ASSOCIATO

e-mail: giuseppe.liotta@uniroma2.it
Telefono: +39 06 7259 6615
SSD: MED/42
SC: 06/M1
Macro-area:
Igiene generale e applicata, scienze infermieristiche e statistica medica
Campi di interesse: 
- epidemologia delle Malattie cronico-degenerativa
- Epidemiologia delle malattie infetive in paesi a risorse limitate
- modelli di assistenza extra-ospedaliera

 Prof. Giuseppe Liotta

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Born in Rome, Italy, 22.12.1961
Position: Associate Professor of Hygiene and Pubic Health, Public Health Dept, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Bibliometric indicators    
            Total         Since 2010
Citations                  733        454
Impact factor:     122,56    
H Index         13             12                                            
I10-index        22          15

Qualification
     October 1986: degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
     October 1990: Certificate of specialization in Geriatrics and Gerontology, University 
               of Rome “La Sapienza”
     October 1994: PhD in Epidemiology and Microbiology, University of Rome “La 
   Sapienza”
     November 1999: Certificate of specialization in Hygiene and Public Health, 
  University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
     November 2001: winner of open competition to fill a post of Researcher in the Public 
    Health Dept of  University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
     May 2015    appointed as Associate Professor of Hygiene and Public Health, 
Biomedicine and Prevention Dept – University of Rome, “Tor Vergata”

Professional Activity
     1989 - 1992: Main collaborator in the research project entitled: “care path and care 
needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS” financed from the Italian Ministry of Health in the Framework of The National AIDS Research Program.
     January-June 1997: collaborator in the research project ‘Eurosupport - The quality 
of Support in European HIV/AIDS Treatment Centers’ delegated from the Public Health Dept, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
     1994-2002: Main collaborator in the research project entitled: “Care path and 
survival of People Living with HIV/AIDS, according to availability of care services and socio-economic resources” financed from the Italian Ministry of Health in the Framework of The National AIDS Research Program.
     Since 2001 Responsible for the diagnostic and therapeutic protocol in the DREAM 
program
     Since 2004 Professor of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine to the Degree Course of 
Obstetric and Nursing Science, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
     Since 2009    Professor of Health Promotion to the Degree Course of Medicine, University of Tor Vergata


2015 - ….     International Coordinator of the European Innovation Partnership on Healthy and Ageing synergy task force proposal: “Impact of Community-based Program on Frailty Prevention and Mitigation” (ongoing)

Principal Investigator
1.    Needs of care of Catanzaro Elderly Population
2.    Frailty and Care Needs Of Lazio Region Elderly Population (ongoing)
3.    Impact of Community-based Programs on Prevention and Mitigation of Frailty (ongoing)

Main co-investigator in the following research project
1.    Mozambique: effectiveness of triple ARVs therapy in lowering breast milk viral load in Lactating HIV positive women
2.    Malawi: Mother & Child Prevention & Care – MCPC; Community Care & Home Care - CCHC
3.    Malawi: An assessment of anti-retroviral drugs concentration in plasma and breast milk of HIV+ mothers undergoing HAART to prevent MTCT and in plasma of their breastfed newborns (ongoing)
4.    Malawi: the evaluation of hiv/hbv co-infections among hiv positive patients in the DREAM program in malawi
5.    Malawi: Comparison of different regimens for long-life triple therapy to HIV positive pregnant Women
6.    Malawi: Evaluation of providing  Anti-Retroviral Therapy to HIV positive pregnant women through Ante-Natal Care Mobil Unit Services in Malawi in order to increase the Women’s retention rate in the Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission Program: a prospective observational study (Ongoing)
7.    Malawi: Evolution of HIV-1 genotype drug resistance after virological failure in adolescent or adult patients on first line therapy in the DREAM programme: indications for the best time to switch to the second line. (ongoing)
8.    Malawi: Factors predicting Mortality, Lost-To-Follow Up and Growth Failure in HIV-1 infected children cohort.

     Author of 168 Italian and/or English scientific papers of which 70 on peer reviewed journal, 1 book chapters and 5 books
     Language: Italian and English 

Pubblicazioni rilevanti

• Viro-immunological response and emergence of resistance in HIV-infected women receiving combination antiretroviral regimens for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Malawi. Palombi L, Galluzzo CM, Pirillo MF, Liotta G, Andreotti M, Jere H, Sagno JB, Luhanga R, Mancinelli S, Ceffa S, Amici R, Marazzi MC, Vella S, Giuliano M. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2013 Oct 17.
• Hospital care for acute stroke at the Palestrina hospital: comparison of cost and quality of care with an “hospital at home” care model]. Paradiso MA, Alvaro MR, Liotta G. Ann Ig. 2013 Sep-Oct;25(5):389-96. doi: 10.7416/ai.2013.1940. Italian. Liotta G, Mancinelli S, Nielsen-Saines K, Gennaro E, Scarcella P, Magid NA, Germano P, Jere H, Guidotti G, Buonomo E, Ciccacci F, Palombi L, Marazzi MC. PLoS One. 2013 Aug 19;8(8):e71653. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071653. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2013;8(8). doi: 10.1371/annotation/9ab4708e-650e-411a-b72f-bb85e0845469. Gennaro, E [corrected to Gennaro, Elisabetta]; Guidotti, Gianni [corrected to Guidotti, Giovanni].
• Maternal antiretroviral therapy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Malawi: maternal and infant outcomes two years after delivery. Giuliano M, Andreotti M, Liotta G, Jere H, Sagno JB, Maulidi M, Mancinelli S, Buonomo E, Scarcella P, Pirillo MF, Amici R, Ceffa S, Vella S, Palombi L, Marazzi MC. PLoS One. 2013 Jul 19;8(7):e68950. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068950. Print 2013.
• Predictors of Adverse Outcomes in HIV-1 Infected Children Receiving Combination Antiretroviral Treatment: Results from a DREAM Cohort in Sub-Saharan Africa. Marazzi MC, De Luca S, Palombi L, Scarcella P, Ciccacci F, Ceffa S, Nielsen-Saines K, De Luca A, Mancinelli S, Gennaro E, Zimba I, Liotta G, Buonomo E. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jun 24.