Rita Businaro

Rita Businaro

Rita Businaro
Associate Professor, Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences & Biotechnology
University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

Biography

Dr. Rita Businaro is working as an Associate Professor in Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences & Biotechnology at University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy. She has received her PhD Immunobiology of tumors at University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. She received her MD degree from University of Rome La Sapienza. She has also done Post Doctoral course in Immunology at Institute for Medical Research, Camden, New Jersey, USA. She is also Vice Chairman of I Level degree in the University. She is also handling the responsibility of Director of II level Master Degree in Stress, Sport, and Nutrition: New Approaches for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Wellness; Fitness, Rehabilitation and Prevention, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine at University of Rome Sapienza. She is also active member of Board of AIF (Italian Fulbright Association); EAS (European Atherosclerosis Society) and ISNIM (International Society for Neuroimmuno Modulation). She is also author of 150 publications in many international journals. She is serving as an Associate-Editor for Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Research Interest

Study of co-morbidity of Alzheimer's disease and cerebrovascular disorders: a multidisciplinary approach to identify cellular proteins and the mechanisms involved in the accumulation of amyloid aggregates in the central nervous system; Role of the cell populations and mediators of the immune response in the etiopathogenesis of atherosclerosis; Cross-talk Central Nervous System-Immune System; New methods in regenerative medicine for wound healing