MARENGONI ALESSANDRA

Research topics: Clusters of diseases and multimorbidity in the elderly; cardiovascular diseases and risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia; co-morbidities and dementia progression; drug prescription appropriateness, adherence and polypharmacy in the elderly. Expertise: Ageing, Geriatrics, Chronic diseases, Pharmacology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Statistics. Positions: 2015-current Associate Professor, Dep. of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, IT. 2008-current Guest Researcher, Investigator of the research group on 'Multimorbidity; the new emerging syndrome of the aging population' Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. 2004-current Geriatrician, Geriatric Unit, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
International Collaborations: Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands; Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain.
Funded Projects: A. Local Investigator study ELICHADE, 'Effect of an integrated e-learning, based on multidimensional geriatric assessment in improving the quality of prescription drug in hospitalized patients'. B. Principal Investigator study ANZIANI IN-RETE’, Aging, health and social NETWORK in elderly residents in Brescia', C. Co-investigator MULTIPAP Project - Effectiveness of an intervention for improving drug prescription in primary care patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: study protocol of a cluster randomized clinical trial –Andalusia –Spain, D. Co-investigator project UPGRAID 'Understanding and Predicting Personalized Growth Rate curves to Aid Individualized care in late onset Dementia from diagnosis and onwards: the UPPGRAID study' , Radboud Institute for Health Sciences The Netherlands
Publications: Author of more than 140 publications on ISI journals.