PhD GRADUATES
GINEVRA GIOVANNA ADAMO
Thesis Title - Outcomes of Descemet Membrane Epiretinal Graft for Refractory Macular Hole Closure
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
ANDREA ALOGNA
Thesis Title - Natural Molecules as Innovative Treatments for Inflammatory and Infectious Skin Diseases
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
BIANCA ANTONICA
Thesis Title - Host genetics and clinical settings in COVID-19: predictive models by statistical tools and machine learning algorithms (The FeMiNa study)
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
ALESSIA ASCIERTO
Thesis Title - Analysis of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
SILVIA BELTRAMI
Thesis Title - Host Dysregulation in Viral Infections: Immunological, Coagulative, and Neurological Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 and Flaviviruses
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
NICOLO' CIARMATORI
Thesis Title - Five-year outcomes of Descemet membrane stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) and Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) for DSAEK decompensation
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
GIORGIA CORLI
Thesis Title - Preclinical evaluation of the sex-based response to the pharmaco-toxicological effects of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS): in vitro and in vivo studies
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
MARICA DE CHIARA
Thesis Title - Preclinical evaluation of Hedgehog and PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathways inhibition: analysis of molecular mechanisms involved in T- and preB- acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell models
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
FRANCESCA MANZA
Thesis Title - Non-coeliac gluten/wheat sensitivity, gluten-free diet and gut microbiota: towards the identification of a diagnostic biomarker
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
MARA MARTINO
Thesis Title - Comprehensive characterization of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) against the HIV-1 Tat and Env antigens
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
MARCO NARDUCCI
Thesis Title - Breaking the Cycle of Withdrawal and Relapse in Alcohol Use Disorder: A Route-Sensitive Bioenergetic Perspective Featuring β-Hydroxybutyrate Prodrug as a Metabolic Therapy
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
CHIARA NORDI
Thesis Title - Hsv-1 icp27 in virus-host dynamics: balancing cellular Survival and stress response pathways
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
MARINA PIERANTONI
Thesis Title - Vav1 sustains the PDX1/miR-375/insulin axis during differentiation of hiPSCs to β cells: a potential target to improve the in vitro generation of insulin-producing cells
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
MICHELE DOMENICO SPAMPINATO
Thesis Title - Nuove tecniche di analgesia nel paziente con trauma toracico chiuso e fratture costali multiple: utilizzo del blocco nervoso fasciale del muscolo serrato anteriore nel Dipartimento d’Emergenza
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
ALESSIA TRAVAGLI
Thesis Title - PEMFs as a Neuroprotective Strategy: Restoration of Mitochondrial Function and CREB/BDNF Pathways in an in vitro Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
ELISA TURATO
Thesis Title - Role of DNA methylation, telomere length and infection in determining frailty trajectories of hospitalized older patients
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
FILIPPO MARIA VERARDI
Thesis Title - Physiology to Guide PCI: What AQVA Trials Taught Us
Date of Degree Completion - 18/03/2026
FRANCESCA BINI
Thesis Title - Development and optimization of biological systems for infection control and prevention through stable remodulation of the environmental microbiome
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
MARTINA CAPPELLO
Thesis Title - Molecular mechanisms of action of low-frequency pulsed electromagnetic fields on osteoarticular cells
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
ANNA CAPRONI
Thesis Title - Herpes Simplex Virus Vaccines: Research on Enhancing Protection by Optimizing Immune Responses
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
JAMES CLEMENT
Thesis Title - The Impact of Amniotic-Fluid Derived Exosomes on InflamAging, and DNA Methylation Profiles in Elderly Subjects
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
BEATRICE DALLAN
Thesis Title - Aging with HIV: assessing premature immune senescence as a strategy to monitor and prevent age-related comorbidities
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
MARIKA FAIELLA
Thesis Title - Development of new non-viral vehicles for innovative therapeutic strategy in personalized medicine of neuromuscular disorders
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
MATTEO FIELDS
Thesis Title - Preclinical study of an innovative combined therapy in a colorectal cancer cell line
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
LUCA FURIOSI
Thesis Title - Graft survival factors and immunological rejection in lamellar keratoplasty
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
DJIDJELL LARA
Thesis Title - The safety, efficacy and mechanism of action of new beta hydroxy butyrate molecules in preclinical studies and subsequent applications in veterinary medicine
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
GIADA LODI
Thesis Title - ACE2 up-regulation by MDM2 inhibition conteracts inflammation in human umbelical vein endothelial cells
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
MANUELA NIGRO
Thesis Title - Effect of Low-Frequency, LowEnergy Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMFs) in Injured Neuronal and Microglial Models of Alzheimer’s Disease
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
DAVIDE PROIETTO
Thesis Title - Immunometabolic determinants of aging and their effects on vaccine responses in older adults
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
BENEDEK M.D. RONASZEEKI
Thesis Title - Minimal residual disease measurement in acute myeloid leukemia
Date of Degree Completion - 10/04/2025
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SABRINE BILEL
Thesis Title - In vitro and in vivo pharmaco-toxicological characterization of Novel Psychoactive Substances: focus on Novel Synthetic Opioids
Date of Degree Completion - 21/03/2024
CHIARA CONTRI
Thesis Title - Polypharmacology of the endocannabinoid system
Date of Degree Completion - 21/03/2024
ELENA DANIELE
Thesis Title - Age-Related Macular Degeneration: a new prospect in cell therapy
Date of Degree Completion - 21/03/2024
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MARIANGELA PAPPADA'
Thesis Title - Development of therapeutic strategies for the treatment of spinocerebellar ataxias types 1 and 2 (SCA1 e SCA2)
Date of Degree Completion - 21/03/2024
SABRINA RIZZO
Thesis Title - SARS-CoV-2 sensing by TLR3 and TLR7 enhances immune response and hACE2 expression
Date of Degree Completion - 21/03/2024
STEFANIA SETTI
Thesis Title - Technological development and clinical validation of a medical device based on electromagnetic fields in inflammatory diseases
Date of Degree Completion - 21/03/2024
MICAELA TIRRI
Thesis Title - Changes of neurobehavioral responses and endocannabinoid transmission in mice after repeated JWH-018 administration: development of an in vivo model of Dementia Diseases and correlation with clinical evidence
Date of Degree Completion - 21/03/2024
FRANCESCO VITALI
Thesis Title - Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies and channelopathies: from genetic substrate to electrocardiogram
Date of Degree Completion - 21/03/2024
ANGELI CHRISTY YU
Thesis Title - Ten-year outcomes of ultrathin Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty
Date of Degree Completion - 21/03/2024
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ADVANCED THERAPIES AND EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY
Department of Translational Medicine and for Romagna
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Prof. Katia Varani
e-mail: vrk@unife.it
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