Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Training, research and teaching experience
2021-present: Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata
2008-2021: Confirmed RTI Researcher, Chair of Pharmacology, University of Rome Tor Vergata
2004-2008: Research periods at the Institute of Immunology, University College London.
2002-2004: Research period at the Institute of Hepatology, University College London
1999-2008: Technical Officer Graduated from the Chair of Pharmacology, University of Rome Tor Vergata
1999: Research period at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester
1995-1997: AIRC Fellow
1995: PhD in Hematology, University of Rome Tor Vergata
1990: Magna cum laude Degree in Biological Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza

Ornella Franzese has been Principal Investigator in projects funded by the ISS (AIDS Projects IV-V-VI), the Ministry of Health, ANVUR and the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Beyond Borders, Frailcures). He has also participated in PRIN and AIRC projects on immunotherapy, immunosenescence and translational oncology. It collaborates with national institutions (ISS, CNR, IRBM, Policlinico Gemelli, IFO-Regina Elena) and international institutions, in particular with University College London for immunopharmacological studies with particular interest in T lymphocytes.
Since 2001, he has been teaching Pharmacology continuously at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, in the degree courses of Medicine (in English), Dentistry, Health Professions and Motor Sciences, and in the Doctoral School in Advanced Therapies.

Bibliometric indices
Total number of publications: 63
H-index: 22
Number of citations: 2290