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CASTELLI FRANCESCO

CASTELLI FRANCESCO

Docenti di ruolo di Ia fascia
Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences
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Gruppo 06/MEDS-10 - GASTROENTEROLOGIA, MALATTIE INFETTIVE E MALATTIE CUTANEE

Settore MEDS-10/B - Malattie infettive
Francesco Castelli, MD, Specialst in Infectious Diseases and in Tropical Medcine Experto in tropical medicine. Expert in imported infectious diseases and in migration medicine. Expert in chronic viral infections, with particular regard to HIV infection and HBV - HCV infections.
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Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name and surname Francesco Castelli
Address Via Montedenno, 30, 25133, Brescia, Italy
Phone (+39) 030.3995664 (office)
(+39) 338.8742619 (mobile)
Fax (+39) 030.3702403
E-mail francesco.castelli@.unibs.it

Nationality Italian


ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD

Dates Since 2020 and currently
Name of employer University of Brescia (Italy)
Type of sector Higher education
Occupation or position held Deputy Rector


Dates Since 2005 and currently
Name of employer University of Brescia (Italy)
Type of sector Higher education
Occupation or position held Full Professor of Infectious Diseases

Dates Since 2014 and currently
Name of employer University of Brescia (Italy)
Type of sector Higher education
Occupation or position held Chairholder, UNESCO Chair “Training and empowering
human resources for health development in resource-
limited countries”

Dates 2011 - 2019
Name of employer University of Brescia (Italy)
Type of sector Higher education
Occupation or position held Director, Graduate Specialty School in Infectious and
Tropical Diseases

Dates 2013 - 2016
Name of employer University of Brescia (Italy)
Type of sector Higher education
Occupation or position held Deputy Director, Department of Clinical and
Experimental Sciences

Dates 2011 - 2015
Name of employer University of Brescia (Italy) / World Health Organization
Type of sector Public Health
Occupation or position held Director, WHO Collaborating Center for “TB/HIV
coinfection and TB eliminations strategies”

Dates 2006 – 2012
Name of employer University of Brescia (Italy)
Type of sector Higher education
Occupation or position held Director, Department of Mother and Child Care

Dates 2000 – 2008
Name of employer University of Brescia (Italy)
Type of sector Higher education
Occupation or position held Director, Graduate Specialty School in Tropical Medicine

Dates 2000 – 2005
Name of employer University of Brescia (Italy)
Type of sector Higher education
Occupation or position held Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases

Dates 1992 – 2000
Name of employer University of Brescia (Italy)
Type of sector Higher education
Occupation or position held Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases

Dates 1987-1990
Name of employer Lombardy Region (Italy)
Type of sector Local Administration
Occupation or position held Research Fellow (HIV/AIDS)

Dates 1985-1986
Name of employer San Matteo Scientific Hospital, Pavia (Italy)
Type of sector Higher education in health care
Occupation or position held Research Fellow (Ultrastructure of pathogenic
parasites)

Dates 1983 – 1985
Name of employer University of Pavia (Italy)
Type of sector Higher education
Occupation or position held Research Fellow (T. gondii serology, electron
microscopy)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Dates 2004 (renewed 2011)
Organization providing education/training IREF (Region Lombardy Agency for
training of health personnel), Italy
Title awarded Licence to manage Hospital clinical Divisions
(Grade 95/100)

Dates 1987- 1991
Awarding University University of Milan (Italy)
Title awarded Specialty Diploma in Tropical Medicine (Grade 50/50)

Dates 1983- 1987
Awarding University University of Pavia (Italy)
Title awarded Specialty Diploma in Infectious Diseases (Grade 70/70 cum laude)

Dates 1976 – 1983
Awarding University University of Pavia (Italy)
Title awarded University Degree in Medicine (Grade 110/110 cum laude)

Dates 1971 – 1976
Name/type of organization
providing education/training State Scientific Secondary School (Lyceum) “Vittorio
Veneto”, Milan (Italy)
Title awarded High School Leaving Certificate (Grade 60/60)



CLINICAL POSITIONS HELD

Dates Since 2019 and currently
Name of employer Spedali Civili General Hospital & University of Brescia,
Italy
Type of sector Health care
Occupation or position held Chair, Department of Medicine

Dates Since 2011 and currently
Name of employer Spedali Civili General Hospital & University of Brescia,
Italy
Type of sector Health care
Occupation or position held Head, University Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (50 beds)

Dates 2003 – 2014
Name of employer Spedali Civili General Hospital & University of Brescia,
Italy
Type of sector Health care
Occupation or position held Head, Unit for Tropical Diseases (8 beds)

