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Dr. Schifanella is a Medical Doctor and Ph.D. with clinical, research and teaching experience in the field of Infectious and Tropical diseases. Dr. Schifanella obtained his medical degree in 2010 at the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at Sacco Hospital at the University of Milan (UoM). He joined in 2012 the Vaccine Branch of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NCI/NIH) as an MD postdoctoral fellow. In 2017 he obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical and Experimental Medicine through a collaboration UoM and NIH-Graduate Partnerships Program. During the years at NIH, he co-designed, designed and conducted SIV/SHIV studies to test vaccines strategies that mirrored or predicted the results of several HIV vaccine clinical trials. He created or co-created HIV pre-clinical models to test novel vaccine candidates to uncover vaccine-induced immune responses to increase HIV vaccine efficacy. Moreover, Dr. Schifanella is interested in infectious diseases pathogenesis and in host mechanisms that control disease progression. Dr. Schifanella expertise and interest is in Infectious, Tropical and Emerging Diseases.
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Post doctoral training: Immunology – HIV Vaccine – NHP models, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Vaccine Branch (VB) Bethesda, MD
Award Date: Apr 1 2017
PhD, Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; NIH/GPP, US
Award Date: Apr 1 2017
MD, Medicine and Surgery (Infectious and Tropical Diseases), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Award Date: Oct 1 2010
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Leidos Biomedical RFP #S20-119
Karger, A., Bold, T. D., Jenkins, M., Schifanella, L., Thomas, S. & Thyagarajan, B.
LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC., NIH NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI)
10/1/20 → 9/30/25
Project: Research project
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Mechanisms underlying recurrent bacterial vaginosis and HIV risk a multidisciplinary approach
Klatt, N. R. & Schifanella, L.
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
5/1/20 → 7/31/24
Project: Research project
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Reversing Immune Dysfunction for HIV-1 Eradication
Klatt, N. R. & Schifanella, L.
SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE DBA CALIBR, NIH Nat'l Inst of Allergy & Infect Dis
5/1/22 → 4/30/23
Project: Research project
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Treatment Research Investigating Depression Effects on Neuroimmune Targets (TRIDENT)
Klatt, N. R. & Schifanella, L.
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
9/15/21 → 8/31/23
Project: Research project
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RID HIV: Reversing Immune Dysfunction for HIV Eradication
Klatt, N. R. & Schifanella, L.
SANFORD-BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INST., NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
8/16/21 → 10/31/21
Project: Research project
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HIV vaccine candidate efficacy in female macaques mediated by cAMP-dependent efferocytosis and V2-specific ADCC
Bissa, M., Kim, S., Galli, V., Fourati, S., Sarkis, S., Arakelyan, A., de Castro, I. S., Rahman, M. A., Fujiwara, S., Vaccari, M., Tomalka, J. A., Stamos, J. D., Schifanella, L., Gorini, G., Moles, R., Gutowska, A., Ferrari, G., Lobanov, A., Montefiori, D. C., Nelson, G. W., & 15 others, Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 575.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Scopus citations -
The Defenders of the Alveolus Succumb in COVID-19 Pneumonia to SARS-CoV-2 and Necroptosis, Pyroptosis, and PANoptosis
Schifanella, L., Anderson, J., Wieking, G., Southern, P. J., Antinori, S., Galli, M., Corbellino, M., Lai, A., Klatt, N., Schacker, T. W. & Haase, A. T., Jun 1 2023, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 227, 11, p. 1245-1254 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Scopus citations -
Adjuvant-mediated enhancement of the immune response to HIV vaccines
Ratnapriya, S., Perez-Greene, E., Schifanella, L. & Herschhorn, A., Jun 2022, In: FEBS Journal. 289, 12, p. 3317-3334 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Altered Innate Immunity and Damaged Epithelial Integrity in Vaginal Microbial Dysbiosis
Cheu, R. K., Mohammadi, A., Schifanella, L., Broedlow, C., Driscoll, C. B., Miller, C. J., Reeves, R. K., Yudin, M. H., Hensley-McBain, T., Kaul, R. & Klatt, N. R., 2022, In: Frontiers in Reproductive Health. 4, 876729.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Mission, Organization, and Future Direction of the Serological Sciences Network for COVID-19 (SeroNet) Epidemiologic Cohort Studies
Figueiredo, J. C., Hirsch, F. R., Kushi, L. H., Nembhard, W. N., Crawford, J. M., Mantis, N., Finster, L., Merin, N. M., Merchant, A., Reckamp, K. L., Melmed, G. Y., Braun, J., Mcgovern, D., Parekh, S., Corley, D. A., Zohoori, N., Amick, B. C., Du, R., Gregersen, P. K., Diamond, B., & 77 others, Jun 1 2022, In: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9, 6, ofac171.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations