Understanding and Addressing Non-Communicable Childhood Diseases: A focus on Burkitt's Lymphoma
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The Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology will have a special lecture on Understanding and Addressing Non-Communicable Childhood Diseases: A focus on Burkitt's Lymphoma by Pier Paolo Piccaluga, MD, Ph.D. He is currently an Associate Professor of Pathology at the Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Bologna University School of Medicine—Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology, and executive physician at The Biobank of Research, IRCCS S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital. In 2018, he was appointed to teaching posts at the Queen Mary University of London and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.
Additionally, he is now a visiting Professor at the University of Nairobi through the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology where he is establishing a research network to look into HIV & Lymphoma. He is the author of several international publications in journals such as Nature Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Blood, Lancet Oncology, and Lancet Infectious Diseases. Dr. Piccaluga is ranked a Top Italian Scientist (TIS) by VIA-Academy.
