About us

Our mission

Since 2012 the Pediatric Research Institute (IRP) is an excellence center in pediatric medicine and research. Its six top research programs are focused on pediatric oncology, regenerative medicine, nanomedicine, genetic and rare diseases, immunology, and predictive medicine.

The Institute adopts a unique multidisciplinary approach that blends ideas from biomedicine, bioengineering, biochemistry and materials science.

It also strives to promote cooperation with national and international university hospitals and research institutes, to provide high-level training in pediatric research to students and researchers, to foster innovation and technology transfer, and to facilitate dialogue with the public through conferences and educational activities

Organisation

President and CEO
Franco Masello

Scientific Director
Eugenio Baraldi

Scientific Coordinator
Maurizio Muraca

Board of Directors
Andrea Camporese
Antonio Parbonetti
Guglielmo Bedeschi
Giorgio Perilongo
Giuseppe Dal Ben

Scientific Advisory Board
President: Andrea Biondi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Sergio Abrignani, National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM “Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi”), Milan, Italy
Ruggero De Maria, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Vassilios Fanos, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Jan-Henning Klusmann, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Graziella Pellegrini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia / Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Modena, Italy
Manuela Teresa Raimondi, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Orsetta Zuffardi, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Board of Auditors
Marina Manna
Angelo Stimamiglio
Angela Valori

Direction Assistant
Chiara Franzin
dir.scientifica@irpcds.org

Research Grant Officer
Maria Pisano
grantoffice@irpcds.org

Administrative Office
Silvia Battistini
amministrazione@irpcds.org
Mariangela Carta
segr.amministrativa@irpcds.org