2005) Genetic dissection of psychopathological symptoms: insomnia in mood disorders and clock gene polymorphism.1st International Congress of Applied Chronobiology and Chronomedicine. Antalya, June 1-5. Book of Abstracts, p. 76.

96      Pontiggia A, Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Colombo C, Lorenzi C, Serretti A, Smeraldi E (2005) GSK3B and the molecular clock as novel targets in the treatment of bipolar disorder. 8^th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Vienna, Austria, June 28^th – July 3^rd. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 6(Suppl 1):S160.

97      Radaelli D, Bernasconi A, Benedetti F, Blasi V, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2005) Changes in right DLPFC (BA9) after treatment in bipolar depression. 8^th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Vienna, Austria, June 28^th – July 3^rd. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 6(Suppl 1):S160-161.

98      Cigala Fulgosi M, Pontiggia A, Bernasconi A, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Barbini B, Benedetti F (2005). Is sleep deprivation useful in the treatment of resistant bipolar depression? 8^th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Vienna, Austria, June 28^th – July 3^rd. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 6(Suppl 1):S166.

99      Bernasconi A, Radaelli D, Benedetti F, Blasi V, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2005) Moral thinking and depression: a 3.0T BOLD fMRI event-related study. 8^th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Vienna, Austria, June 28^th – July 3^rd. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 6(Suppl 1):S194.

100   Calabrese G, Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Cadioli M, Colombo C,  Redaelli D, Smeraldi E, Scotti G, Falini A. (2005) The Glutamatergic Hypothesis Of Sleep Deprivation Treatment In Depression: Proton Mrs Study At 3 Tesla. International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine - Ismrm Workshop On MR Spectroscopy For Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Banff, October 15-17.

101   Cigala Fulgosi M., Benedetti F., Barbini B., Pontiggia A., Colombo C., Dallaspezia S., Smeraldi E. (2006) Cronoterapia nella depressione bipolare resistente: follow up a 9 mesi. XV Congresso della Società Italiana di Neuropsicofarmacologia.Genova, 6-9 giugno 2004. Libro degli abstract, pag. 533-5.

102   Dallaspezia S., Benedetti F., Bernasconi A., Blasi V., Cadioli M., Colombo C., Falini A., Radaelli D., Scotti G., Smeraldi E. (2006) Correlazione tra attività basale cerebrale e risposta antidepressiva ai trattamenti cronoterapeutici: uno studio di risonanza magnetica funzionale. XV Congresso della Società Italiana di Neuropsicofarmacologia.Genova, 6-9 giugno 2004. Libro degli abstract, pag. 527-9.

103   Bernasconi A., Calabrese G., Benedetti F., Radaelli D., Dallaspezia S., Cadioli M., Colombo C., Falini A., Scotti G., Smeraldi E. (2006) Correlazione tra risposta al trattamento antidepressivo con deprivazione totale di sonno e i cambiamenti nei livelli cerebrali di glutammato: uno studio di risonanza magnetica ad alto campo. XV Congresso della Società Italiana di Neuropsicofarmacologia.Genova, 6-9 giugno 2004. Libro degli abstract, pag. 530-2.

104   Radaelli D., Bernasconi A., Benedetti F., Blasi V., Cadioli M., Colombo C., Falini A., Scotti G., Smeraldi E. (2006) Influenza del polimorfismo nel trasportatore della serotonina sulle attivazioni cerebrali in pazienti depressi. XV Congresso della Società Italiana di Neuropsicofarmacologia.Genova, 6-9 giugno 2004. Libro degli abstract, pag. 536-8.

105   Pontiggia A., Benedetti F., Bernasconi A., Colombo C., Lorenzi C., Serretti A., Smeraldi E. (2006) La GSK3-ß come possibile target d’azione nel trattamento del Disturbo Bipolare. XV Congresso della Società Italiana di Neuropsicofarmacologia.Genova, 6-9 giugno 2004. Libro degli abstract, pag. 539-41.

106   Bernasconi A, Benedetti F, Blasi V, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Dallaspezia S, Falini A,  Radaelli D, Scotti G (2006) A 3 T BOLD functional MRI study of the neural underpinnings of depression.European Neuropsychopharmacology, 16 (Suppl 4):S273.

107   Dallaspezia S, Benedetti F, Cigala Fulgosi M, Barbini B, Colombo C, Lorenzi C, Serretti A, Smeraldi E (2006) Influence of clock gene polymorphism on sleep-wake cycle in depressed bipolar patients: an actigraphic study. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 16 (Suppl 4):S361.

108   Radaelli D, Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Blasi V, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Dallaspezia S,  Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2006) Neural correlates of emotional self in bipolar disorder: a BOLD functional MRI 3 T study.European Neuropsychopharmacology, 16 (Suppl 4):S270.

109   Pontiggia A, Benedetti F, Barbini B, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C, Dallaspezia S, Smeraldi E (2006) Long term outcome of drug-resistant bipolar depression: a 9 months prospective follow-up after chronotherapeutics. ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for young scientists in Europe. Nice, France, March 9-12. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 16(Suppl 1):S72-73.

110   Bernasconi A, Calabrese G, Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Dallaspezia S, Falini A, Colombo C, Cadioli M, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2006) Changes in brain glutamate correlate with antidepressant response to total sleep deprivation: a 3T 1H-MRS study. ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for young scientists in Europe. Nice, France, March 9-12. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 16(Suppl 1):S69.

111   Dallaspezia S, Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Blasi V, Colombo C, Falini A, Radaelli D, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2006) Influence of brain activity at the baseline on antidepressant response to chronotherapeutic treatment: a fMRI study. ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for young scientists in Europe. Nice, France, March 9-12. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 16(Suppl 1):S70.

112   Radaelli D, Bernasconi A, Benedetti F, Blasi V, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2006) Influence of serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism on brain activation during a moral valence decision task. ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for young scientists in Europe. Nice, France, March 9-12. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 16(Suppl 1):S70-71.

113   Pontiggia A, Benedetti F, Barbini B, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C, Dallaspezia S,  Smeraldi E (2006). An actigraphic registration of depressed patients treated with chronotherapeutics. 19th congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Paris 16-20 September. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 16 (Suppl 4):S293.

114   Dallaspezia S, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Smeraldi E (2007) Lithium therapy reverses the influence of 5-HTTLPR gene polymorphism on anti­depressant response to sleep deprivation. . ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for young scientists in Europe. Nice, France, March 8-11. European Eeuropsychopharmacology, 17(Suppl. 1):S79

115   Kato, M., Serretti, A., Zanardi, R., Rossini, D., Okugawa, G., Kinoshita, T., Colombo, C., 2007. 5-ht2a gene variants influence specific and different aspects of antidepressant response in japanese and italian mood disorder patients XVth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, New York, NY, 7th - 11th October.

116   Benedetti F, Cigala Fulgosi M, Gavinelli C, Barbini B, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2007) Homeostatic and allostatic response to sleep deprivation in bipolar depression. 7th International Forum on Mood & Anxiety Disorders - Budapest  5-7 December. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 11(4):316.

117   Benedetti F, Lietti L,  Barbini B, Lorenzi C, Marino E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Pontiggia A, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2007) CLOCK gene polymorphism rs1801260 biases response to light treatment after sleep deprivation. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 11(4):316.

118   Benedetti F, Dallaspezia S, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2007) A VNTR polymorphism in hPER3 gene influences clinical characteristic of bipolar disorder. 7th International Forum on Mood & Anxiety Disorders - Budapest  5-7 December. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 11(4):317.

119   Benedetti F, Poletti S, Radaelli D, Dallaspezia S,  Bernasconi A, Colombo C, Cavallaro R, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2007) Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia influence neural responses in amygdala and anterior cyngulate to emotional faces. 7th International Forum on Mood & Anxiety Disorders - Budapest  5-7 December. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 11(4):317.

120   Benedetti F, Radaelli D,  Bernasconi A, Dallaspezia S,  Unterhofer V, Colombo C,  Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2007) Stressful life events bias neural correlates of emotional processing in bipolar disorder. 7th International Forum on Mood & Anxiety Disorders - Budapest  5-7 December. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, in press.

121   Radaelli D, Bernasconi A, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2007) Clock genotype biases neural correlates of moral valence decision in patients affected by bipolar depression. ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for young scientists in Europe. Nice, France, March 8-11. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 17(Suppl. 1):S73

122   Radaelli D, Bernasconi A, Dallaspezia S, Poletti S, Benedetti F, Falini A, Colombo C (2007) Stressful life events bias neural correlates of moral valence decision in patients affected by mood disorder. 20th congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Wien 13-17 October. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 17(Suppl. 4):S292.

123   Benedetti F, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2008) Period gene 3 polymorphism influences clinical characteristics of bipolar disorder. 3rd Biennial Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, New Dehli-Agra 27-30 January. Bipolar disorders, 10(Suppl.1):69.

124   Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Unterhofer V, Bernasconi A, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2008) Stressful life events bias neural correlates of emotional processing in bipolar disorder. 3rd Biennial Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, New Dehli-Agra 27-30 January. Bipolar disorders, 10(Suppl.1):70-71.

125   Benedetti F, Poletti S, Radaelli D, Dallaspezia S, Bernasconi A, Colombo C, Cavallaro R, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2008) Amygdala and the anterior cyngulate in the emotional processing in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. a 3.0 tesla BOLD fMRI study. 3rd Biennial Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, New Dehli-Agra 27-30 January. Bipolar disorders, 10(Suppl.1):70.

126   Benedetti F, Cigala Fulgosi M, Gavinelli C, Lietti L, Dallaspezia S, Barbini B, ColomboC,  Smeraldi E (2008) Lower need of homeostatic sleep after successful sleep deprivation therapy of depression. 3rd Biennial Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, New Dehli-Agra 27-30 January. Bipolar Disorders, 10(Suppl.1):70

127   Benedetti F, Lietti L, Barbini B, Cigala Fulgosi M, Dallaspezia S, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Pontiggia A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2008) Response to light treatment after sleep deprivation is influenced by CLOCK 3111 T/C SNP (rs1801260) gene polymorphism. 3rd Biennial Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, New Dehli-Agra 27-30 January. Bipolar Disorders, 10(Suppl.1):70.

128   Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Bernasconi A, Dallaspezia S, Falini A, Colombo C, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2008) Personality disorder and depression: a fMRI study. XXVI Congress of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), Munich 13-17 July. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl 1):98.

129   Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Calabrese G, Radaelli D, Dallaspezia S, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2008) Changes in brain glutamate correlate with antidepressant response to total sleep deprivation in bipolare depression: An high-field 1H-MRS study. XXVI Congress of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), Munich 13-17 July. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl 1):97.

