Luca Steardo#
| Membership Number: | 4079 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://dff.uniroma1.it/it |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 - present Full Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, SAPIENZA University of Rome
- 1998 - 2005 Full Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Palermo
- 1988 - 1998 Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Bari
- 1989 N.I.H. Consultant; Experimental Therapeutics Branch, NINCDS Bethesda, MD, USA
- 1987 - 1988 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Naples “Federico II”
- 1984 - 1986 Visiting Scientist, Harvard Medical School; Dept. Neurology; Harvard University Boston, MA, USA
- 1982 - 1984 Visiting Scientist, Experimental Therapeutics Branch; NINCDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- 1974 - 1987 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurology, University of Naples “Federico II”
Fields of Scholarship
- Role of neuroglia in major neuropsychiatric disorders
- Role of enteroglia in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases: preclinical and clinical evidence
- Eating and drinking disorders : from preclinical models to humans
- Endocannabinoid involvement in neurological and psychiatric diseases
- Prenatal exposure to neuropsychiatric agents : preclinical and clinical aspects
- Water homeostasis: neurophysiological regulation
- Gut-Peptides in the brain and their involvement in the pathobiology of neurological disorders: animal and human studies
- Neuroendocrinological dysregulations in major psychiatric diseases
Honours and Awards
- 2013 - present Elected Member of the Council of the Italian Society of Pharmacology
- 2000 - present Selected Reviewer for the Italian Ministry of Education
- 1991 - 1993 Member Expert in Pharmacology, Task Force in the Scientific Commitee of WPO and WHO
- 1981 Postgraduate Residency in Clinical Pharmacology cum laude. Dept. of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Bari
- 1977 Postgraduate Residency in Neurology cum laude. Dept. of Neurology, Medical School, University of Naples “Federico II”
