PICCHIO MARIA

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan. Scientific-Disciplinary Group: 06/MEDS-22 – Diagnostic Imaging, Radiotherapy, and Neuroradiology. Scientific-Disciplinary Sector: MEDS-22/A (since 2017). Clinical functions at the Nuclear Medicine Unit of the San Raffaele Hospital, Milan (since 2012). Head of Unit, Molecular Imaging Clinical Research Group, Experimental Imaging Center, at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital (from 2018 to 2024). Associate Senior Researcher at the National Research Council - Institute of Bioimaging and Molecular Physiology (IBFM-CNR) (2021-2022). Adjunct Professor for the Nuclear Medicine Specialty School at the University of Milan-Bicocca (since 2004). Scientific experiences abroad - HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL: Visiting research scientist at the Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (May 2023); UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS: Invited Visiting Lecturer at the School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, UC Davis (August 2018); STANFORD UNIVERSITY School of Medicine: Academic Research Visitor (July 2016) and visiting fellow (July-August 2018); UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO School of Medicine: Visiting Scholar (July-August 2015); TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH: Visiting Research Fellow (from May 2003 to June 2004). Representative for the San Raffaele Institute of the “Tracing and Imaging” working group for A-IATRIS (Italian Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure). Member of the Editorial Board of several international scientific journals. Author of 212 scientific publications (h-index: 51, Scopus; 9,499 citations in 6,624 documents; 219 papers) and 15 book chapters. Eleven awards for scientific merit. Ranked 2% World Top Scientist (Stanford University Report, 2020). Invited speaker/chairman at numerous international conferences. Research director of numerous funded projects.