Francesco Cucca
USERN Advisory Board
www.sardegnaricerche.it/documenti/13_235_20131218124834.pdf
Italian National Research Council | CNR · Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research IRGB
H-index – January 2021- :70 (Scopus) 78 (Google scholar)
Education:
| June 1989 | University of Cagliari, Italy, Specialization in Pediatrics (Score: 70/70 Cum Laude) |
| March 1985 | University of Cagliari, Italy, Degree in Medicine & Surgery (Score: 110/ 110 Cum Laude) |
Work experience:
| Jul 2011 – present | Full Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Sassari, Italy |
| May 2009 – Jun 2019 | Director of the Institute for Research in Genetics and Biomedicine (IRGB), of the National Research Council (CNR), Italy |
| Jan 2005 – Jun 2011 | Associate Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Sassari, Italy |
| Jun 1998 – Dec 2004 | Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, University of Cagliari, Head Immunogenetics group, Children’s Hospital, (“Ospedale Microcitemico”), Cagliari, Italy |
| Jan 1997 – May 1998 | Senior Pediatrician, Pediatric Hospital ward, Ospedale Brotzu Cagliari, Italy |
| Jun 1994 – Dec 1996 | Visiting Medical Researcher, Wellcome Trust for Human Genetics, Oxford University (UK) |
| Jan 1990 – May 1994 | Staff Pediatrician, Pediatric Hospital ward, Ospedale Brotzu Cagliari, Italy |
Prizes & awards:
- 2018 Premio Marcello Sgarlata 2018; awarded each year, in the Campidoglio in Rome, to personalities from the fields of science, culture, art, sport, entertainment, politics and economics (https://www.cnr.it/it/news/8060/premio-marcello-sgarlata-2018-gioia-in-campidoglio-all-insegna-del-coraggio)
- 2013 Invited to give a lecture entitled “Molecular genetics of autoimmunity and its clinical implications”, at a meeting dedicated to science, innovation and health at the Senate of the Italian Republic in Rome in the presence of the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano.
- 2002 “Premio Navicella Sardegna”; attributed to persons who have contributed most to the image of Sardinia in the world (http://www.premionavicellasardegna.it/albo-doro-i-premiati-edizione-2002/)
- 1995 Special Commendation of the Examining Commission of the University of Cagliari during my graduation in Medicine
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