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Erika Cecchin

Erika Cecchin PharmD, PhD

Clinical Pharmacology
Aviano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

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Erika Cecchin is a researcher of the Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology Unit, of CRO- Aviano where she works on the pharmacogenetic research for the optimization of the chemotherapeutic treatment in cancer. She is the author of several full-length publications in international peer-reviewed journals and chapters in international books. In 2010 she has been awarded the “Guido Berlucchi Foundation” prize for young researchers.

She is a member of the scientific board of a recently constituted CRO spin-off (PharmaDIAGEN), with the mission to perform pharmacogenetic research and to integrate it in the clinical practice, by the production of commercial pharmacogenetic/ genomic diagnostic kits. The main focus of her researches is the identification of innovative approaches for tailoring anti-cancer treatments based on the genetic characteristics of the patients. The major objective of her studies is to deeply understand the role of genetic markers (polymorphisms) involved in the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of anticancer drugs and to translate such knowledge into the clinical setting, to improve the pharmacological intervention in cancer treatment.
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