PAOLA ZANOVELLO

PROFESSOR OF IMMUNOLOGY
School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology
University of Padova, Padova, Italy
phone number: 39 049 8215892
e-mail address: paola.zanovello@unipd.it

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: July 2, 1952, Padova, Italy

EDUCATION and TRAINING:
1975 Degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Padova
1975-1980 Post-graduate Fellow, Institute of Oncology, University of Padova

PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS
2010-present Full Professor of Immunology, University of Padova
2003 4-month-Visiting Fellow (American-Italian Cancer Foundation) at NIH, Bethesda, MD
1992-2009 Associate Professor of Immunology, Department of Oncology and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova
1981-1991 Assistant Professor, Institute of Oncology, University of Padova

ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTMENTS
Director of the PhD Course in Clinical and Experimental Immunology, University of Padova
Chair of the Doctoral Committee of the University of Padova
Member of the Didactic Committee of the University of Padova

RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Tumor Immunology with a special attention to immune responses mediated by tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, and mechanisms underlying their modulation. More recently, the relationships between tumor and microenvironment, and new treatments able to interfere with immunosuppressive mechanisms.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS: 136 published in peer-reviewed journals.

OTHER ACTIVITIES
Research training and supervision of undergraduate students
Supervisor for PhD students and External examiner for PhD theses

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