Prof. Franco E. Odicino Date of birth: October 2, 1957 Place of birth: Genoa, Italy Address: Via dei Colli 3, Lonato del Garda, 25017 Brescia E.mail: franco.odicino@gmail.com Education - 1994, Ph.D degree in Gynecological Oncology, University of Genoa. - 1992-93, Research Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Div. of Gynecologic Oncology – University of California, Irvine School of Medicine (USA) (Director Prof. Philip J. Di Saia) - 1991, specialist in Pathology of Human Reproduction - 1988, specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology - 1983, graduated cum laude in Medicine, University of Genoa; Positions held and experience - December 2014-present, Director of the 2nd Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Spedali Civili of Brescia, Italy - November 2014, Full Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecologic at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Brescia University - December 2014-present, head of the biologists’ team, working in the “A.Nocivelli” Institute of Molecular Medicine, strictly connected to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Dep., Brescia University - 1999-2014, physician operating within the Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Spedali Civili of Brescia - 1987-99, General Practitioner He has participated in sponsored multicentric clinical trials, both national and international, achieving important scientific results especially in the field of chemotherapy protocols in gynecological patients. He has been member of the EORTC Gynecological Cancer Cooperative Group and Associate Editor of the FIGO Annual Report on the Results of Treatment in Gynecological Cancer. From 2012 he is member of the FIGO Committee on Gynecologic Oncology. He was PI of the international projects entitled “Early detection and treatment of recurrent, chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer stem cells by CPE peptide complex superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (CPE-SPIONs)” (Ricerca Finalizzata 2010). He is authors of 81 papers.
