Maria Pia Abbracchio#
| Membership Number: | 4172 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.farmacia.unimi.it/Facolta/Personale/DocentiRicercatori/ABBRACCHIO-MARIAPIA-05F_ITA_HTML.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 - present Tenured Full Professor of Pharmacology (Professore straordinario e dal 2005, Professore ordinario di Farmacologia, SSD: Bio14/05G1), University of Milan
- 1998 - 2002 Tenured Associate Professor of Pharmacology (Professore associato, SSD: Bio14), University of Milan
- 1993 - 1998 Tenured Assistant Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, University of Milan
- 1992 - 1993 “Honorary Research Fellow”, University College London, UK
- 1990 - 1993 Research Assistant Professor (Ricercatore universitario, SSD: Bio14), University of Milan
- 1982 - 1988 Researcher (Ricercatore volontario), University of Milan
- 1980 - 1981 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas, Houston, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Adult central nervous system stem cells
- Neurodegeneration
- Neurorepair
- Myelination
- Azheimer’s disease
- Aging
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neurotransmitter receptors, pharmacological modulation
Honours and Awards
- Commendatore dell'ordine al merito della Republica Italiana (Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic)
- 2006 'Highly Cited Scientist' recognition in Pharmacology and Toxicology according to ISI Web of Science/Thomson Reuters
- Since 2000 Official member of the IUPHAR (International Union of Pharmacology) Subcommittee for P2Y Receptor Nomenclature and Classification, and from 2011-, Co-Chairperson together with prof. G. Burnstock
- Since 2003, "Independent expert" for the European Commission for the evaluation of research grant applications for the Health area
- 1992 - 1993, Honorary Research Fellow, University College London, UK
- 1988 Aldo Cestari Research Prize in Pharmacological Sciences from the Italian Pharmacological Society for the best young pharmacologist curriculum of the year
