Physician-Scientist Programme

PhS Projects A.Y. 2026/2027

Please find below the list of the projects (with the indication of the Residency Program and the curriculum) proposed for the academic year 2026/2027 for the PhS project.

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

3 project-based PhS two-year fellowships:

Project-Based PhS Two-Year Felowship (ECM_PhS1): BIANCHINI GIAMPAOLO

Residency programme: Oncologia Medica

Curriculum in Experimental and Clinical Medicine

ECM_PhS1: Integrative Biomarker Discovery to Optimize Precision Medicine in Breast Cancer

Project-Based PhS Two-Year Felowship (ECM_PhS2): PIEMONTI LORENZO

Residency programme: Endocrinology

Curriculum in Experimental and Clinical Medicine

ECM_PhS2: Development of a translational pipeline for patient-derived iPSC generation in type 1 diabetes: from clinical recruitment and source cell procurement to automation and GMP-oriented process development

Project-Based PhS Two-Year Felowship (ECM_PhS3): ROVERE QUERINI PATRIZIA

Residency programme: Internal Medicine

Curriculum in Experimental and Clinical Medicine

ECM_PhS3: Integrating Continuous Glucose Monitoring with Immune-Molecular Profiling for Risk Stratification in Pre-Symptomatic Type 1 Diabetes

AGOSTA FEDERICA

Scuola di Specializzazione: Neurology

Curriculum in Neuroscience and Experimental Neurology

Multimodal Brain MRI Signatures of Anti-Amyloid Therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease

BATTAGLIA PARODI MAURIZIO

Scuola di Specializzazione: Oculistica

Curriculum in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Clinical and Imaging Predictors of Microperimetric Retinal Sensitivity Decline in High Myopia

BRIGANTI ALBERTO

Scuola di Specializzazione: Urology

Curriculum in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Development and First-in-Human Use of a Dual-Modality PSMA-Targeted Approach in Prostate Cancer

ESPOSITO FEDERICA

Scuola di Specializzazione: Neurology

Curriculum in Neuroscience and Experimental Neurology

Biological Deconvolution of Central Nervous System Inflammatory Disorders Not Otherwise Specified Through Integrated Clinical, Biomarker and Immunogenetic Profiling

FALZONE YURI MATTEO

Scuola di Specializzazione: Neurology

Curriculum in Neuroscience and Experimental Neurology

Complement-Mediated Mechanisms and Biomarker Discovery in CIDP: A Multicentre, Multiparametric Longitudinal Study

FILIPPI MASSIMO

Scuola di Specializzazione: Neurology

Curriculum in Neuroscience and Experimental Neurology

Genetic determinants of neuro-axonal progression in Multiple Sclerosis: a retinal endophenotype

GAGLIARDI FILIPPO

Scuola di Specializzazione: Neurosurgery

Curriculum in Neuroscience and Experimental Neurology

Methylation profiling on cerebral meningiomas: Epigenetic Analysis and Clinical Implications

LANZANI CHIARA LIVIA SAVERIA

Scuola di Specializzazione: Nephrology

Curriculum in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Evaluation of metabolic, biohumoral, body composition and quality of life effects of low-protein diet (LPD) in chronic kidney disease (CKD)

PAPPONE CARLO

Scuola di Specializzazione: Malattie dell'apparato cardiovascolare

Curriculum in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Cardiac Arrhythmias: Molecular and Electrophysiological Mechanisms Linking Brady- and Tachyarrhythmogenesis”