Dates 1992 – 2003
Name of employer Spedali Civili General Hospital & University of Brescia
Italy
Type of sector Health care
Occupation or position held Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases, University
Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases,

Dates 1991 – 1992
Name of employer Spedali Civili General Hospital
Type of sector Health care
Occupation or position held Senior Consultant, 2nd Division of Infectious Diseases


SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

Main research topics (epidemiology, and clinical aspects, with particular regard to clinical trials):

 HIV infection and co-infections
 Viral chronic infections (HBV, HCV)
 Tropical, travel-related and imported infections
 Global Health
 Migration and Travel Medicine
 Vertically transmitted congenital infections

Publications (list of publication available on request:

• Main Author of 314 publications on peer-reviewed journals, with an overall gross Impact Factor (IF) of 1004,313
• Member of Collaborative Groups of further 131 publications on peer-reviewed journals (additional 959,339)
• Author of 210 articles on Italian journals/Congresses’ Proceedings
• Author of 113 books’ chapters
• Author of 588 abstracts/oral communications at national and international Congresses
• Editor of 3 Books on Infectious and Tropical Diseases (1 in English, 2 in Italian)
o “Handbook of malaria infection in the Tropics” (250 pages), Editors G. Carosi, F. Castelli, Italian Association “Friends of Raoul Follerau”, Bologna, 1997 (in english)
o “Manuale di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali” (889 pages, Editors: G. Carosi, F. Castelli, F. Di Nola, Piccin Publisher, Padova, 2000 (in italian)
o “Core Curriculum Malattie Infettive” (426 pages), Editors: G. Carosi, R. Cauda, F. Castelli, G. Taliani, P. Viale, Mc Graw Hill Education, Milan, 2016 (in italian)
• Invited speaker in more than 500 international or national conferences
• Reviewer of Chapter 202 and sections 8.17, 248-250e of the Italian Edition of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine (19th edition) (Editorsi Kasper DL, Fauci AS, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Jameson JL, Loscalzo J), Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2017

Bibliometric indexes (as at May 15th, 2020)
• Scopus: H-index = 44; N. citations = 8.854
• Google Scholar: H-index = 53; N. citations = 13.269

Other scientific responsabilities:

• Director of the TLY Geosentinel Site in Brescia since 1996
• Awarded the “Top Italian Scientist” status in 2013

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEES

Prof. Castelli has acted as Scientific Programme Committee members in several International Congresses:
- V, VI, IX, XI, XII Conferences of the International Society of Travel Medicine, Geneva 1997, Montreal 1999, Lisbon 2005, Budapest 2009, Boston 2011
- 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th Conferences of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Amsterdam 2016, Wien 2017, Madrid 2018, Amsterdam 2019
- XV Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine, Barcelona 2017 (Associate Chair)
- International Conference on Migration Health, Rome, 2018 (Local Committee Chair)

Prof. Castelli has organized and acted as President of the following National Congresses
- V National Congress of the Italian Society of Tropical Medicine (SIMET), Brescia (Italy), 29 September – 1 October 2005
- IV National Congress of the Italian University Network for Cooperation and Development (CUCS), Brescia (Italy), 10-12 September 2015
- VIII National Congress of the Italian Society of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (SIMET), Brescia (Italy), 21-22 October 2016

REFEREE ACTIVITY

As independent referee registered at the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), Prof. Castelli has evaluated scientific proposals presented at the following calls:
- Priority national research projects (PRIN)

Prof. Castelli has also acted as Expert (GEV) in the evaluation of the Italian university system (VQR) in both the 2004-10 and 2011-14 periods carried out by the national Agency for the Evaluation of University and Research in Italy (ANVUR)

Prof. Castelli has also acted as independent referee of scientific proposals presented to:
- French Agency for Research on AIDS (ANRS) in 2014-2017
- Spanish Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Fellowship projects) in 2015-2017

Prof. Castelli is member of the Editorial Boards of
- Journal of Travel Medicine
- Infection
- Mediterranean Journal of Haematology and Infectious Diseases
- Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases
- Infezioni in Medicina (Associate Editor for Tropical Medicine)

He acts an independent reviewer for many Journals on the topics of infectious diseases and tropical medicine, with particular regard to tropical medicine, travel medicine, migration medicine and HIV/AIDS infection


INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES

Dates 1986 – 1987
Name of employer World Health Organization
Type of sector Health policy International Agency
Occupation or position held Associate Expert


Dates 2003 – 2012
Voluntary work Medicus Mundi Italy, NGO
Type of sector International Cooperation
Occupation or position held President

Dates 2011 – 2015
Name of employer World Health Organization
Type of sector Health policy International Agency
Occupation or position held Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for TB/HIV
collaborative activities, University of Brescia

Dates 2013 – 2016
Voluntary work Italian Society of Tropical Medicine and Global Health
Type of sector Research and training in tropical medicine and global health
Occupation or position held President

Prof. Francesco Castelli has participated in many multi-centre clinical trials, both in Italy and in resource-poor countries (Sao Tomé & Principe, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast), mainly in the field of HIV infection, HCV and HBV infections and malaria infection. In many of those trials, he has played a coordinating role.

