Advisory Board

The Advisory Board has consultative and proactive functions on the activity of the research networks (Spoke) of the HEAL ITALIA Research and Innovation Programme. It provides assessments on the strategies, economic prospects of the research sectors and the valorisation of research. It is made up of illustrious scientists:


Gerry Melino – Advisory Board Coordinator, Full Professor of Biochemistry at University of Rome “Tor Vergata”Italy

Manuela BaccariniUniversity of WienAustria
Nick BarlevNazarbayev UniversityUzbekistan
Dirk BrennerLuxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) Luxembourg
Klaus-Michael DebatinUniversity Medical Center UlmGermany
Alessandro Doria Joslin Diabetes Center/ Harvard Medical SchoolDenmark
Wei Jia The University of Hong KongChina
Guido Kroemer Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Université de ParisFrance
Xin Lu Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Oxford– UK
Dominik Modest Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany
Pierluigi Nicotera German Center Neurodegeneration, DZNEGermany
Shi Fu-DongTianjin Medical UniversityChina
Maria Sibilia Center for Cancer Research at the Medical University of ViennaAustria
Simon Hans-UweInstitute of Pharmacology, University of BernSwitzerland
Steve TaitSchool of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow UK
Wang YingShanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine China
Boris ZhivotovskyKarolinska Institute Sweden
Laurence ZitvogelGustave Roussy Hospital, Université de Paris France