Simone Cenci
Representative of private research hospitals (IRCCS)
M.D., specialized in Geriatrics, Professor of Molecular Biology, Head of the Unit of Age-Related Diseases and Deputy Director of the Division of Genetics and Cell Biology at Università Vita-Salute and Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano.
During his residency and post-doctoral training at the Washington University in St.Louis, MO, USA he studied involutional osteoporosis.
Back to Italy (2003), his research focused on novel therapeutic targets against multiple myeloma, a frequent age-onset cancer, and fundamental mechanisms of aging, through the support of international and national agencies, including the Italian Ministry of Health, Fondazione AIRC and Fondazione Cariplo. A frequently invited speaker at international conferences and academic institutions, his publications have been cited >8,000 times.