Nicola Brunetti-Pierri, M.D.

Associate Investigator at the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy and Associate Professor of Pediatrics ‘Federico II’ University, Naples, Italy.

Nicola Brunetti-Pierri graduated in Medicine from Federico II University of Naples, Italy. After his residency in Pediatrics at Federico II University of Naples, he moved to Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA for a post-doctoral research fellowship and clinical trainings in medical genetics and biochemical genetics. He was Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine from 2006 to 2010 and then moved back to Italy.

As a pediatrician and geneticist, he studies genetic diseases and inborn errors of metabolism and his research focuses at developing novel therapies for these disorders. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Health and European Research Council. His research activity has been recognized on both side of the ocean by important awards of the American and European societies of gene and cell therapy (ASGCT and ESGCT). 

Click HERE to read more about the Losartan research paper that Dr Nicola worked on.