Other current charges of possible interest:
 Rector’s Delegate for International Co-operation and Development, University of Brescia (since 2016)
 Director, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Research Center, University of Brescia
 Brescia Focal point in the Inter-University Center for Research in Malaria – Italian Malaria Network (since 2010)
 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (since 2018)
 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Don Gnocchi Foundation (since 2018)
 Member of the Scientific and Technical Committee for HIV/AIDS, Italian Ministry of Health (since 2018)


AWARDS

 2009 - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (London, UK)
 2010 - Fellow, Faculty of Travel Medicine, Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons (Glasgow, UK)
 2010 - Humanitarian Award, Board of Physicians of Brescia (Italy)
 2011 - Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
 2013 - Member, Brescia Academy of Sciences, Brescia (Italy)
 2013 - Awarded the “Top Italian Scientist” status
 2017 - Fellow, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
 2018 – Fellow, International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)
 2019 – Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (2019)


TEACHING RESPONSABILITIES

Present teaching assignments at the University of Brescia
• Degree in Medicine: Course of Infectious Diseases
• Degree in Nursing: Course of Infectious Diseases
• Degree in Health Promoters: Course of Infectious Diseases
• Post-Graduate School in Infectious and Tropical Medicine
• Global Health Post-Graduate Course

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

MOTHER LANGUAGE Italian

OTHER LANGUAGES English French Spanish
• Reading Excellent Excellent Basic
• Writing Excellent Good Basic
• Speaking Fluent Fluent Basic


SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

Prof. F. Castelli has been the President of the Italian NGO Medicus Mundi Italy (President from 2003 to 2012)

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

Prof. F. Castelli has proven record of organizational skills, as testified by having served/serving as:
• Director of the Post-graduate Specialty School in Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia (2011-19)
• Head, University Dpt of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia (currently)
• President, Italian Society of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (SIMET) (2013 - 20116)
• Director, Department for Mother and Child Care, University of Brescia (2006 - 2012)

COMPUTER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Knowledge of the Microsoft Office software (Word, Power Point, etc.)

OTHER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES History of Medicine (amateur)
DRIVING LICENCE Category B (car and motorbike)

Fields (3)


LS6_10 - Parasitology - (2016)

LS6_11 - Prevention and treatment of infection by pathogens (e.g. vaccination, antibiotics, fungicide) - (2016)

LS7_9 - Public health and epidemiology - (2016)

Research fields (3)

Clinical trials (phases II-III-IV) on new molecules or therapeutic strategies in patients (naives or experienced) affected by viral chronic infections, in particular HIV infection and/or viral HBV or HCV hepatitis. These trials have been conducted in collaboration with various drug companiues (registration trials) of following the spontraneous ideation of non Company-sponsored research projects
Clinical trials (phases II-III-IV) on new molecules or therapeutic strategies in patients affected by bacterial diseases (nosocomial infections, tuberculosis). These trials have been conducted in collaboration with various drug companiues (registration trials) of following the spontraneous ideation of non Company-sponsored research projects
Study of the clinical and epidemiological featiures on travel and migration related infectious diseases
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Member of (2)

Infezione da HIV: comorbidità non infettive
Group
Nuovi farmaci e nuove strategie per il trattamento dell’HIV/HCV/HBV
Group

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Third Mission (4)

Partecipazione a progetti di sviluppo urbano o valorizzazione del territorio (Partecipante) - Inaugurazione Bike Park, Progetto EcoBike
Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences
Department of Information Engineering
CUS di via Tirandi (08/06/2025 - 08/06/2025) 20250608
Attività di coinvolgimento e interazione con il mondo della scuola (Organizzatore) - Corso di formazione sul Service-Learning per docenti di scuola secondaria
Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences
Fondazione G. Tovini (28/02/2025 - 21/03/2025) 20250228
Iniziative di tutela della salute (Supporto scientifico) - Centro di collaborazione con l'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità per la prevenzione della tubercolosi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences
19000101
Iniziative di tutela della salute (Organizzatore) - Training and Empowering Human Resources for Health Development In Resource-Limited Countries
Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences
19000101
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