130   Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Radaelli D, Dallaspezia S, Falini A, Colombo C, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2008) Changes in medial prefrontal cortex neural responses parallel successful antidepressant combination of venlafaxine and light therapy. XXVI Congress of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), Munich 13-17 July. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl 1):97.

131   Benedetti F, Dallaspezia S, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E. (2008) A VNTR polymorphism in hPER3 gene influences clinical characteristic of bipolar disorder. XXVI Congress of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), Munich 13-17 July. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl 1):106.

132   Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Bernasconi A, Dallaspezia S, Poletti S, Giannunzio V,  Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2008) Stressful life events bias neural correlates of task targeting the depressive biases in information processing in patients affected by mood disorder. XXVI Congress of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), Munich 13-17 July. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl 1):98.

133   Benedetti F, Barbini B, Lorenzi C, Lietti L, Marino E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Pontiggia A, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2008) Clock gene polymorphism rs1801260 biases response to light treatment after sleep deprivation. XXVI Congress of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), Munich 13-17 July.  International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl 1): , 11(Suppl 1):106.

134   Benedetti F, Poletti S, Radaelli D, Dallaspezia S, Bernasconi A, Giannunzio V,  Colombo C, Cavallaro R, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2008) Amygdala and the anterior cingulate in the emotional processing in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. A 3.0 tesla BOLD fMRI study. XXVI Congress of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), Munich 13-17 July. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl 1):269.

135   Benedetti F, Cigala Fulgosi M, Gavinelli C, Barbini B, ColomboC,  Smeraldi E (2008) Homeostatic and allostatic response to sleep deprivation in bipolar depression. XXVI Congress of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), Munich 13-17 July. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl 1):114.

136   Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Anselmetti S, Cavallaro R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2008) Reality monitoring deficits as common neuropsychological correlates of schizophrenic and affective psychosis. XXVI Congress of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), Munich 13-17 July. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(Suppl 1):270.

137   Bernasconi A, Calabrese G, Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Dallaspezia S, Cadioli M, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2008) Spectroscopic changes after chronotherapy of bipolar depression. Workshop del Gruppo di Studio di Neuroradiologia Funzionale dell'Associazione Italiana di NeuroRadiologia: Advanced MR Brain Imaging. Milano, 20-21 novembre. Materiale didattico, pag.87.

138   Benedetti F, Radaelli D, Poletti S, Bernasconi A, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Falini A, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2008) Stressful life events bias neural correlates of tasks targeting the depressive biases in information processing in patients affected by mood disorders. Workshop del Gruppo di Studio di Neuroradiologia Funzionale dell'Associazione Italiana di NeuroRadiologia: Advanced MR Brain Imaging. Milano, 20-21 novembre. Materiale didattico, pag.89.

139   Radaelli D, Benedetti F, Bernasconi A, Dallaspezia S, Falini A, Colombo C, Scotti G, Smeraldi E (2008) Personality disorders and depression: a fMRI study. Workshop del Gruppo di Studio di Neuroradiologia Funzionale dell'Associazione Italiana di NeuroRadiologia: Advanced MR Brain Imaging. Milano, 20-21 novembre. Materiale didattico, pag. 91.

140   Calati R, Serretti A, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Moller HJ, Colombo C, Rujescu D (2008) Serotonin receptor 1a, 2a, 2c and CONT SNPs and personality traits in suicide attempters and controls. European Psychiatry, vol. 23, p S171-S172.

141   Benedetti F, Colombo C (2009) The clinical usefulness of chronotherapeutics for bipolar disorder: rationale and perspectives. Eighth International Conference on Bipolar Disorder, 25-27 June, Pittsburgh. Bipolar Disorders, 11(Suppl. 1):95.

142   Marino E, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Pirovano A, Smeraldi E (2009). The COMT Val(108/158)Met polymorphism affects antidepressant response to paroxetine in a naturalistic setting. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 19:S19-S20.

143   Benedetti F, Yeh PH, Radaelli D, Bellani M, Nicoletti MA, Falini A, Rambaldelli G, Bernasconi A, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Smeraldi E, Soares JC, Brambilla P (2009). Voxelwise Analysis of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Data in Bipolar Disorder. Biological Psychiatry,  65:144S.

144   Benedetti F, Locatelli C, Radaelli D, Poletti S, Riccaboni R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2010). Neuroprotective effect of lithium treatment on gray matter volume in bipolar disorder: A voxel based morphometry study. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 13:173

145    Delmonte, C. Gavinelli, C. Brambilla, B. Barbini, F. Benedetti, C. Colombo, E. Smeraldi (2010) Four months follow-up in bipolar depression after total sleep deprivation with light therapy. 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms , July 1 - 3, 2010, Vienna.

146   Gavinelli C, Del Monte D, Brambilla C, Barbini B, Colombo C (2010) Seasonality and heritability in euthymic  mood disorder patients 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms , July 1 - 3, 2010, Vienna.     

147   Barbini B, Gavinelli C, Brambilla C, Ragni S, Colombo C (2010) Seasonality and mood disorders: clinical studies and future perspectives. 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, July 1 - 3, 2010, Vienna.

148   Colombo C, Redaelli C, Ciraci M, Franchini L. (2011) Women’s sexual dysfunction during antidepressant treatment. 4^th World congress on women’s mental health, March 16^th-19^th 2011, Madrid

149   Delmonte D., Brambilla C., Gavinelli C., Barbini B., Colombo C., Smeraldi E. (2011) Daylight exposure delay reduces  hospitalization lenght in manic episodes: a multicentric experience. 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms , July 10-13th, 2011, Montreal.

150   Brambilla C, Locatelli C, Gavinelli C, Cigala Fulgosi M, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Barbini B, Colombo C (2011) Seasonality in mood disorders: clinical and genetic aspects. 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms , July 10-13th, 2011, Montreal.

151   F. Cassulo, D. Delmonte, C. Brambilla, C. Bianco, C. Gavinelli, B. Barbini, C. Colombo, E. Smeraldi (2012) Daylight exposure delay reduces hospitalization length and self reported symptomaatology in manic patients.  24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, Geneva, 25-27 June 2012.

152   D.Delmonte, C.Locatelli, C.Gavinelli, C.Brambilla, C.Desantis, F.Cassulo, C.Bianco, B.Barbini, L.Franchini, C.Colombo (2012) Care and chronobiological treatment: the italian experience at san raffaele-turro hospital, mood disorder unit. 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, Geneva, 25-27 June 2012.   

153   Colombo C (2012) La terapia della luce brillante nella pratica clinica: nuove applicazioni. XXII Comgresso nazionale AIMS, Parma, 21.24 ottobre 2012

154   Poletti S, Radaelli D, Locatelli C, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2013) Effect of early stress on hippocampal gray matter is influenced by a functional polymorphism in EAAT2 in bipolar disorder. 26^th ECNP Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 5-9 october. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 23 (suppl. 2): S276

155   Bollettini I, Poletti S, Radaelli D, Locatelli C, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2013) Effect of adverse childhood experiences on white matter microstructure in bipolar disorder. 26^th ECNP Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 5-9 october. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 23 (suppl. 2): S389

156   Sferrazza Papa G, Poletti S, Dalla Spezia S, Locatelli C, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2013) Effect of functional polymorphism of EAAT1 on cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder. 26^th ECNP Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 5-9 october. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 23 (suppl. 2): S173

157   Benedetti F, Locatelli C, Riccaboni R, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C (2013) Effects of clock gene variants on hopelessness and suicidality in drug-resistant bipolar depression. Society for Llight Treatment and Biological Rhythms, Geneva, 25^th Annual Meeting, June 21-23, 2013. SLTBR Program and Abstracts: Volume 25

158   Benedetti F, Locatelli C, Riccaboni R, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C (2013) Rapid treatment of suicidal symptoms in drug-resistant bipolar depression with lithium and chronotherapeutics light and wake. Society for Llight Treatment and Biological Rhythms, Geneva, 25^th Annual Meeting, June 21-23, 2013. SLTBR Program and Abstracts: Volume 25

159   Brioschi S, Franchini L, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2013) Early onset of lithium prophylaxis as possible good prognostic factor for staging bipolar disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology Volume 23, Supplement 1, Pages S1-S106 (March 2013)  Abstracts of the 2013 ECNP workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for Young Scientists in Europe, Nice, France, 7–10 March 2013

160   Sferrazza Papa G, Vai B, Radaelli D, Poletti S, Smeraldi S, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2014) Fronto-limbic disconnection in bipolar disorder. ECNP Workshop for Junior Scientists in Europe. Nice, France, 6-9 March 2014. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 24 (supll. 1):S90

161   Locatelli C, Del Monte D, De Santis C, Colombo C (2014) Trattamento farmacologico dei disturbi affettivi psicotici. 18 Congresso della SOPSI Torino, 12-15 febbraio 2014

162   Colombo C (2014) Cronobiologia e disturbo bipolare. XVIII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Neuropsicofarmacologia. Torino, 3-6-giugno 2014

163   Benedetti F, Canali P, Sferrazza Papa G, Smeraldi E, Colombo C (2014) Reduced oscillatorynatural frequencies of the frontal cortex in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. 29th CINP World Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology, Vancouver 22-26 June 2014. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 17(Suppl. 1):72

164   Benedetti F, Sferrazza Papa G, Vai B, Poletti S, Radaelli D, Colombo C (2014) Fronto-limbic disconnectuion in bipolar disorder. 29th CINP World Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology, Vancouver 22-26 June 2014. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 17(Suppl. 1):74

165   Benedetti F, Bollettini I, Poletti S, Radaelli D, Smeraldi E, Colombo C (2014) Chronotherapeutic treatment efficacy and white matter integrity: a tract-based spatial statistics study in bipolar patients. 29th CINP World Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology, Vancouver 22-26 June 2014. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 17(Suppl. 1):74

166   Benedetti F, Poletti S, Radelli D, Locatelli C, Pirovano A, Lorenzi C, Smeraldi E, Colombo C (2014) Effect of early stress on hippocampal gray matter is influenced by a functional polymorphism in EAAT2 in bipolar disorder. 29th CINP World Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology, Vancouver 22-26 June 2014. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 17(Suppl. 1):81

167   Benedetti F, Canali P, sferrazza Papa G, Smeraldi e, Colombo C (2014) Changes of cortical excitability as markers of antidepressant response in bipolar depression. 29th CINP World Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology, Vancouver 22-26 June 2014. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 17(Suppl. 1):51-52

168   Delmonte D, Manzini C, Barbini B, Colombo C (2014) Manic episode of bipolar disorder: light exposure influences the clinical course. 26th Annual Meeting Society for Light treatment and Biological Rhythms, 27-29 june 2014, Vienna

