Pharmacology & Pharmacy

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Research interests

Cristiano Chiamulera: Full Professor
Laura Cuzzolin: Teaching Assistant
Ilaria Decimo: Associate Professor
Guido Francesco Fumagalli: Temporary Professor
Roberto Leone: Research Assistants

Riccardo Lora: Technical-administrative staff
Ugo Moretti: Associate Professor
Giovanna Paolone: Associate Professor
Gianluca Trifirò: Full Professor

Research interests
Topic	People	Description
Pharmacoepidemiology	Laura Cuzzolin Roberto Leone Ugo Moretti	Pharmacoepidemiology (PE) is the science related to epidemiology that study the effects and the utilization of drugs in specific populations. PE studies the relationships between patients, diseases and drugs. Through PE studies it is possible to evaluate the appropriate use of drugs and the association of drugs with risks, benefits and expected and unexpected effetcs.
Pediatric pharmacoepidemiology	Laura Cuzzolin	study of drug use in paediatric patients
Pharmacoepidemiology & Real World Evidence	Gianluca Trifirò	Discipline that studies effects of drugs in the population in real world setting
Clinical pharmacology and toxicology	Gianluca Trifirò	Evaluation of pharmacological therapies in individual patients on the basis of pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamicn and clinical aspects and of effectes related to overdose of drugs or potentially toxic agents
Pharmacovigilance	Roberto Leone Riccardo Lora Ugo Moretti	Pharmacovigilance is the science and the activities related to the identification, evaluation and prevention of adverse effects or any other problem related to the use of drugs, with the aim to verify an appropriate benefit/risk ration in the population.
Neuropharmacology	Ilaria Decimo Guido Francesco Fumagalli	Neural Stem Cell pharmacology: characterization of modulatory event for therapeutic regeneration of CNS
Regenerative neuropharmacology	Ilaria Decimo Guido Francesco Fumagalli	Pharmacological, functional, cellular and molecular characterization of a population of neural stem cells that we have discovered to be present in leptomeninges and involved in postnatal neurogenesis and/or in regenerative processes associated to pathological conditions. The study is focused on reaction, involvement and reparative potential of meningeal stem cells following traumatic lesions of the spinal cord. The aim is to identify drugs/nutrients/substances that modulate/potentiate endogenous reparative reaction that follows to the trauma. In addition we are setting innovative approaches of regenerative medicine applied to spinal cord injury by taking advantage of the neural stem cells extracted from meninges of adult subjects (including humans).
Neruopsychopharmacology	Cristiano Chiamulera Giovanna Paolone	The research objective is a better knowledge of the phenomena and processes of adaptation to drugs, scheduled drugs, doping, palatable foods and to all those substances that trigger and maintain neuropsychiatric disorders and risky behaviours. From the mechanistic point of view, it is the study of the brain activation and plasticity when exposed to the interaction between substances and environment. The implication of these studies is in innovation, implementation and translation to clinic and prevention.
Tobacco Addiction and Smoking Cessation	Cristiano Chiamulera Giovanna Paolone	Basic and applied research activities on mechanisms, processes and phenomena associated to nicotine/tobacco addiction, smoking cessation and related health problems
Substance Use Disorders	Cristiano Chiamulera Giovanna Paolone	Study of the neuroadaptive mechanisms and psycho-behavioral processes underlying drug addiction and substance use disorders
Vaccinovigilance	Roberto Leone Riccardo Lora Ugo Moretti	The study of adverse events following immunization (AEFI). The science study the risk profiles of vaccines.