Giacinto Bagetta

Biography

Giacinto Bagetta (MD since 1983 and Consultant in Pharmacology since 1987) is a Full Professor of Pharmacology since 1994 (present address: Department of Pharmacy, Health Science and Nutrition, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy). Author of approximately 160 full papers (see PubMed) in internationally indexed journals (h-index 40, Citations > 5000, ISI Web of Knowledge; Top Italian Scientist and Top Ten Scientist of the University of Calabria established by Via-Academy) and Editor of 8 books produced by Pergamon Press, Elsevier plc and CRC Press. Invited speaker at prestigious international research Institutions such as The Imperial College of London (UK), The University of Tokyo School of Dentistry, The University of Sendai School of Medicine and The Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, The Department of Pharmacology, University School of Medicine of Wakayama (Japan), The Burnham Research Institute, La Jolla (USA), The MRC Toxicology Unit, Leicester (UK), etc. Awarded the International Galien Prize for Young Investigator. Member of the Italian Societies of Pharmacology, Neuroscience and of the International Society for Neurochemistry; Member of the Editorial Board of high impact factor journals like Current Opinion in Pharmacology and past Member of the Editorial Board of Journal Neurochemistry, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, and Journal of Chemotherapy; Referee for prestigious, internationally recognized scientific journals and research funding agencies such as The Wellcome Trust (UK), The National Council for Research (CNR, Italy), The Italian Space Agency (ASI), the Ministry of Scientific Research of the Austrian Government and Member of the National Health Research Committee at the Ministry of Health since 1996 and up to December 2010. Since 1996 Member of Ethical Committees at the Regional General Hospital of Cosenza and IRCCS Mondino Foundation (PV) up to 2013.    

Research Interest

Neuropharmacology, Neuronal death, Neuroinflammation, Glaucoma, Pain, Stroke