169   Zanardi R, Delmonte D, Trinchieri Martina, Granata A, Rivellini G, Colombo C (2014) Psychopathology and crime: research on patients of a northern italian criminal psychiatric hospital. Fourth International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector, 22-24 october 2014, Miami, FL pagg 460-461

170   Sferrazza Papa G, Vai B, Radaelli D, Poletti S Smeraldi E, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2014) Fronto-limbic disconnection in bipolar disorder. 27th ECNP Congress 18-21 october 2014, Berlin, Germany. European Neuropsychopharmacology 24(Suppl. 2):S90

171   Delmonte D, Manzini C, Brbini B, Colombo C (2014) Acute mania treatment: a comparison between first generation antipsychotics (FGAs) and second generation antipsychotics (SGAs).  27th ECNP Congress 18-21 october 2014, Berlin, Germany, European Neuropsychopharmacology, 24 (Suppl. 2): S419

172   Poletti S, Locatelli C, Radaelli D, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2014) Lithium and GSK-3beta promoter gene variants influence gray matter volume in bipolar disorder. 27th ECNP Congress 18-21 october 2014, Berlin, Germany. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 24(Suppl. 2):S427

173   Vai B, Radaelli D, Sferrazza Papa G, Poletti S, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2014) Effect of total sleep deprivation and light therapy on cortico-limbic connectivity in bipolar depression: a dynamic causal modeling study. 27/th ECNP Congress 18-21 october 2014, Berlin, Germany, European Neuropsychopharmacology, 24(Suppl. 2):S430-1

174   Bollettini I, Poletti S, Radaelli D, Vai B, Locatelli C, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2014) Serotonin transporter promoter gene and white matter integrity: a tract-based spatial statistics study in bipolar patients. 27th ECNP Congress 18-21 october 2014, Berlin, Germany, European Neuropsychopharmacology, 24(Suppl. 2):S435

175   Locatelli C, Radaelli D, Poletti S, Bollettini I, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2014) Connectivity correlates of delusion in bipolar depression. 27th ECNP Congress 18-21 october 2014, Berlin, Germany, European Neuropsychopharmacology, 24(Suppl. 2):S437

176   Delmonte D, Desantis C, Verri FM, Rossini D, Lucca A, Zanardi R, Barbini B, Colombo C (2015) Electroconvulsive Therapy in treatment-resistant depression: a naturalistic study. Abstract 0844 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna 28th-31st March 2015

177   Benedetti F, Riccaboni R, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C (2015) Effects of clock gene variants and early stress on hopelessness and suicide in bipolar depression. Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms Abst 2015; v27. 27^th Annual meeting Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, San Diego, CA,  June 28, 2015 

178   Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Benedetti F (2015) Sleep homeostatic pressure and PER3 VNTR ge ne polymorphism influence antidepressant response in bipolar depression. Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms Abst 2015; v27. 27^th Annual meeting Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, San Diego, CA,  June 28, 2015 

179   Brioschi S, Delmonte D, Cassulo F, Fossati F, Barbini B, Franchini L, Colombo C (2015) Integrated mania management: an observational study at the rehabilitative mood disordes unit of San Raffaele hospital in Milan. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2015; 25(2): 427-S428

180   Delmonte D, De Santis C, Brioschi S, Barbini B, Colombo C (2015) Haloperidol, risperidone and quetiapine in the treatment of acute severe manic episode in bipolar disorder: the experience at the mood disorder unit in Milan. European Psychiatry 2015; 30 (1): 844

181   Brioschi S, Delmonte, De Santis C, Franchini L, Colombo C (2016) Discontinuation of antipsychotic therapy in severe mania: a six months follow-up study. European Psychiatry 2016; 33 (Supp. March): 329-S330

182   Aggio V, Poletti S, Ambrée O, Colombo C, Arolt V, Benedetti F (2016) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor associates with gray matter volumes and early adverse experiences in bipolar disorder. ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for young scientists in Europe. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 26 (Suppl1):S68-S69

183   De Santis C; Delmonte D; Nuzzi M; Rossini D; Lucca A; Stankovic S; Barbini B; Colombo C (2016) Adding fentanyl to sodium-thiopental (STP) or propofol anesthesia during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): a pilot study.  ISEN annual meeting May 15th 2016 Atlanta GE

184   Delmonte D, De Santis C, Brioschi S, Nuzzi M, Rossini D, Barbini B, Colombo C (2016) Adding fentanyl to sodium-thiopental (STP) or propofol anesthesia during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): a pilot study. 29th ECNP congress 17-20th sept 2016 Wien European Neuropsychopharmacology , vol 26 (supp 2),  2016 p 469

185   Colombo C, Delmonte D, Brioschi S, Milandri F, Barbini B, Nuzzi M (2017) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treatment-resistant depression (TRD): a 12-months cohort study in the city of Milan (Italy). American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 20-24 2017, San Diego CA

186   Brioschi S, Delmonte D, Locatelli C, Franchini L, Barbini B, Colombo C (2017) A comparison between manic patients with or without antipsychotic continuation treatment: data from a 12-months follow-up study at mood disorder unit of San Raffaele Turro hospital. 25^th European Congress of psychiatry/European Psychiatry 41S(2017) SS106-169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1911

English book chapters

1         Scarone S, Pugnetti L, Cattaneo AM, Biserni P, Capuano P, Colombo C, Cattaneo R, Gambini O, Cazzullo CL (1986) Electrophisiological indexes of hemispheric abnormalities in schizophrenia: clinical and  epidemiological correlates. In: Biological Psychiatry. Shagass C, Josiassen RC, Bridger W, Weiss K, Stoff D, Simpson GM, Eds. Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc., New York

2         Cattaneo R, Colombo C, Gambini O, Pieri E, Pugnetti L, Scarone S (1986) Neurophysiological characteristics of putative Alzheimer's disease: a study of alpha reactivity during cognitive task performance. In: Senile dementias: early detection. Bes A., Cahn J, Hoyer S, Marc-Vergnes JP, Wisniewsky HM,  Eds. John Libbey and Company Ltd, London

3         Scarone S, Gambini O, Colombo C, Cattaneo R, Bellodi L, Pugnetti L (1987) Electrophysiological characteristics of hemispheric functioning in schizophrenic disorders: diagnostic and psychopathological correlates. In: Cerebral dynamics, laterality and psychopathology. Takahashi R, Flor-Henry P, Gruzelier J, Niwa S, Eds. Elsevier Science Publishers BV, North-Holland Biomedical Press

4         Scarone S, Pugnetti L, Gambini O, Colombo C, Bareggi S, Forgione A (1987) Psychophysiological characteristics of benzodiazepine treatment in generalized anxiety disorders. In: Anxious depression: assessment and treatment. Smeraldi E, Racagni G Eds. Raven Press

5         Scarone S, Gambini O, Pugnetti L, Colombo C, Cattaneo R, Bellini L, Christe W, Cazzullo CL (1987) Neurofunctional assessment of schizophrenia: neuropsychological and EEG data of lateralized imbalancement of functions. In: Etiophathogenetic hypotheses of schizophrenia: the impact of epidemiological, biochemical and neuromorphological studies. Cazzullo CL, Invernizzi G, Sacchetti E, Vita A Eds. MTP Press Limited, Falcon House, Lancaster, England

6         Pugnetti L, Gambini O, Macciardi F, Colombo C, Cattaneo R, Locatelli M, Bellodi L, Scarone S (1988) The EEG reactivity of schizophrenics and their first degree relatives: a preliminary analysis. In: A genetic perspective for schizophrenic and related disorders. Smeraldi E, Bellodi L Eds. Edi Ermes, Milano: 23 - 42

7         Colombo C, Gambini O, Macciardi F, Locatelli M, Calabrese G, Scarone S (1989) EEG Alpha reactivity in schizophrenia: a familial study. In:Schizophrenia: a psychobiological view. Casacchia M, Rossi A Eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London:119-124

8         Locatelli M, Colombo C, Scarone S (1990) CEEG analysis in neuropsychiatry: methodological and clinical problems. In: Carbamazepine: a bridge between epilepsy and psychiatric disorders. Canger R, Sacchetti E, Perini GI, Canevini MP Eds. Ciba-Geigy Edizioni, Origgio

9         Colombo C, Gambini O, Macciardi F, Locatelli M, Calabrese G, Scarone S (1991) EEG patterns in schizophrenia: a familial study. In: Plasticity and morphology of the central nervous system. A challenge for the psychiatry of the nineties.Cazzullo CL, Sacchetti E, Conte G, Invernizzi G, Vita A Eds. Kluver Academic Publishers, London:117-123

10      Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Perani D, Fazio F, Smeraldi E, Scarone S (1991) Functional aspects of schizophrenia. preliminary PET data. In: Biological Psychiatry; 2:376-378. Atti del 5th World Congress of World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, Florence, June 9 - 14, 1991

11      Colombo C, Calabrese G, Livian S, Scotti G, Scarone S (1993) Normal size of temporal areas in a group of schizophrenic patients: a magnetic resonance imaging study. In: Imaging of the brain in psychiatry and related fields. Edited by Maurer K, Springer-Verlag, Berlin /Heidelberg: 37-41

12      Locatelli M, Gambini O, Macciardi F, Colombo C, Scarone S (1993) A statistical approach to computed electroencephalography: preliminary data on control subjects and epileptic patients. In: Psychiatry and Advanced Technologies. Ravizza L, Bogetto F, Zanalda E Editori, Raven Press Ltd., New York, 8:73-77

13      Perani D, Bressi S, Colombo C, Grassi F, Bonfanti A, Scarone S, Smeraldi E, Fazio F (1993) Metabolic dysfunction in obsessive-compulsive disorder: an [18 f] FDG PET follow-up study in patients treated with inhibitors of serotonine re-uptake. In:Psychiatry and Advanced Technologies. A cura di Ravizza L, Boggetto F, Zanalda E, Raven Press Ltd., New York, 7:61-71

14      Gambini O, Locatelli M, Macciardi F, Colombo C, Scarone S (1993) The meaning of Physiological computed electroencephalography: a  statistical approach. In: Psychiatry and Advanced Tecnologies. A cura di Ravizza L, Bogetto F, Zanalda E, Raven Press Ltd., New York, 7:61-71

15      Calabrese G, Falini A, Lipari S, Origgi D, Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Scotti G, Scarone S (1995) Neuronal integrity in the frontal cortex of schizophrenics evaluated by 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In: Macher JP, Crocq MA, Nedelec JF eds. The bio-clinical interface. Bio-clinical psychiatry mapping brain function. John Libbey Eurotext. Paris, France, pp. 229-232

16      Cavallaro R, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1995) The treatment of resistant schizophrenia: a pilot, open study on the treatment with risperidone and clozapine. In: Brunello N, Racagni G, Langer SZ, Mendlewicz J Eds. Critical issues in the treatment of schizophrenia. International Academy of Biomedical Drug Research. Basel, Karger, vol. 10:178-181

