Orari di ricevimento
RIcevimento su appuntamento da Lun a Ven pomeriggio (14-18) previo appuntamento via mail all'indirizzo gianluca.russo@uniroma1.it
Curriculum
Present position
Associate professor in Infectious Diseases, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
President of the Nursing Degree Course "B" based at the Teaching Hospital Policlinico Umbert 1st, Rome, Italy
Academic degrees
- Degree in Medicine and Surgery (2000), Sapienza University of Rome
- Specialization in Infectious and Tropical Diseases (2004), Sapienza University of Rome
- PhD in Infectious Diseases and Immunological Therapies (2007), Sapienza University of Rome
Professional experiences
- Research collaborator of projects promoted by the Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases of the Sapienza University of Rome
• Mingha Project on PMTCT of HIV in West-Cameroon (grant from Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ESTHER; 2003 - present)
• Interleukin-15 and immunologic control of HIV infection: development of therapeutic strategies (2005)
• Multicentre study on acceptability and feasibility of different preventive strategies to prevent the post-partum HIV transmission in 6 sub-Saharan African countries (grant Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2006)
• Epidemiological and molecular characterisation of HIV 1/2 and HHV-8 in West Africa (grant Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2006-2007)
- Medical doctor in the post-tsunami emergency ("Vakarai Mobile Health Unit" of the Italian Red Cross) and Health Delegate of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in the war context of the Eastern of Sri Lanka (2005-2006)
- Short term expert (3 missions) in the EU-PHARE twinning program between the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) and the Bulgarian National Centre for Parasitic and Infectious Diseases (NPCID) for "Strengthening of the national surveillance system for communicable diseases" (2007)
- Working Group Member on the theme "Impact of migration on infectious Diseases in Europe” promoted by the European Academies Science Advisory Council (2007)
- Short-term expert in Mali for the assessment of a public health project promoted by the General Direction of the Italian Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2009)
- Membre du Group de Travail pour le suivi de la "Filière Médicine, Pharmacie et Science Biomédicales" (Arreté Rectoral C23/00832/UDS, du 26/03/2009), Université de Dschang, Cameroun (2009-2012)
- Short term expert for the definition of the response to a poliomyelitis outbreak in Congo-Brazzaville (Istituto Superiore di Sanità/ENI Congo; 2010)
- Medical Coordinator at the Asylum Seeker Centre of Castelnuovo di Porto (Rome) hosting 700 migrants (2012-2014)
- Teacher of infectious diseases at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine of the Sapienza University of Rome (2014 – present) and at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Dschang in Cameroon (2009 – present)
- Training of the health personnel on the management of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and support to the organization of the triage and internal route of suspected case of EVD in the Bombali District (Makeni) in Sierra Leone
Scientific publications
Author of:
- 100 scientific publications in extenso on peer reviewed national and international journals
- 96 participations (oral communication, abstract and poster) at national and international conferences
- 6 contributions to textbook for students of the Faculty of Medicine