Lorenzo Giacani PhD

Dr. Giacani officially joined the University of Washington in 2005 as a post-doctoral fellow in Sheila Lukehart`s lab with the purpose of continuing the research on Treponema pallidum virulence factors that he began in 2001 as graduate student at the University of Bologna and subsequently as a visiting scientist in Dr. Lukehart`s lab in 2002. In 2010 he became an Acting Instructor in the DOM-AID and in 2012 he transitioned to the rank of Assistant Professor after receiving external funding to support his research projects. Dr. Giacani is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Global Health, and Faculty in the Pathobiology PhD program, where he fulfills his official teaching commitments.