17      Benedetti F, Colombo C, Sforzini L, Maffei C, Smeraldi E (1999) New drugs in the treatment of borderline personality disorder. In: Treatment of personality disorders. A cura di J Derksen, C Maffei e H Grohen. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York, pag. 229-240

18      Colombo C, Zanardi R, Rossini D (2017) Disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorders. In : Clinical Psychopharmacotherapy, 1 edition, ed Donatell Marazziti, Giovanni Fioriti Editore, Roma

Italian book chapters

1         Colombo C, Scarone S, Catalano M (1990) I disturbi del sonno in corso di anoressia nervosa. In: Disordini del comportamento alimentare. Muller E, Brambilla F Eds. Pythagora Press, Roma, Milano

2         Scarone S, Colombo C (1991) I disturbi del sonno. In: I disturbi d'ansia. Clinica e terapia. Smeraldi E, Bellodi L Eds. Edi Ermes, Milano, seconda edizione

3         Colombo C, Bonfanti A, Calabrese G, Ronchi P, Scarone S (1991) Brain imaging nei disturbi ossessivo-compulsivi. In: I disturbi d'ansia. Biggio G, Smeraldi E, Muller E Eds. Pythagora Press, Roma, Milano

4         Scarone S, Colombo C (1993) Disturbi del ritmo sonno-veglia. In: Trattato Italiano di Psichiatria. Cassano GB, D'Errico A, Pancheri P, Pavan L, Pazzagli A, Ravizza L, Rossi R, Smeraldi E, Volterra V Eds., Masson, Milano, 66:2187-2199

5         Bonfanti A, Colombo C, Scarone S (1994) Tomografia ad emissione di positroni: applicazioni in psichiatria. In: Neuroimaging in psichiatria. Vita A, Invernizzi G Eds. CIC Edizioni Internazionali, Roma, 8:93

6         Rossi E, Colombo C (1994) Caso clinico. In: Psichiatria clinica. Gabriele A, Smeraldi E eds. Poletto edizioni, Milano pp. 79-84

7         Barbini B, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1995) I ritmi come elemento della terapia nella depressione. In: Pancheri P, e Cassano GB Eds. Specificità e aspecificità terapeutica dei farmaci antidepressivi. Scientific Press:181-199

8         Manfredonia MG, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1996) I disturbi dell'umore. In: La psichiatria in 100 ore. Editeam ed., pp. 67-85

9         Barbini B, Colombo C (1996) Terapia elettroconvulsiva. In: La psichiatria in 100 ore. Editeam ed., pp.135139

10      Serretti A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1997) Utilizzo della clomipramina nel trattamento della depressione. In: Profili, Farmacologia clinica della clomipramina. Mosby Italia ed; 37-46

11      Manfredonia MG, Gasperini M, Colombo C (1998)  Disturbi dell'umore. In: Competenze psichiatriche nella formazione medica. Editeam ed., pp. 167-238

12      Bellodi L, Colombo C (1998) Glossario di psicopatologia. In: Competenze psichiatriche nella formazione medica. Editeam ed., pp. 369-418

13      Colombo C, Gasperini M, Lucca A, Marazziti D, Zanardi R, Smeraldi E (1999) Antidepressivi. In:Trattato Italiano di Psichiatria. Cassano GB, Pancheri P, Pavan L, Pazzagli A, Ravizza L, Rossi R, Smeraldi E, Volterra V Eds., Masson edizioni  Milano, pp.3279-3304

14      Colombo C, Benedetti F, Barbini B, Smeraldi E (2000) Uso delle benzodiazepine nei disturbi dell’umore. In: Le benzodiazepine dalla molecola alla pratica clinica. A cura di G Biggio. Springer Verlag Italia, Milano

15      Colombo C (2003) Presentazione dell’edizione italiana di: “Making us crazy” by Herb Kutchins e Stuart Kirk “, New York 1997,  “Ci fanno passare per matti”  Giovanni Fioriti editore Roma

16      Colombo C, Merzagora Betsos I (2004) Il gioco d’azzardo: profili psichiatrici, sociologici, criminologici. In: Trattato della responsabilità civile e penale in famiglia. A cura di Paolo Cendon, vol.II, CEDAM ed., Padova, pp. 1611-1636

17      Colombo C (2004) La spontaneità. In: Rileggendo Minkowski. La persona umana nella prospettiva psicopatologica. A cura di Enrico Smeraldi, ed. Excerpta Medica, Milano

18      Colombo C, Cavallaro R (2004) Il progredire delle nostre concezioni. Commento. In: Rileggendo Minkowski.  Nuove vie di approccio ed evoluzione delle vie antiche. A cura di Enrico Smeraldi, ed. Excerpta Medica, Milano

19      Colombo C (2005) I ritmi biologici e la malattia dell’umore. A cura di Enrico Smeraldi, Airon Edizioni

20      Rossini D, Colombo C, Zanardi R (2006) Disturbi da discontrollo degli impulsi. In: Psicofarmacoterapia clinica, a cura di D. Marazziti, Giovanni Fioriti ed. Roma

21      Colombo C, Zanardi R, Smeraldi E, (2006) Cenni storici sui rapporti tra genetica e criminalità. In:Psichiatria forense, criminologia ed etica psichiatrica, a cura di Vittorio Volterra, Masson editore, pagg. 95-98

22      Colombo C (2008) Gli psicofarmaci. In: Pettorossi R. Psichiatria. Manuale di apprendimento. P. 209-226. Torino, Centro Scientifico Editore

23      Colombo C (2009) Antisocialiità e sistema giudiziario: stato dell’arte in: Devianza e antisocialità. Dazzi S e Madeddu F, pagg. 279-299 Raffaello Cortina editore Milano 2009.

24      Colombo C, Zanardi R, Smeraldi E (2010) Cenni storici sui rapporti tra genetica e criminalità. In:Psichiatria forense, criminologia ed etica psichiatrica, a cura di Vittorio Volterra, Masson editore,seconda edizione pagg. 101-102

25      Rossini D, Colombo C, Zanardi R (2013) Disturbi da discontrollo degli impulsi. In: Psicofarmacoterapia clinica, a cura di D. Marazziti, Giovanni Fioriti ed. Roma, V edizione

Books

Paganelli M, Zanardi R, Colombo C (2013) La complessità del criminie: tra libertà e determinismo. Ed Uroboros

Italian scientific publications

1         Locatelli M, Scarone S, Gambini O, Colombo C, Beltrami M (1990) Valutazione neurofisiologica di alphaGFC (colina alfoscerato) mediante elettroencefalogramma computerizzato (CEEG). Le basi razionali della Terapia, 3(1):79-82

2         Calabrese G, Scarone S, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (1991) Prospettive nell'utilizzo della risonanza magnetica nucleare in spettroscopia dei disordini neuropsichici. Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatria, X (1):59-71

3         Ciapparelli A, Colombo C, Cuccato G, Levi-Minzi A, Lorizio A, Maggioni M, Siciliano G, Silvestri R, Biondi F, Casadei GL (1991) Passaggio ex-abrupto a zolpidem, nuovo ipnotico imidazopiridinico, in pazienti insonni gia' in trattamento con ipnotici benzodiazepinici.Minerva Psichiatrica, 32:3-12

4         Benedetti F, Barbini B, Colombo C (1997) Fluttuazioni infradiane dell’umore durante un episodio depressivo maggiore. [abstract] New Trends in Psichiatria, V, 2:12

5         Colombo C, Benedetti F (1999) L'insonnia di Don Chisciotte. Deprivazione di sonno, neuroscienze e modelli epistemologici. Psichiatria e Psicoterapia analitica,13(1):18-21

6         Colombo C (2000) Problemi e nuove prospettive nel trattamento farmacologico della depressione. Psichiatria e Psicoterapia analitica,19(4):337-344

7         Benedetti F, Barbini B, Campori E, Cigala Fulgosi M, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2001) Ritmi, sonno e disturbo bipolare. Psichiatri oggi, III, 1: 44-46

8         Colombo CA, Merzagora Betsos I (2002) Tentare nuoce: il gioco d’azzardo in criminologia e psicopatologia forense. Rivista Italiana di Medicina Legale, vol. XXIV, n.6:1361-1395

9         Bernasconi A, Benedetti F, Colombo C, Smeraldi E. (2003) Luci sulla depressione. Kos 219:44-51.

10      Colombo C (2004) I ritmi biologici e la malattia dell’umore. In: Il dolore psicotico nella donna depressa. A cura di Rita Corsa, Pacini editore, Pisa, pp 40-48

11      Bongiorno F, Franchini L, Spagnolo C, Florita M, Santoro A, Barbini B, Colombo C, Smeraldi E (2005) Intervento psicoeducazionale in pazienti ricoverati per episodio depressivo maggiore: studio pilota. Giornale Italiano di Psicopatologia, vol. 11, issue 2, pp. 151-156

12      Serretti A, Olgiati P, Benazzi F, Zanardi R, Colombo C (2007) Psychomotor agitation in bipolar and unipolar depression. Clinical correlates and outcome. Clinical Neuropsychiatry vol.4 n.1 feb 2007 pag. 39

13      Olgiati P, Serretti A, Rossini D, Ferrari B, Dotoli D, Bongiorno F, Zanardi R, Colombo C (2007) Comparison between controlled trials in depression and naturalistic study data. Clinical Neuropsychiatry vol.4 n.2 april 2007 pag. 83

14      Franchini L, Vinante C, Florita M, Santoro A, Fresi F, Colombo C (2007) Effetto preventivo sulla ricaduta della partecipazione a terapia psicoeducazionale associata al trattamento antidepressivo di fase acuta. Giornale Italiano di Psicopatologia, vol.13, issue 4, pp. 466-474

15      Franchini L, Vinante C, Ballan S, Callegari C, Romagnolo F, Zonda E, Zanardi R, Colombo C (2008) Intervento riabilitativo nel corso del trattamento di un episodio depressivo maggiore e recupero soggettivo del funzionamento globale: esperienza clinico-pratica presso il Centro per i Disturbi dell’umore dell’Ospedale San Raffaele turro. Psichiatria e psicoterapia 27,3, 1-11

16      Franchini L, Paredi G, Ballan S, Fresi F, Colombo C (2009) Effetto dell’intervento psicoeducativo associato al trattamento antidepressivo sulla persistenza di distorsione cognitiva in pazienti affetti da disturbo dell’umore. Giornale Italiano di Psicopatologia, vol.15, issue 2, pp. 139-150

17      Franchini L, Paredi G, Ciracì M, Colombo C (2011) L’applicazione sperimentale della psicoeducazione a un gruppo misto di pazienti unipolari e bipolari: effetto a lungo termine in un follow-up di 24 mesi. Psichiatria e psicoterapia 30, 2, 113   

