Flu

Biography

Emanuele Montomoli is Professor on Public Health in the Department of Molecular Medicine at University of Siena in Italy. He received his BSc and MSc in Life Sciences from University of Siena in Italy in 1995 and he earned his MBiochem in 2001. He is also Chief of Scientific Office of VisMederi srl, a private enterprise involved in management and serology for clinical trials and focussed studies with human viruses for pharmaceutical companies. He is currently a partner of 2 EU-funded projects which focus on development new assays for flu vaccine evaluation and discover new adjuvants for intranasal immunization. Since 2012 he sits on a Board of ISIRV Society. Over the years, he has published almost 50 scientific papers and reviews, and written several chapters in textbooks.

Research Interest

His research interests is primarily in the field of influenza vaccines, and in particular in the study of correlates of protection. He is expert in development, standardization and validation of assays for antibody detection. He has conducted many clinical and laboratory research studies to evaluate immunogenicity and efficacy of traditional and new influenza vaccines. Recently he has participated in protocols for development and evaluation of new molecules as adjuvants. He has also undertook in planning and execution of European seroepidemiological studies for emerging infectious disease in collaboration with WHO Regional Office and eCDC.