Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Laboratories 2026/2027 - Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Please find below the list of the Supervisors (with a link to their CV) and their PhD Projects proposed for the academic year 2026/2027 for the curriculum in Experimental and Clinical Medicine.

The list includes the project based fellowships and below the free projects among which the candidates, who passed the first evaluation phase, must express their preference as indicated in the Call for Applications.

12 PROJECTS-BASED FELLOWSHIP:

Project-Based Fellowship ECM1: STEFANO CRIPPA

Unit: Division of Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Translational & Clinical Research Center

ECM1: Development and Clinical Validation of Multi-Omics Biomarkers for Personalized Risk Stratification in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms (IPMNs)

Project-Based Fellowship ECM3: LORENZO DAGNA

Unit: Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases

Advanced imaging techniques to disclose and quantify lung involvement in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease

Project-Based Fellowship ECM6: SILVIO DANESE

Unit: Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

ECM6: Integrating molecular profiling and mechanobiology to guide dilation of asymptomatic strictures in Crohn’s disease

Project-Based Fellowship ECM7: ANTONIO ESPOSITO

Unit: Advanced Imaging for Personalized Medicine/UO Radiologia DIMeR

ECM7: Redefining Clinical CT with Photon-Counting Technology: protocols optimization and cost-effectiveness

Project-Based Fellowship ECM8: SARA MASSIRONI

Unit: Department of gastroenterology and digestive endoscopy

ECM8: Determinants of Delayed Response to Advanced Therapies in IBD: Insights from Extended Induction Strategies

Project-Based Fellowship ECM9: ANNA PALMISANO

Unit:  Advanced Imaging for Personalized Medicine/UO Radiologia DIMeR

ECM9: Uncertainty-Aware Generative Modeling of Longitudinal Lung Nodule Evolution for Improved Risk Stratification

Project-Based Fellowship ECM11: PERETTO GIOVANNI

Unit: Unità Operativa di Aritmologia ed Elettrofisiologia Cardiaca

ECM11: Exploring the Arrhythmogenic Role of Apoptosis in Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy

ESPOSITO ANTONIO

Unit: Advanced Imaging for Personalized Medicine/UO Radiologia DIMeR

CT-based patient-specific Cardiac Digital Twins for Non-Invasive Assessment of myocardial circulation