Giuseppe Ippolito#
| Membership Number: | 7292 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Affiliated section(s): | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | https://unicamillus.org/en/lecturers/giuseppe-ippolito/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-1076-2979 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 - present Full professor of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences in Rome
- 2021 - 2023 Director General for research and health innovation at the Italian Ministry of Health 1988-2021 Scientific Director of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI) "Lazzaro Spallanzani" in Rome
- 2009 - 2021 Director of the “WHO Collaborating Centre for clinical care, diagnosis, response and training on Highly Infectious Diseases”
- 2000 - 2006 Director of Department of Infectious diseases epidemiology and pre-clinical research and Director AIDS Reference Center and Unit for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology at INMI
- 1993 - 2006 Director AIDS Reference Center and Unit for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology L. Spallanzani Hospital for infectious diseases, Rome
- 1990 - 1993 Head AIDS Unit, L. Spallanzani Hospital for infectious diseases, Rome
- 1987 - 1990 Senior Registrar in Infectious Diseases, L.Spallanzani Hospital, Rome
- 1985 - 1987 Head of AIDS epidemiology unit, Regional Epidemiology Center, Lazio Region, Rome
- 1980 - 1985 Registrar in Infectious Diseases- L. Spallanzani Hospital, Rome
- 1978 - 1980 Fellow, Epidemiology Unit and and Regional Collaborating center for Infectious Diseases
Fields of Scholarship
- Translational medicine and operational research in infectious diseases, public health, emergency preparedness and response, LMIC health development programmes
- Biomedical research, particularly in infectious diseases and public health
- National and international negotiations, strategic planning, policy development and implementation of new multidisciplinary and integrated approaches and technologies
- Teaching and international consultancy in infectious diseases
- Management of national and international scientific projects and groups
- Research planning and evaluation in Italian and international working groups
- Design, planning and construction supervision of high technology facilities and research infrastructures
- Establishment of clinical and research facilities
- Development of national and international policy on preparedness and response to infectious diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential
Honours and Awards
- 2021 "Cavaliere di Gran Croce al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" for services to public health and protection against infectious diseases by the President of the Italian Republic
- 2021 Special Linceo Prize for interdisciplinary research on Covid-19 by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- 2021 Award Fondazione Nicola Irti per le opere di carità e cultura
- 2021 Pericles International prize
- 2022 Special mention from the Belgian Embassy for commitment to the development of policies for research and innovation
- 2015 Paul Harris Fellow, awarded by The Rotary Foundation International
- 1998 Charles C. Shepard Science Award from the Centers for Disease Control
- 1998 James H. Nano Citation awarded by the Centre for Infectious Disease -USA
- 2022 Career Award XXI Edition of the Salerno Medical School
- 2020 Career Award Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases
- 2015 - 2021 European Epidemic and Biological Risk Group - EBR (member)
- 2013 - 2021 the WHO Emerging Diseases Clinical Assessment and Response Network – EDCARN (member)
- 2006 - 2015 Italian Society of Medical Virology (SIVM) (Member of the Board of Directors)
- 2002 - 2020 Italian Multidisciplinary Society for the Prevention of Infections in Healthcare Organizations (SIMPIOS) Founding member, member of the Board of Directors and President
- 1987 - 2000 Italian Society for the Control of Hospital Infections (SICIO) (Founding member and president)
- 1995 - New York Academy of Science (member)
- 1993 - American Association for the Advancement of Science (member)
