De Gregorio Danilo Professore AssociatoMedicineBIO/14 - Farmacologia

Danilo De Gregorio obtained a Pharm.D. degree from the University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy, followed by a Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology from the University of Campania “Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy. He trained as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal (QC), Canada under the supervisions of Prof. Gabriella Gobbi and Prof.  Nahum Sonenberg. In March 2021, he relocated back to Italy where he has been appointed Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and Project Leader of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute.  By combining cutting-edge in vivo behavioral and electrophysiological techniques in animal models, Danilo has made contributions to the understanding of the psychopharmacology of psychoactive compounds including hallucinogens and cannabinoids and their role in mental disorders.  His work has been published in relevant scientific journals (including Nature, PNAS, Nature Communications). He has received numerous awards for his work including grants from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), the Fonds pour la recherche en Santé du Québec and the Italian Ministry of the University and Research. Since March 2024, he holds the position of Associated Professor in Pharmacology at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

Unique identifiers

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8623-0661

Scopus Author ID: 54786305300

Education

2015   Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology, University of Campania “Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy.

2013   Masters’ Degree in Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”.

Positions and Training

2021 – present   Project Leader, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan (IT)

2015 – 2021   Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal (QC), Canada (Supervisors: Profs Gabriella Gobbi and Nahum Sonenberg)

Honors and Awards

2020 FRQS (Fonds pour la recherche en Santé du Québec)

2020 Quebec Network on Suicide, Mood Disorders: Young Investigator Prize

2019 Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)

2018 Pioneers and Prodigies, International Society for Serotonin Research

2016 Merit Scholarship Program for Foreign Students (PBEEE), Canada

Journal Reviewer: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, British Journal of Pharmacology, Pain, Brain Communications.

Grant Reviewer: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Teaching experience

2024-currently   Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

2021- 2024   Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Consultantship and Advisory Board

Diamond Therapeutics Inc., Toronto (ON), Canada.