18      Franchini L, Redaelli C, Schiavo M, Colombo C (2012) Psicoeducazione ai familiari di pazienti affetti da disturbo dell’umore: possibile utilizzo di Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) per l’identificazione della specifica area critica del caregiver. Psichiatria e psicoterapia, 31, 2, pagg 1-24

19      Boccalon S, Alesiani R, Giarolli L, Franchini L, Colombo C, Blum N, Fossati A (2012) System Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS): modello di intervento, adattamento clinico e dati preliminari di efficacia in un campione di pazienti ricoverati con diagnosi di disturbo dell’umore e disturbo di personalità. Journal of Psychopathology 18:335-343

20      Merzagora I, Ischia M, Colombo C (2014) Disturbo bipolare e criminalità. Rassegna italiana di criminologia. Anno VIII, n.3, 2014 pagg 212- 219

Position/Role

Professor of Psychiatry - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - University of Pisa (Italy), Director of the Psychiatry Care Unit of the University Hospital of Pisa, President of the Italian College of University Professors of Psychiatry

Professional career

1979: Degree School of Medicine, University of Pisa

1984: Fellowship in Psychiatry, University of Pisa

1983-1987: Researcher at the Institute of Pharmacology of University of Pisa

1987-1992: Researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry of University of Pisa

1992-2001: Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnologies of University of Pisa

From 2001: Professor of Psychiatry - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - University of Pisa

From 2001: Director of the Psychiatry Care Unit of the University Hospital of Pisa

From 2010: Director of the Residency Program in Psychiatry at University of Pisa

From 2010: Director of the Degree Program in Psychiatric Rehabilitation at the University of Pisa

From 2011: Director of the Master Program in Clinics and Therapy of Mood Disorders at the University of Pisa

From 2011: Director of the Master Program in Addiction Medicine at the University of Pisa

From 2012-2015: Education and Research Coordinator of Neuroscience Department, University Hospital of Pisa

From 2015-2018: Vice-President of the Italian Society of Psychiatry (SIP)

From 2018: President of the Italian College of Full Professors of Psychiatry

Scientific results

Her researches focused on psychopathology, neurobiology, genetic and clinical neuropharmacology. She is also involved in the “Spectrum Project”, an international collaboration (University of Pisa, University of Pittsburgh, University of New York, University of San Diego), which has developed and validated  several instrument for a dimensional assessment of psychiatric conditions, such as mood (SCI-MOODS), anxiety (SCI-PAS, SCI-SHY, SCI-OBS), stress-related (SCI-TALS) and psychotic (SCI-PSY)  disorders. Moreover, Liliana Dell’Osso lead several researches about pharmacotherapy of psychosis and bipolar disorders, with a specific focus on the use of clozapina. More recently, her studies addressed the Autism, with the development of a questionnaire for the assessment of autism subtreshold symptoms in adults (AdAS Spectrum).

Editorial work and publications

She is author of a wide number of studies published on International journals, such as:

Dell'Osso L, Carpita B, Cremone IM, Muti D, Diadema E, Barberi FM, Massimetti  G, Brondino N, Petrosino B, Politi P, Aguglia E, Lorenzi P, Carmassi C, Gesi C. The mediating effect of trauma and stressor related symptoms and ruminations on the relationship between autistic traits and mood spectrum. Psychiatry Research. 2018; pii: S0165-1781(18)30826-6

Galderisi S, Rossi A, Rocca P, Bertolino A, Mucci A, Bucci P, Rucci P, Gibertoni D, Aguglia E, Amore M, Bellomo A, Biondi M, Brugnoli R, Dell'Osso L, De Ronchi D, Di Emidio G, Di Giannantonio M, Fagiolini A, Marchesi C, Monteleone P, Oldani L, Pinna F, Roncone R, Sacchetti E, Santonastaso P, Siracusano A, Vita A, Zeppegno P, Maj M; Italian Network For Research on Psychoses. The influence of illness-related variables, personal resources and context-related factors on real-life functioning of people with schizophrenia

World Psychiatry. 2014;13(3):275-87

Dell'Osso L, Gesi C, Massimetti E, Cremone IM, Barbuti M, Maccariello G, Moroni I, Barlati S, Castellini G, Luciano M, Bossini L, Rocchetti M, Signorelli M, Aguglia E, Fagiolini A, Politi P, Ricca V, Vita A, Carmassi C, Maj M. Adult Autism Subthreshold Spectrum (AdAS Spectrum): validation of a questionnaire investigating subthreshold autism spectrum. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2016;73:61-83

Dell'Osso L, Carmassi C, Massimetti G, Stratta P, Riccardi I, Capanna C, Akiskal KK, Akiskal HS, Rossi A. Age, gender and epicenter proximity effects on post-traumatic stress symptoms in L'Aquila 2009 earthquake survivors. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2013;146 (2):174-180

Bevilacqua L, Doly S, Kaprio J, Yuan Q, Tikkanen R, Paunio T, Zhou Z, Wedenoja J, Maroteaux L, Diaz S, Belmer A, Hodgkinson CA, Dell'osso L, Suvisaari J, Coccaro E, Rose RJ, Peltonen L, Virkkunen M, Goldman D. A population-specific HTR2B stop codon predisposes to severe impulsivity. Nature. 2010;468(7327):1061-6

She is also co-author of several books, such as: L'altra Marilyn. Psichiatria e psicoanalisi di un cold case (2016), L'Abisso negli occhi. Spettro Autistico e violenza di genere nel mito e nell’arte (2016), La verità sulla menzogna: dalle origini alla post-verità(ETS, 2017),Il caso Coco Chanel. L’insopportabile Genio (2018), L’ombra dell’autismo. Declinazioni cliniche e psicopatologiche dello spettro autistico sottosoglia. (FrancoAngeli, 2018). Genio e follia 2.0. Il complesso rapporto tra spettro autistico e competenze eccezionali (2019).

Position/Role

Head of the Laboratory of Translation and Medicine and of the Neuromed Biobanking Center, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Isernia.

Professional career

MD Degree with the Highest distinction (1968, Catholic University, Rome) specialisation in Clinical and Laboratory Haemotology (1971 same University), Ph.D. in Haemostasis Physiopathology (1973, University of Leuven, Belgium), Honoris Causa Medical Degree from two foreign Universities (Byalistok, Poland and Debrecen, Hungary), Special Mention “For Women in Science” (UNESCO-L’Oreal, Paris 2002), “100 Women Scientists “ (Fondazione Bracco, Milano 2016); “Top Italian Women Scientists”, ONDA, Milano 2016.

She has devoted her scientific research to the investigation of thrombosis, the process which leads to the obstruction of blood vessels and may cause major disorders such as myocardial infarction and stroke;  in particular during the first part of her scientific activity at Mario Negri Institute in Milan and subsequently in Consorzio Mario Negri Sud in the Abruzzo Region, she  has pioneered studies on cancer and thrombosis and on the treatment of some tumor types with anticoagulant drugs; in 1993 she launched the First International Group devoted to “Haemostasis and Malignancy” (within the International Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis). More recently she studied the interaction between genetic and environmental factors as determinants of Cardiovascular Risk, and discovered, together with Licia Iacoviello, the presence of a genetic variant of a clotting factor which protects 20% of the italian population from myocardial infarction.

Since 2005 she is one of  the founders and coordinators of the Moli-sani study, an  epidemiological prospective project on nearly 25,000 adults  living in the Molise Region, which evaluates the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean Diet on cardiovascular health and quality of life.

Editorial work and publications

Cultured human endothelial cells generate tissue factor in response to endotoxin.

Colucci M, Balconi G, Lorenzet R, Pietra A, Locati D, Donati MB, Semeraro N.

J Clin Invest. 1983 Jun;71(6):1893-6. PMID:6345590

Polymorphisms in the coagulation factor VII gene and the risk of myocardial infarction.

Iacoviello L¹, Di Castelnuovo A, De Knijff P, D'Orazio A, Amore C, Arboretti R, Kluft C, Benedetta Donati M.

N Engl J Med. 1998 Jan 8;338(2):79-85. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199801083380202

Thrombotic complications in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a meta-analysis of 17 prospective studies comprising 1752 pediatric patients.

Caruso V, Iacoviello L, Di Castelnuovo A, Storti S, Mariani G, de Gaetano G, DonatiMB.

Blood. 2006 Oct 1;108(7):2216-22. Epub 2006 Jun 27. PMID:16804111

Circulating Tissue Factor Levels and Risk of Stroke: Findings From the EPICOR Study.

Iacoviello L¹, Di Castelnuovo A², de Curtis A², Agnoli C², Frasca G², Mattiello A², Matullo G², Ricceri F², Sacerdote C², Grioni S², Tumino R², Napoleone E², Lorenzet R², de Gaetano G², Panico S², DonatiMB².

Stroke. 2015 Jun;46(6):1501-7. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.008678. Epub 2015 Apr 30

Interaction between Mediterranean diet and statins on mortality risk in patients with cardiovascular disease: Findings from the Moli-sani Study.

Bonaccio M¹, Di Castelnuovo A², Costanzo S², Persichillo M², De Curtis A², Cerletti C², DonatiMB², de Gaetano G², Iacoviello L³; Moli-sani Study Investigators.

Int J Cardiol. 2019 Feb 1;276:248-254. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.11.117. Epub 2018 Nov 24

Position/Role

President of the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders (WAidid), Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Specialty School for Pediatrics and Director of the S.C. Pediatric Clinic at the University of Perugia

Professional career

After graduating in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan in 1995, she continued her education with a specialization in Pediatrics (1999) and a next one in Infectious Diseases (2006). Two years after graduating, she was already responsible for the research laboratory of the Pediatric Clinic IV, and since 2000 for the research laboratory of the Clinical Pediatric Clinical Unit of the University of Milan, later called the High Intensity Care Unit of Pediatrics. Susanna Esposito combined her academic career with a medical career: in 2002 she is a university researcher in General and Specialized Pediatrics and since 2005 an associate professor. She also carried out research in foreign institutions: in 2007 in Dallas, Texas, at the Southwestern Medical Center of the University Hospital and Clinic, in 2009 in London, at St George's Medical Center and the following year in Burundi, Africa, at the Kiremba Hospital. From the 2009-2010 academic year, she was Professor of Pediatric Infectious Disease at the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Diploma of the University of Oxford, UK. From 2010 to 2016, she was director of the High Intensity Care Pediatric Unit at the IRCCS Ca 'Granda Foundation, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of the University of Milan and head of the Regional Reference Center, in Lombardy, for HIV infection and for pediatric Lyme disease. She is currently Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the School of Specialization in Pediatrics and Director of the S.C. Pediatric Clinic at the University of Perugia. She is president of the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders (WAidid).

