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Roberto Paganelli

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OccupationsPhysician, clinical immunologist and academic
EducationMedical Degree, 1976
Specialization in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Roberto Paganelli
Born
OccupationsPhysician, clinical immunologist and academic
Academic background
EducationMedical Degree, 1976
Specialization in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Alma materUniersita’ La Sapienza

Roberto Paganelli is an Italian physician, clinical immunologist and academic. He is a Professor of Internal Medicine, UniCamillus International Medical University in Rome, Italy.[1]

He formerly was a Professor of Internal Medicine at the D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara.[2]

Paganelli is most known for his work on allergy, immunology, inflammatory responses, mesenchymal stem cells and immunosenescence, and focusing on food allergy, immune complex diseases, immunoglobulin deficiencies, T-cell defects, and internal medicine.[3]

Paganelli is the section editor-in-chief for the journal Pathogens.[4]

Paganelli obtained his medical degree from Universita La Sapienza in 1976 and completed his specialization in Allergy and Clinical Immunology in 1984 from the same university.[5]

Career

After an internship at the 3rd Medical Clinic of the Universita La Sapienza in Rome, Paganelli spent four years as a Research Fellow at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health under the supervision of J.F. Soothill and R.J. Levinsky, until 1982 . He then began his academic journey in 1983, by joining the Università degli Studi dell'Aquila as an assistant professor, a role he held until 1984. In November 1984, he became part of the Universita’ La Sapienza, where he served as an assistant professor until 1999. Later, he joined Universita’ G. D’Annunzio and held the position of associate professor of Internal Medicine from 1999 to 2004, followed by a subsequent appointment as professor from 2004 to 2021.[2]

At Universita’ G. D’Annunzio, Paganelli held multiple appointments, notably as the director of the School of Specialization in Rheumatology from 2007 to 2014, and the director of the School of Specialization in Allergy and Clinical Immunology from 2017 to 2021.[4] He has served on the boards of Italian Society of Allergy, asthma and Clinical Immunology.[1] He also served on the Immunodeficiency Committee at the World Allergy Organization.

He is a co-founder of StemTeCh, a scientific research group[1] established in 2010, which focuses on the development of therapies in the field of stem cell technology.[6] Additionally, in 2024, he co-founded ImmunITA, the Italian Association for Immunodeficiencies, where he serves as a member of the Scientific Committee. Paganelli is also a member of the World Allergy Organization's Committee on Primary Immunodeficiencies.[7]

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