Rocky Strollo

Post-doctoral Research Fellow and Endocrinologist Physician
Universitá Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Research Interests

• Development of novel biomarkes of type 1 diabetes (e.g. based on oxidative post-translational modifications of insulin)
• Study of the role of oxidatively modified insulin in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis
• Biomarkers of impaired bone metabolism in diabetes

Academic Career

• 2009: MD degree
• 2013: “Di Mario“ Award, Italian Diabetes Society
• 2014: International PhD Doctorate
• 2015: PI of the EFSD/JDRF/Lilly grant programme
• 2015: Co-PI of a JDRF innovative grant
• 2016: Postdoctoral Diploma in Endocrinology
• 2016: Post-doctoral research fellowship
• 2017: Co-PI of a JDRF SRA grant
• 2017: “Navalesi“ Award, Italian Diabetes Society
• 2018: National scientific qualification award as Associate Professor of Endocrinology

Goals

• To obtain full academic independence
• To develop and test novel approaches for type 1 diabetes prevention and prediction in order to improve patients’ health and quality of life of patients and families