Scientific results

Susanna Esposito's scientific activity began during her university studies with research on pediatric infectious diseases, in particular influenza and respiratory viruses, invasive bacteria infections, tuberculosis and HIV. Her field of interest extends progressively to immunology with studies on vaccination, immune response and immunogenetics, pneumology, allergy, rheumatology and rare diseases. She coordinated several research and clinical trials on the role of viruses and bacteria in the main infections in pediatric age and studies on vaccination efficacy, tolerability and safety. She also coordinated the development of guidelines on the diagnostic-therapeutic approach to the main infectious diseases in children and the guidelines on the new vaccination calendar and on the recommended vaccinations for children. In 2012 she identified enterovirus C-117 and enterovirus C-118, two new enteroviruses, a genus of viruses resistant to chemical and physical offenses, which can survive in the environment for a long time, affecting mainly people with low immune defenses, like children and the elderly, with effects in some cases very serious. Since 2013 she has been coordinating the study group on vaccines (EVASG) of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Editorial work and publications

Since 2005 she is a member of the International Board of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, since 2009 she is Associate Editor of BMC Infectious Diseases, since 2011 she is Associate Editor of Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, since 2013 she is Associate Editor of Journal of Clinical Virology and she is part of Editorial Board Member of PLOS One, since 2014 she is Associate Editor of Medicine and since 2016 she is a member of the Editorial Board Member of AIMS Microbiology and of Npj Vaccines. Since 2016 she has also been editor of the magazine Edit Symposia and referee for numerous scientific journals such as Lancet, the British Medical Journal, Vaccine, the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and the American Journal of Physicians.

Susanna Esposito is the author of more than 1000 publications, including over 450 articles on international journals published on PubMed, and more than 1000 reports on invitation to conferences of national and international scientific societies, including:

(2016) Esposito S, Bonanni P, Maggi S, Tan L, Ansaldi F, Lopalco PL, Dagan R, Michel JP, van Damme P, Gaillat J, Prymula R, Vesikari T, Mussini C, Frank U, Osterhaus A, Celentano LP, Rossi M, Guercio V, Gavazzi G. Recommended immunization schedules for adults: Clinical practice guidelines by the Escmid Vaccine Study Group (EVASG), European Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) and the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders (WAidid). Human Vaccine Immunotherapeutics, 12:1777-1794.

(2016) Esposito S, Principi N. European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Vaccine Study Group (EVASG). Strategies to develop vaccines of pediatric interest. Expert Review of Vaccines, Epub Sep 28.

(2016) Esposito S, Guez S, Orenti A, Tadini G, Scuvera G, Corti L, Scala A, Biganzoli E, Berti E, Principi N. Autoimmunity and cytokine imbalance in inherited epidermolysis bullosa. International Journal of Molecular Science, 17(10):1625.

(2016) Esposito S, Longo MR. Guillain-Barré syndrome. Autoimmunity Review, 16(1):96-101.

(2016) Principi N, Esposito S. Gut microbiota and central nervous system development. Journal of Infection, 73(6):536-546.

(2016) Esposito S, Pietro GD. Respiratory syncytial virus vaccines: an update on those in the immediate pipeline. Future Microbiology, 11:1479-1490.

(2016) Esposito S, Di Gangi M, Cardinale F, Baraldi E, Corsini I, Da Dalt L, Tovo PA, Correra A, Villani A, Sacco O, Tenero L, Dones P, Gambino M, Zampiero A, Principi N, Ita-CAP Study Group. Sensitivity and specificity of soluble triggering receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1, Midregional Proatrial Natriuretic Peptide and Midregional Proadrenomedullin for Distinguishing Etiology and to Assess Severity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia. PLoS One, 11:e0163262.

(2015) Esposito S, Piralla A, Zampiero A, Bianchini S, Di Pietro G, Scala A, Pinzani R, Fossali E, Baldanti F, Principi N. Characteristics and their clinical relevance of respiratory syncytial virus types and genotypes circulating in Northern Italy in five consecutive winter seasons. PLoS One, 10:e0129369.

(2015) Esposito S, Giavoli C, Trombetta C, Bianchini S, Montinaro V, Spada A, Montomoli E, Principi N. Immunogenicity, safety and tolerability of inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine in overweight and obese children. Vaccine, Epub Nov 19.

(2014) Esposito S, Corona F, Barzon L, Cuoco F, Squarzon L, Marcati G, Torcoletti M, Gambino M, Palù G, Principi N. Immunogenicity, safety and tolerability of a bivalent human papillomavirus vaccine in adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Expert Review of Vaccines, 13:1387-1393.

Awards and prizes

Susanna Esposito received the "Carlo Imperato" Award in 2002, as part of the 58th National Congress of the Italian Society of Pediatrics, for the best experimental work on "Respiratory diseases of the child", in the same year she was awarded the Young Investigator Award within the III World Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Santiago, Chile). In 2004 she received the Amici di Milano Award - Gold Medals awarded with the Silver Plate by the President of the Italian Republic and the Silver Plate of the President of the Lombardy Region, as the best medical researcher. In 2008 she was awarded the SIP Member Award as best researcher in general and specialist Pediatrics within the Italian Society of Pediatrics, in 2011 the Ambassador Prize for research abroad in the medical field and in 2014 the Certificate of Merit for the commitment and professionalism over the years dedicated to the health of children by the Amici del Policlinico and Mangiagalli Association. From 2011 to 2014 she was called to chair the Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease (SITIP); from 2012 to 2015 she was president of the Commission of the World Health Organization for the eradication of measles and congenital rubella and continued to participate in the work of the Commission as Past President. Since 2015 she is president of the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders (WAidid).

Position/Role

Deputy Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the IEO (European Institute of Oncology) in Milan

Professional career

She graduated in Statistics at the University of Bologna in 1993, continuing her education through a specialization in Biometrics in 1995 at the University of Reading (UK). In 1996 she joined the IEO of Milan, when the Institute had just 2 years of activity behind it; there she constantly carried out research activities. In 2004 she obtained a PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Birmingham (Public Health). Since 2009 she has been Deputy Director of the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division of the IEO in Milan and in 2014 she became a Statistic consultant for the Multimedica Ethics Committee in Milan.

Scientific results

Sara Gandini, within the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the IEO, provides constant advice in a wide range of sectors, including statistical analysis of experiments and clinical studies, protocol development, interpretation and discussion of results. She collaborates with researchers around the world and has conducted extensive research on cancer epidemiology, including systematic literature reviews and meta-analysis, with the aim of better understanding the aetiology of cancer. In recent years her main interest has focused on the study of melanoma and the related risk factors that led to changing the classification of the International Agency for Cancer Research in Lyon, defining exposure to the full spectrum of ultraviolet as carcinogenic. Sara Gandini has thus come to analyze the role of vitamin D within the complex system of the human body, discovering a consistent association between low presence of vitamin D and propensity to the development of colon cancer. One of the most important results is certainly the meta-analysis study which demonstrates the lowering of the mortality rate due to each cause thanks to vitamin D. She is the scientific Principal Investigator of two randomized studies that she designed and promoted to evaluate the effect of vitamin D on the prognosis of patients with melanoma and colon cancer. In general, she believes in independent research and in her career she has dealt not only with primary prevention and the study of biomarkers, including Drug repositioning, with the re-use in oncology of the active ingredient of commercial drugs (Vitamin D, Metformin, Beta-blockers ...), on which there are no economic interests and investments by pharmaceutical companies.

Editorial work and publications

Sara Gandini is the author of numerous articles in national and international journals, including:

(2016) Le CP, Nowell CJ, Kim-Fuchs C, Botteri E, Hiller JG, Ismail H, Pimentel MA, Chai MG, Karnezis T, Rotmensz N, Renne G, Gandini S, et al. Chronic stress in mice remodels lymph vasculature to promote tumour cell dissemination. Nature Communications, 7:10634.

(2014) Gandini S, Puntoni M, Heckman-Stoddard BM, Dunn BK, Ford L, DeCensi A, Szabo E. Metformin and cancer risk and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis taking into account biases and confounders. Cancer Prevention Research (Philadelphia), 7(9):867-85.

(2012) Boniol M, Autier P, Boyle P, Gandini S. Cutaneous melanoma attributable to sunbed use: systematic review and meta-analysis. British Medical Journal, 345:e4757.

(2012) Zittermann A, Iodice S, Pilz S, Grant WB, Bagnardi V, Gandini S. Vitamin D deficiency and mortality risk in the general population: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 95(1):91-100.

(2011) Gandini S, Boniol M, Haukka J, et al. Meta-analysis of observational studies of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and colorectal, breast and prostate cancer and colorectal adenoma. International Journal of Cancer, 128(6):1414-24.

(2010) DeCensi A, Puntoni M, Goodwin P, Cazzaniga M, Gennari A, Bonanni B, Gandini S. Metformin and Cancer Risk in Diabetic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Cancer Prevention Research (Philadelphia), 3(11):1451-61.

(2007) Autier P, Gandini S. Vitamin D suppl. and total mortality - A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Archives of Internal Medicine, 167(16):1730-7.

(2005) Gandini S, et al. Meta-analysis of risk factors for cutaneous melanoma: II. Sun exposure. European Journal of Cancer, 41(1):45-60.

(2005) Gandini S, et al. Meta-analysis of risk factors for cutaneous melanoma: I. Common and atypical naevi. European Journal of Cancer, 41(1):28-44.

(2005) Gandini S, et al. Meta-analysis of risk factors for cutaneous melanoma: III. Family history, actinic damage and phenotypic factors. European Journal of Cancer, 41(14):2040-59.

Awards and prizes

In 2008 she won the Bruno Martinetto award for research on cancer prevention. In 2014 she was unanimously elected President of the independent scientific society EuroSkin that deals with primary prevention.

Position/Role

Chief of the Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Department of the "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital in Reggio Calabria

Professional career

She graduated in Medicine at the University of Messina in 1978 and she became a Nephrology Specialist in 1983 at the same University.  She spent 2 years (1981-1982) as a Clinical Scientist at the Renal and Transplantation Unit of the Western Infirmary in  Glasgow (Scotland).

She has attended several Courses in Hypertension, Clinical Epidemiology and Molecular Genetics at the  Erasmus University in  Rotterdam (The Netherland).  In addition, she has attended many other international and High Quality Nephrology Courses. Since 2001, she is recognised by the European Society of Hypertension as a Hypertension Specialist.

Scientific results

Her fields of interest are Hypertension, CV complications in renal patients including dialysis patients, renal disease progression, Epidemiology of Renal disease and molecular genetics of renal diseases and Hypertension.  

She is involved in many national and international research studies such as "Lung Water by Ultra-Sound (US) guided treatment to prevent death and cardiovascular complications in high-risk end stage renal disease patients with cardiomyopathy (LUST STUDY)". The aim of this study is to create a database with clinical tests performed in very high-risk dialysis patients in order to investigate the impact of volume expansion  which is a well-known CV and renal risk factor.

The LUST Study is a randomized clinical trial aimed at testing whether the application of chest US may reduce mortality, heart failure,  myocardial  infarction,  progression  of  cardiac  disease  and  hospitalizations  in  dialysis  patients  with myocardial ischemia (a history of myocardial infarction with or without ST elevation or unstable angina, acute coronary  syndrome  documented  by  ECG  recordings  and cardiac  troponins  or  stable  angina  pectoris  with documented coronary artery disease by prior coronary angiography or ECG) and/or stage III-IV NYHA heart failure over a 2 years follow-up.

Francesca Mallamaci is Chairwoman of the ERA-EDTA working Group EURECA-m. She has contributed to building up a large registry of European dialysis patients in order to identify and validate traditional and non-traditional CV risk factors.

Editorial work and publications

Associate Editor/Team Editor of NDT since January 2013.

Past Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nephrology (December 2006 to January 2013).

She is author of a vast number of scientific papers published in national, and mainly international, high impact journals. Among them the most recent are:

(2019) Mallamaci F, Tripepi G, D'Arrigo G, Borrelli S, Garofalo C, Stanzione G, Provenzano M, De Nicola L, Conte G, Minutolo R, Zoccali C. Blood Pressure Variability, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Jan 2. [Epub ahead of print]

(2018) Mallamaci F, Tripepi R, D'Arrigo G, Porto G, Versace MC, Marino C, Sanguedolce MC, Testa A, Tripepi G, Zoccali C. Long-term blood pressure monitoring by office and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure in renal transplant patients: a longitudinal study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2018 Nov 23. [Epub ahead of print]

(2018) Mallamaci F, D'Arrigo G, Tripepi R, Leonardis D, Porto G, Testa A, Abd ElHafeez S, Mafrica A, Versace MC, Provenzano PF, Tripepi G, Mancini P, Zoccali C. Office, standardized and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure and renal function loss in renal transplant patients. J Hypertens. 2018 Jan;36(1):119-125.

(2017) Mallamaci F, Tripepi G. [Pulmonary congestion and hypertension in hemodialysis patients]. G Ital Nefrol. 2017 Mar;34(Suppl 69):36-40.

(2016) Mallamaci F. Highlights of the 2015 ERA-EDTA congress: chronic kidney disease, hypertension. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2016 Jul;31(7):1044-6.

(2016) Mallamaci F, Torino C, Tripepi G. Physical exercise in haemodialysis patients: time to start. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2016 Aug;31(8):1196-8.

(2016) Mallamaci F, Tripepi R, Leonardis D, Mafrica A, Versace MC, Provenzano F, Tripepi G, Zoccali C. Nocturnal Hypertension and Altered Night-Day BP Profile and Atherosclerosis in Renal Transplant Patients. Transplantation. 2016 Oct;100(10):2211-8.

(2015) Mallamaci F, Testa A, Leonardis D, Tripepi R, Pisano A, Spoto B, Sanguedolce MC, Parlongo RM, Tripepi G, Zoccali C. A genetic marker of uric acid level, carotid atherosclerosis, and arterial stiffness: a family-based study.American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 65(2):294-302.

(2015) Mallamaci F, Tripepi R, Leonardis D, Mafrica A, Versace MC, Provenzano F, Tripepi G, Zoccali C. Nocturnal Hypertension and Altered Night-Day BP Profile and Atherosclerosis in Renal Transplant Patients. Transplantation, 100(10):2211-8.

Awards and prizes

At least 15 abstracts written by Prof. Mallamaci were awarded at national and international conferences such as the European Renal Association (ERA-EDTA) and the Congress of the American Society of Nephrology.

Prof. Mallamaci, in her main fields of interest such as chronic renal failure, is at the 19th position in an international ranking created and periodically updated by the University of Baltimore (EXPERTSCAPE- http://expertscape.com/ex/chronic+kidney+disease). Furthermore, in this ranking, prof Mallamaci is second in a gender based analysis.

Position/Role

Head of U.O.C. of Geriatrics of the IRCCS Foundation Ca ’Granda Maggiore Hospital of the Policlinico of Milan

Professional career

After obtaining a degree in Medicine and Surgery, at the University of Milan, from 1976 she continued her training as a researcher in Internal Medicine until 1991. From 2007 to 2010 she directed the experimental research laboratory on aging of the IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italian and University of Milan and of the Department of Medical and Rehabilitative Sciences with Geriatric-Cardio-Vascular specialization of the IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano. Until 2014 she was responsible for the School of Specialization in Geriatrics, and for the Master's Degree in Rehabilitation Sciences of the Health Professions. Since 2010 she has directed the U.O.C. (complex operative unit) of Geriatrics of the IRCCS Foundation Ca ’Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of Milan in agreement with the University of Milan. Daniela Mari is also an associate professor of Geriatrics at the University of Milan, at the Department of Clinical and Community Sciences. Responsible U.O.C. of Geriatrics of the IRCCS Foundation Ca ’Granda Maggiore Hospital of the Policlinico of Milan.

Scientific results

Daniela Mari has been leading the Milan research group that studies cardiovascular risk factors and their genetic variants in longevity and centenarians, and neurodegenerative diseases in the elderly for many years. During the period spent as head of the experimental research laboratory on aging of the Italian Auxological Institute of Milan, Daniela Mari and colleagues focus on the study of the genetic bases of longevity, investigating the characteristics of a large number of seventy-year-old children of centenarians. To this end they also resort to DNA methylation analysis, or to an epigenetic modification of DNA, a process which consists in the binding of a methyl group (a carbon atom bound to three hydrogen atoms) to a nitrogenous base. They also investigate the dose-effectiveness relationship of oral anticoagulant therapy (TAO) in the elderly, genetic and non-genetic risk factors in cerebrovascular diseases and the influence of obesity and metabolic status on aging and age-related diseases.

Editorial work and publications

Daniela Mari is Associate Editor in the Editorial Board of the Journal of Gerontology & Geriatrics (JGG).

She is also the author of numerous national and international scientific publications, including:

(2016) Esposito S, Mari D, Bergamaschini L, et al. Pneumococcal colonization in older adults. Immunity & Ageing, 13(1).

(2016) Abbate C, Trimarchi PD, Rotondo E, Mari D, et al. Spontaneous confabulations in amnestic-mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease: a new (yet old) atypical variant?. Neurocase.

(2016) Muscogiuri D, Mari D, et al. 25 Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency and Its Relationship to Autoimmune Thyroid Disease in the Elderly. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(9):850.

(2016) Abbate C, Caputo L, Damanti S, Mari D, et al. Reversible Parkinson's Dementia Associated with Withdrawal of Androgen-Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

(2016) Arosio B, Casati M, Gussago C, Mari D, et al. Adenosine Type A2A Receptor in Peripheral Cell from Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Dementia, and Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A New/Old Potential Target. Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 54(2):1-9.

(2016) Ogliari G, Smit RAJ, van der Spoel E, Mari D, et al. Thyroid Status and Mortality Risk in Older Adults With Normal Thyrotropin: Sex Differences in the Milan Geriatrics 75+ Cohort Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences.

(2016) Dionigi Rossi P, Bilotta C, Consonni D, Mari D, et al. Predictors of clinical events occurring during hospital stay among elderly patients admitted to medical wards in Italy. European Journal of Internal Medicine, 32.

(2016) Gussago C, Arosio B, Guerini F, Mari D, et al. Impact of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms in centenarians. Endocrine.

(2016) Oldoni E, Fumagalli GG, Serpente M, Mari D, et al. PRNP P39L Variant is a Rare Cause of Frontotemporal Dementia in Italian Population. Journal of Alzheimer's disease: JAD, 50(2).

(2015) Hovath S, Pirazzini C, Bacalini MG, Mari D, et al. Decreased epigenetic age of PBMCs from Italian semi-supercentenarians and their offspring. Aging, 7(12).

Awards and prizes

Daniela Mari obtained a grant from the MIUR, the Ministry of Health and the Lombardy Region for studies on haemostasis, the genetics of aging and longevity. Since 2010  she has been a member of the Regional table for the appropriateness in Medicine and of the "Fundamental Group" Regional Technical Table of the Directorate General for Health of the Lombardy Region. In 2012 she received the position of "Scientific Expert" of the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche for the review of research projects. Since 2013 she has been member of the register of auditors for the evaluation of ministerial programs and research products (ANVUR), since the same year she is part of the European Commission's Action-Group A3 “European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Aging: Action For Prevention Of Functional Decline And Frailty ”. Daniela Mari is also a partner in the European study: MID- FRAIL Study FP7-Health 2011.

Position/Role

Researcher in Pharmacology, University of Camerino

Professional career

Dr.  Micioni Di Bonaventura graduated at the University of Camerino (MC), Italy in 2008 with a degree in Pharmacy. She was awarded her Ph.D. in Chemical, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology from the University of Camerino in 2012, after working one year at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She received her postdoctoral training at University of Zurich, at University of Camerino and at Department of Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.

Dr. Micioni Di Bonaventura is currently a Researcher in Pharmacology at University of Camerino.

Scientific results

The main research interests of Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura focus on the study of eating disorders. During her PhD, she worked on behavioral pharmacology to develop a new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of binge eating episodes. Binge eating is a central feature of many eating disorders, including bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and anorexia nervosa binge/purge subtype, characterized by compulsive consumption of a large quantity of palatable food in a short period of time. The aim of these studies is to elucidate how caloric restrictions and stress may contribute to the generation and maintenance of an eating disorder, testing several compounds in a preclinical model. One of the main target of Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura is to identify the triggering causes of these disorders in order to develop an effective drug therapy. Her latest research project is focused on the development of a new pharmacological approach to treat obesity and bingeing-related eating disorders, studying the role of the adenosine: an important modulator in the central and peripheral nervous system.

Editorial work and publications

Author of several scientific publications including:

1) Pucci M, Micioni Di Bonaventura MV, Zaplatic E, Bellia F, Maccarrone M, Cifani C, D'Addario C.Transcriptional regulation of the endocannabinoid system in a rat model of binge-eating behavior reveals a selective modulation of the hypothalamic fatty acid amide hydrolase gene. Int J Eat Disord. 2018 Dec 22.

2) Micioni Di Bonaventura MV, Ubaldi M, Giusepponi ME, Rice KC, Massi M, Ciccocioppo R, Cifani. Hypothalamic CRF1 receptor mechanisms are not sufficient to account for binge-like palatable food consumption in female rats. C.Int J Eat Disord. 2017;50(10):1194-1204.

