Federica Saponaro

WORK EXPERIENCE
1st June 2017 - Present position: Researcher A at Dept. of Surgical Pathology, Medical, Molecular and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Biochemistry Unit, BIO 12. Teaching Course at Medical School (I year) and Fellowship Schools of Pathology, Pharmacology, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Sanitation and SMO BIochemistry (I year) 1° semester

October 2017 – present: Member of the Executive Board of SIOMMMS Scientific Society

01st April 2017 - 30th May 2017 Endocrinology Grant Fellowship

15th January 2014 - 28th February 2017 PHD Programme at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa “New perspectives for vitamin d and heart: role in heart failure pathogenesis and possible advantages of supplementation”
PHD DEGREE obtained 28th February 2017: 110/110 with MAGNA LAUDE

22sd June 2016 - 22sd October 2016 Teaching Course (40 hours) at Imparaora Srl of Anatomy, Dermatology and Endocrinology.

6th March 2016 Winner of “Young Researcher Grant” from SIOMMMS Society. Project: “Valutazione del rischio litogeno in pazienti con iperparatiroidismo primario asintomatico e suo effetto sul fenotipo scheletrico prima e dopo la paratiroidectomia: studio prospettico”

01st January 2014 - 28th February 2016 Coordinator of Multicenters Project from SIE (Società Italiana Endocrinologia) “Hyperparanet, Epidemiologia dell’Iperparatiroidismo in Italia”

16 Sep 14–16 Dec 14: Visiting Researcher- Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich (Germany) Multiple Endocrine Syndrome type 4 and genetic disorders of CDKN1B gene project

Jun 2008- 08–Jul 14 Residency in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases – University of Pisa, Pisa
DEGREE obtained 9th February 2014: 100/100 with MAGNA LAUDE

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Pisa 2001-2007: Medical School, University of Pisa, Italy, 6 years training
U.S.A. 2003: Laboratory and Clinical Training in Massachusetts General Hospital- Harvard Medical School- Boston (in Endocrine Unit – Kronenberg H. M.D.) and Cornell University – New York – (in Surgery Unit – Michelassi F. M.D.)
Pisa 2007: M.D. Degree, 110/110 + Magna cum Laude + Thesis publication; Thesis: “The role of HRPT2 gene and parafibromin in parathyroid carcinoma” Supervisor: Marcocci C. M.D. (Professor of Endocrinology, Medical School of the University of Pisa, Dept. of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa)
Pisa 2008: Italian National Board of Medicine and Surgery
Boston September 2008: Laboratory Training in Ernestina Schipani’s M.D. Laboratory - Massachusetts General Hospital. Training Arguments: identification and characterization of adult mesenchymal stem cells in the context of genetically modified mouse models characterized by expansion of the bone stromal cell population; role of hypoxia in cell survival and differentiation
Pisa 2009 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna: Specialistic Degree from “Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento”, Pisa (Public University Institute working in Medical Sciences for education and enhancement of talented students, www.sssup.it) after 6 years of training 2003-2009
April 2011-September 2011: Geert Carmeliet’s MD Laboratory- Leuven University.Training Arguments: The general long-term goal of the host laboratory’s research program was to gain novel insights in the cellular and molecular mechanisms that control interactions between osteogenic precursors and skeletal vascular cells mediating angiogenic-osteogenic coupling, analyse their potential role in disease and explore their therapeutic possibilities in bone regeneration.
Pisa June 2009 – July 2014 Postgraduate School (School of Specialization in Endocrinology and Metabolism), University of Pisa, Italy. Final vote 100/100 magna cum laude
Since January 2014: PHD student, I year in Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa, PHD program in Translational Medicine. PHD project title: “Vitamin D and Heart Failure”
September 2014- December 2014: Winner of European Grant “3E Exchange in Endocrinology Experties” c/o Natalia Pell