Francesco Giorgino MD, PhD

Francesco Giorgino is Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Director of the Specialty School of Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Chairman of the Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation at the Universityof Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy. He is also Chief of the Division of Endocrinologyat the University Hospital PoliclinicoConsorziale. Professor Giorgino received his M.D. degree from the Universityof Bari Aldo Moro and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Naples Federico II, in Italy. After completing clinical and research training in endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Catania, Italy, he worked for several years at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA, first as a postdoctoral research fellow and then as a visiting scientist.

Professor Giorgino has received distinguished scientific awards from various international and national institutions, including the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) Fellowship (New York, NY, USA), the Mary K. Iacocca Foundation Fellowship (Boston, MA, USA), the Glaxo-Wellcome Award from the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), the Aldo Pinchera and Cassano Awards from the Italian Society of Endocrinology, and the Alcmeone Award from the Italian Society of Diabetology. He has been the Italian Delegate in various European Commission Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)actions for diabetes research. Professor Giorgino has served on many national commissions and national boards, including the Executive Committee of the Italian Society of Diabetology, and the Scientific Committee of the Italian Society of Endocrinology