3) Micioni Di Bonaventura MV, Lutz TA, Romano A, Pucci M, Geary N, Asarian L, Cifani C. Estrogenic suppression of binge-like eating elicited by cyclic food restriction and frustrative-nonreward stress in female rats.Int J Eat Disord. 2017;50(6):624-635.

4) D'Addario C, Micioni Di Bonaventura MV, Pucci M, Romano A, Gaetani S, Ciccocioppo R, Cifani C, Maccarrone M. Endocannabinoid signaling and food addiction. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2014;47:203-24.

5) Micioni Di Bonaventura MV, Ciccocioppo R, Romano A, Bossert JM, Rice KC, Ubaldi M, St Laurent R, Gaetani S, Massi M, Shaham Y, Cifani C. Role of bed nucleus of the stria terminalis corticotrophin-releasing factor receptors in frustration stress-induced binge-like palatable food consumption in female rats with a history of food restriction.J Neurosci. 2014;34(34):11316-24.

Awards and prizes

Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura academic career was recognized by numerous awards:

2013 Farmindustria - Italian Society of Pharmacology Award for the scientific production in pharmacology.

2014 three travel awards: at XII International Summer School of Neuroscience "Dopamine", Federation of European Pharmacological Societies (EPHAR), Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF), Italian Society of Neuropsychopharmacology (SINPF); at FENS (Federations of European Neuroscience Societies)  at the ECNP (European College of Neuropsychopharmacology) Workshop for Junior Scientists in Europe, Nice (France).

2014 She was selected for the IBRO (International Brain Research Organization): InEurope Short Stay Program at University of Zurich to investigate the influence of ovarian hormones mechanisms on binge eating episodes.

2015 EBPS Travel Award for Joint Meeting EBPS (European Behavioural Pharmacology Society)-EBBS (European Brain and Behaviour Society) for the results obtained during the research period in Zurich. IBRO PERC-FENS World Congress Travel Grants FOR  9th World Congress of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO),for the findings presented during the congress on the role of adenosine in the control of episodes of binge eating.

2016 L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science

2017 Italian Society of Pharmacology - Merck Sharp Dohme corporation award for best 5 research pharmacological projects.

Position/Role

MD, Neurologist and Radiologist, Full Professor of Neuroscience, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy. She is Coordinator of several National and International Research Projects in Neurology and Neuroscience

Scientific results

Her researches deal with in vivomolecular imaging studies of neurological disease, in particular neurodegenerative dementias, and with cognitive neuroscience, addressing language, memory systems and music perception with neuroimaging.

Editorial work and publications

She is author of more that 250 full papers, books and chapters, HI 90.

Position/Role

Researcher at the Experimental Cell Therapy Laboratory of the University of Turin (Candiolo Irccs Institute)

Professional career

After graduating in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Turin in 2010, she continued her education with a specialization in Dermatology achieved in 2016, followed by a PhD in molecular medicine. Martina Sanlorenzo began her career as a researcher in Turin in 2011, in 2012 she was a Medical fellow at the Ayder Refferal Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia. The following year she was a Research fellow at the Ortiz lab, of the Dermatology Department of the University of California in San Francisco and since 2013 she has also been a Medical fellow in the Melanoma and cutaneous oncology center, at the same Californian university

Scientific results

Martina Sanlorenzo in 2016 won the "L'Oreal Italia for women and science" award in partnership with Unesco thanks to her project entitled "Interaction between molecular target drugs and immunotherapy in the treatment of metastatic melanoma: preclinical model for the evaluation of potential synergism ". She is precisely through this award that it will be possible for the researcher to conduct clinical research studies that aim to integrate two therapeutic approaches, on the one hand the therapies that target the melanoma cells (one of the most aggressive and difficult to cure tumors) and by the other is those that aim to enhance the immune system's response to cancer. Sanlorenzo is therefore involved in a study where both her knowledge in the field of dermatology and those of molecular medicine are included.

Editorial work and publications

She is the author of numerous national and international publications, including:

(2016) Dapavo P, Vujic I, Fierro MT, Quaglino P, Sanlorenzo M. The infliximab biosimilar in the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 75(4):736-9.

(2016) Posch C, Moslehi H, Sanlorenzo M, Green G, Vujic I, Panzer-Grümayer R, Rappersberger K, Ortiz-Urda S. Pharmacological inhibitors of c-KIT block mutant c-KIT mediated migration of melanocytes and melanoma cells in vitro and in vivo. Oncotarget.

(2016) Ribero S, Balagna E, Sportoletti Baduel E, Picciotto F, Sanlorenzo M, Fierro MT, Quaglino P, Macripo G. Efficacy of electrochemotherapy for eruptive legs keratoacanthomas. Dermatology and Therapy, 29(5):345-348.

(2016) Posch C, Sanlorenzo M, Vujic I, Oses-Prieto JA, Cholewa BD, Kim ST, Ma J, Lai K, Zekhtser M, Esteve-Puig R, Green G, Chand S, Burlingame AL, Panzer-Grümayer R, Rappersberger K, Ortiz-Urda S. Phospho-proteomic analysis reveals increased CK2α kinase activity in NRAS(Q61) mutant melanoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 136(10):2041-8.

(2016) Sanlorenzo M, Vujic I, Posch C, Ma J, Lin K, Lai K, Lee D, Vujic M, Oses-Prieto JA, Chand S, Rodriguez-Peralto JL, Burlingame A, Ortiz-Urda S. Oncogenic KIT mutations in different exons lead to specific changes in melanocyte phospho-proteome. Journal of Proteomics, 144:140-7.

(2016) Vujic I, Sanlorenzo M, Esteve-Puig R, Vujic M, Kwong A, Tsumura A, Murphy R, Moy A, Posch C, Monshi B, Rappersberger K, Ortiz-Urda S. Acyl protein thioesterase 1 and 2 (APT-1, APT-2) inhibitors palmostatin B, ML348 and ML349 have different effects on NRAS mutant melanoma cells. Oncotarget, 7(6):7297-306.

(2015) Sanlorenzo M, Vujic I, Ortiz-Urda S. Time-Dependent Measurement of Adverse Events-Reply. JAMA Dermatology, 151(12):1392-1393.

(2015) Sanlorenzo M, Ribero S, Osella Abate S, Mariani S, Strignano P, Salizzoni M, Savoia P, Fierro MT, Quaglino P. Genetic mutations in primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus: case report and literature review. Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia.

(2015) Posch C, Cholewa BD, Vujic I, Sanlorenzo M, Ma J, Kim ST, Kleffel S, Schatton T, Rappersberger K, Gutteridge R, Ahmad N, Ortiz-Urda S. Combined Inhibition of MEK and Plk1 has Synergistic Anti-Tumor Activity in NRAS Mutant Melanoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 135(10):2475-83.

(2015) Ribero S, Gualano MR, Osella-Abate S, Scaioli G, Bert F, Sanlorenzo M, Balagna E, Fierro MT, Macripò G, Sapino A, Siliquini R, Quaglino P. Histological regression in primary melanoma with sentinel lymph node status: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Dermatology, 151(12):1301-1307.

Awards and prizes

Among the numerous awards received, in 2015 she received the Euroderm Excellence and in 2016 she won the L’Oreal-UNESCO Italy - For Women in Science 2015-2016 award.

Position/Role

Full Professor at the Department of Interdisciplinary of Medicine (DIM) of University of Bari within the Scientific-Disciplinary Sector VET/04 “Food Safety”. Disciplines Taught including “Food Laboratory and Food Industry practices”, “Chemical analysis of foods and food products”, “Technology and hygiene of milk, meat, fish, eggs and honey”, “Food microbiology”.

Lecturer in various research PhD courses. Formerly lecturer in various Italian Public Institutes specialized in “Public  Health Services”, “Food Science”, “Meat Hygiene and Technology”

Formerly Lecturer in Food Processing Training Programmes (courses held in local Health Agencies, Desease Prevention Institutes and Food Industries)

Professional career

From 2004  to 2014 Director of Specialisation School in “Hygiene and Technology of milk and dairy products” at the University of Bari and from 2014 to 2017 Director of the Specialisation School “Food inspection” at the University of Bari.

From 2002 to 2010 Coordinator of the Doctoral School “Produzione, qualità e sicurezza degli alimenti di origine animale”.

From 2002 to 2005 President of the 1st degree course in “Scienze zootecniche e Sanità degli alimenti”.

From 2005 to 2008 President of the 2nd degree course in “Igiene e Qualità degli alimenti”.

Scientific results

Professor Tantillo leads many specialistic academic courses on:

-      microbiological, biomolecular and chemical characterization of food products;

-      Good Practices and HACCP procedures in food chain production.

Professor Tantillo is expert in food safety control by DNA-based, microbiological and chemical methods.

The research fields include: detection of xenobiotic compounds (mycotoxins, dioxins, PCBs, PAHs, Marine Biotoxins) in foodstuff by advanced chemical techniques; development of analytical techniques for the analysis of mycotoxins in food and feed; food microbiology; quality of honey and beehive products; hygienic-sanitary quality of traditional products.

Professor Tantillo is Scientific Coordinator of several national and international Research Projects, aimed to guarantee food safety, to assess the nutritional and functional quality of food, to develop technological innovations for food preservation, and to detect food frauds using molecular-based technologies.

Editorial work and publications

[2018 ] Terio, Valentina, Bottaro, Marilisa, Di Pinto, Angela, Fusco, Giovanna, Barresi, Teodosio, Tantillo, Giuseppina, Martella, Vito (2018). Occurrence of Aichi virus in retail shellfish in Italy. FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, vol. 74, p. 120-124, ISSN: 0740-0020, doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2018.02.013

-          [2017 ] Terio V, Bottaro M, Pavoni E, Losio M N, Serraino A, Giacometti F, Martella V, Mottola A, Di Pinto A, Tantillo G. Occurrence of hepatitis A and E and norovirus GI and GII in ready-to-eat vegetables in Italy. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 249:61-65, ISSN: 0168-1605, doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro. 2017.03.008.

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-          2017] Di Pinto A, Terio V, Marchetti P, Bottaro M, Mottola A, Bozzo G, Bonerba E, Ceci E, Tantillo G. DNA-based approach for species identification of goat-milk products,Food Chemistry, 229:93-97, ISSN: 0308-8146, doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem. 2017.02.067.

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[2015] Di Pinto A, Bottaro M, Bonerba E, Bozzo G, Ceci E., Marchetti P, Mottola A, Tantillo G. Occurrence of mislabeling in meat products using DNA-based assay, Journal of Food Science and Tecnology, 52:2479-2484, ISSN: 0022-1155, doi: 10.1007/s13197-014-1552-Y.