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Professor Alberto Mantovani

Alberto

Chair of Inflammation and Therapeutic Innovation

Centre: Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology

Email: a.mantovani@qmul.ac.uk

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ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5578-236X

Alberto Mantovani, MD, is Emeritus Professor of Pathology at the Humanitas University in Milan, Scientific Director of the Istituto Clinico Humanitas and Chair of Inflammation and Therapeutic Innovation, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London, UK.  His attention has been focused on molecular mechanisms of innate immunity and inflammation and on the role in the tumor microenvironment and cancer progression of tumor-associated macrophages (TAM). He has contributed to the advancement of knowledge in the field of Immunology formulating new paradigms and identifying new molecules and functions. More recently he focused on COVID-19, contributing to the identification of genetic associations and of a novel severity biomarker.

For his research activity, he has received several national and international awards, such as the Triennial OECI Award from the Organization of the European Cancer Institutes,  the Robert Koch Award for his contribution to tumor immunology and immunotherapy, the American-Italian Cancer Foundation (AICF) Prize for Excellence in Medicine, the American Association for Cancer Research International Pezcoller Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research and, most recently, the CIMT Lifetime Achievement Award.  The broad impact of his contributions is testified by citations.  As of May 2021, he has over 137,000 citations and an H-index of 173 (Scopus).

Selected major honors

National or International awarded in Italy

  • 1998: Biotec Award
  • 2004: Guido Venosta Award for Cancer Research by the President of the Republic of Italy
  • 2005: Premio Ippocrate per la Ricerca Biomedica
  • 2006: “Onorificenza al Merito della Repubblica Italiana”  (Commendatore, knightwood equivalent) for scientific contribution by the President of  the Republic of Italy
  • 2007: Galileo Galilei Prize for Research in Biomedical Sciences (International Jury)
  • 2012: Premio Nazionale "L'Altra Italia ... Vite da Premio"
  • 2014: Premio Rosa Camuna 2014, Regione Lombardia
  • 2015: Ferrari-Soave International Prize, Accademia delle Scienze, Torino.
  • 2016: NIBIT Award, Siena
  • 2016: Premio Roma allo Sviluppo del Paese.
  • 2016: International Feltrinelli Prize from the Accademia dei Lincei.
  • 2017: Premio Scanno, Fondazione Tanturri, Scanno, Italy.
  • 2018: Medaglia d’Oro di Benemerenza Civica, Milan Municipality (Ambrogino d’Oro).

International

  • 2000: Marie T. Bonazinga Award, Society for Leukocyte Biology, Boston, USA
  • 2006: European Federation of Immunological Societies – Schering Plough, 1st European Immunology Prize, Paris, France
  • 2009: William Harvey Award, Oustanding Scientist 2009, London, UK.
  • 2015: European Society for Clinical Investigation Albert Struyvenberg Medal
  • 2015: The Milstein Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research, International Cytokine & Interferon Society.
  • 2016: OECI (Organization of European Cancer Institutes) Prize for contribution to Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy. OECI awards the OECI Prize every three years.
  • 2016: Robert Koch Award, Robert Koch Stiftung, Germany
  • 2017:  Journal of Autoimmunity dedicated Issue to Alberto Mantovani
  • 2018: American-Italian Cancer Foundation (AICF, New York) Prize for Excellence in Medicine.
  • 2019: American Association for Cancer Research International Pezcoller Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research.
  • 2019:  ITOC6 – 6th Immunotherapy of Cancer Conference Lifetime Achievement Award

Selected memberships, boards and academies

  • 1995-1998: President, Italian Federation of Immunological Societies
  • 1998-2001: President, Italian Society of Immunology
  • 2000 to date: European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Member
  • 2002: Member, The Henry Kunkel Society
  • 2005-2010: Board Member of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI Alliance)
  • 2008: Member, Faculty of 1000 Biology
  • 2009-2010: President, International Cytokine Society
  • 2011-2013: Board Member, International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS)
  • 2013-2016: Vice-President/President Elect, International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS)
  • 2016: Member, Accademia dei Lincei, Rome, Italy
  • 2016: Member, Robert Koch Stiftung, Berlin                                                     
  • 2016-2019: President, International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS)
  • 2017: Member, Academia Europaea
  • 2017: Honorary Member, Scandinavian Society of Immunology
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