Fernando Aiuti is Full Professor, Head of the Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Head of the Post Graduate School of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the University of Rome La Sapienza.He was born in Urbino, Italy and is married with three children.

CAREER

1961: Degree in Medicine at the University of Rome La Sapienza.
1963 to 1965: Scholarship from the National Council of Research, Italy and from the Italian Ministry of Education.
1966:Appointed Assistant, Institute of Infectious Diseases, University of Rome La Sapienza.
1973: Appointed Assistant, Institute of Internal Medicine , University of Rome La Sapienza.
1980: Appointed Full Professor and Head, Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Rome La Sapienza, permanent position.
1989 to 2007: Director of School of Specialization of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the University of Rome La Sapienza.
1998 to 2007: Coordinator of Research School of Science of Immunological Therapies at the University of Rome La Sapienza.

GRANTS AND ACADEMIC TITLES - AWARDS - FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

Foreign Experience
Studies carried out with grants awarded by the following universities:

1966: Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Louvain, Belgium.
1968: Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Leiden, Holland.
1971 to 1972: Karolinska Institute, Department of Tumor Biology, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
1978,1981,1982: Brief training courses at Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute, New York , N.Y., U.S.A.

He has studied the pathogenesis and therapies of several immunological disorders such as primary and acquired immunodeficiencies, lymphoproliferative disorders, autoimmune and rheumatic diseases, allergic diseases and viral infections.
He has collaborated with several international centers: National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A, Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, N.Y., U.S.A, University of Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A, University of U.C.L.A, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A, Karolinska Institute, Stockolm, Sweden, Akademie of Zikenius, University of Leiden, Holland, Department of Pathology, University of Louvain, Belgium, Hopital Necker, Paris, France.

Academic Titles

1967 to present University Lecturer of Infectious Disease, University of Rome La Sapienza.
1969 to Present University Lecturer of Clinical Immunology, University of Rome La Sapienza.
1978 to 1988 Professor, Post Graduate School of Specialization in Pediatrics.
1987 to present Professor and Director, Post Graduate School of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
1978 to 1998 W.H.O. Adviser on Primary Immunodeficiencies.
1999 to 2002 Member of the Commission for the Classification of Primary Immunodeficiencies for the International Society of Immunology.

Awards

1972 National Award, Dante De Blasi.
1975 International Prize, Accademia Lancisiana.
1986 to 1994 Other national and international prizes for immunology, allergy and AIDS research.
1994 Highest award granted by the Italian Republic, Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Repubblica Italiana.

MEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING SOCIETIES: 1965 to present:

-Founder of EGID, European Group for Immunodeficiencies, 1983.
-President of EGID, 1987 to 1990.

He has been member of the following scientific societies:

-Member of New York Academy of Sciences
-British Society of Immunology.
-American Society of Immunology.
-American Society of Allergy.
-Italian Society of Immunopathology.
-Italian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
-Member of Board, Italian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
-Member of the National Commission for Drug Abuse, Ministry of Public Instruction 1987 to 1991.
-President of Italian Society of Immunology and Clinical Immunology, 1999 to 2003.
- President of Italian Association against AIDS (ANLAIDS) to 2010.
- Member of National AIDS Commission, Ministry of Health, 1989 to 2006.
-Vice President of Italian Commission against AIDS, Ministry of Health, 2005 to 2006.