The team

Silvia De Francia

Silvia De Francia is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences at the University of Turin. She is a pharmacology researcher, journalist for Stampa and Repubblica, and a science communicator specializing in Medicine and Gender Pharmacology. She is also the coordinator of the Clinical Pharmacology Service "Franco Ghezzo" at the S. Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital in Orbassano, Turin. In January 2023, she obtained a second-level Master's degree in Health and Gender Medicine from the School of Human Health Sciences at the University of Florence, with a thesis titled "SARS-CoV2 Pandemic and Gender Medicine: How Personal Can the Infection Be?" Silvia De Francia is an active member of the Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF) and a member of the SIF Gender Pharmacology Working Group.

She serves as a member of the Third Mission Commission of the Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences at the University of Turin since 2018, representing the University in the Parity Committee of the Piedmont Science System since 2019. She has been a University delegate for the scientific committee of the Centroscienza Association since 2020 and a member of the Advisory board of Mind To Move© since 2022. She is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Interdisciplinary Center for Research and Studies on Women and Gender (CIRSDe) since 2021 and a University delegate to the Piedmont Region Gender Medicine Technical Group since March 17, 2022.

Member of the Faculty Board of the PhD Program in Medicine and Experimental Therapy since the academic year 2022/2023, and of the Scientific and Management Committee of CIRSDe since 2022.

Director of the Master's Program in Science Communication at the University of Turin since 2024.

Silvia De Francia believes that her love for communication has always united everything in her. When she thinks about her relationship with words, she realizes that she has always imagined a lot and, consequently, has always written to capture those images. She started writing even before starting elementary school, and for her, words are like music, not metaphorically but literally. She began playing the piano shortly before starting elementary school, thus associating letters with musical notes in her mind. For her, writing is like arranging words where they belong, just like notes on a musical score. Reading is about recognizing melodies and recognizing oneself within them. Science, music, research, health and gender, reading, writing, imagination, and listening are all intertwined for her.

"I view listening as a way to hear the voices of those who are not represented in scientific research and knowledge. Those who do not exist, as it is well known, have no rights."

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Sarah Allegra

Dr. Sarah Allegra, now resident student specializing in medical genetics, works as a Researcher (RTDA) in Clinical Pharmacology at the Clinical Pharmacology Service "Franco Ghezzo" of the S. Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital in Orbassano, Turin. Her hospital duties are related to Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) for various categories of drugs. Her research activities primarily focus on therapy personalization through studies in Pharmacogenetics and Gender Pharmacology. She is an active member of the Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF) and a member of the SIF Gender Pharmacology Working Group.

Sarah Allegra is also a collaborator of the Centroscienza Onlus association. She has received several awards for her contributions to the field, including the Collaborator Newsletter Monthly Award from the Working Group on Pharmacogenetics of the Italian Society of Pharmacology, the Guelfo Marcucci Award for non-oncological hematology (Kedrion and Carlo Erba Foundation), the Award in memory of Dr. Morone for oncology research (Molinette Research Foundation ONLUS), the SIBS Young Investigator Award for the 94th SIBS Congress, and the IGM 2022 Young Investigators Award for the X Congress of International Gender Medicine. She has also been awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship, funded by the Veronesi Foundation.

"I do believe in the importance of scientific research and I have a deep faith in science as the hope for a better future. I see scientific projects as the product of passion, precision and dedication, with the potential to improve human health. For me, investing in biomedical research is synonymous with investing in health."

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Giuliana Abbadessa

Dr. Giuliana Abbadessa has been working as a Research Technician at the University of Turin since June 1997. Before her permanent position, she worked at the Department of Drug Science and Technology and later at the Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences.

Her role is quite diverse as she provides technical support in the Pharmacology laboratory with specialized expertise and is also involved in research and teaching activities. She is responsible for managing, conducting, and maintaining the laboratories or individual equipment, coordinating the staff to ensure the functionality of research-dedicated instrumentation. She organizes group work, coordinates the assigned personnel, selects technical operational procedures, and establishes new work methodologies.

Dr. Abbadessa has full autonomy in managing research projects (local, national, and international) and their results. She contributes to the preparation of articles for international scientific journals, teaches students in the laboratory, and supports professors, doctoral students, fellows, and thesis students in conducting experiments and tests.

She also serves as the local official for the Prevention and Protection Service of the University of Turin in the Medicine and Surgery Area of the Orbassano Campus. In this role, she is responsible for implementing fire prevention measures, firefighting, workplace evacuation, emergency management, and first aid.

Giuliana believes that her qualities of organization, responsibility, initiative, and precision make her a good Research Technician.

As the scientist said at the end of his research, "I have found," without specifying that he had found another research.

Fabrizio Caramagna

This is the essence of research: an ongoing investigation that, along with solutions, always discovers new questions to answer.

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Francesco Chiara

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