Chief Scientific Officer

Name: Sergio Abrignani

Role : Program Leader

Research Project: Infections Associated Tumors

Appointments

2005- Scientific Director, National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM), Milan, Italy
2000-2004 Vice President, Immunology & Virology, Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA, USA
1994 to date Contract Professor of Immunology of the Gastrointestinal Tract at the University of Siena School of Medicine, Siena, Italy
April 1992-1999 Head of Immunology, Chiron Research Center, Siena, Italy
1990- March 1992 Head of the Vaccine Group in the Department of Allergy/Immunology, Ciba-Geigy, Basel, Switzerland
1988-1989 Staff scientist in the Department of Allergy/Immunology, Ciba-Geigy, Basel, Switzerland
1986-1987 Postdoc in the Department of Preclinical Research, Sandoz, Basel, Switzerland
1983-1985 Medical Assistant in the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

Affiliations

Since 2004 affiliated to the Italian Society of Virology (SIV)
Since 2002 affiliated to The Henry Kunkel Society, New York
Since 2001 affiliated to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
Since 1996 affiliated to the Italian Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AISF)
Since 1996 affiliated to the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
Since 1986 affiliated to the Italian Society of Immunology (SI). From 1992 to 1995 served as member of the Directorship of SI.

Degrees and awards

2004 Public Health Gold Medal of Merit for his studies on Hepatitis C Virus
1986 Ph.D. in Experimental Pathology with top marks (70/70), School of Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy
1982 Medical Doctor with top marks (110/110) and honours, School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
1976 Maturità Classica, Liceo Classico "Giovanni XXIII", Marsala, Italy.