RaDAR network of experts
Here you can find the a list of internal and external experts that contribute to addressing the urgent need of rapid detection and effective infection control systems for antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Internal experts
Grazia Daniela Femminella, MD, PhD
Geriatrician, Researcher at the Department of Translational Medical Sciences of Federico II University of Naples
Ivan Gentile, PhD
Dr Gentile is Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases at Federico II University of Naples. Director of “Infectious Diseases” Unit at the Federico II University Hospital.
Maria Vargas, MD
Associate professor of Anaesthesiology at Federico II University of Naples. MD at “Intensive Care” Unit of Federico II University Hospital
Renato Polverino
Clinical Engineer, at “Clinical Engineering and IT” Unit of Federico II University Hospital
Raffaele Tremante
Electronic Engineer at “Clinical Engineering and IT” Unit of Federico II University Hospital
Guglielmo Toscano
Electronic Engineer, Responsible for Health Informatics at “Clinical Engineering and IT” Unit of Federico II University Hospital
Antonietta Perrone, PhD
Clinical Engineer, Director of “Clinical Engineering and IT” Unit at Federico II University Hospital
Emma Montella, MD
MD with specialisation in Hygiene. Risk Manager at Federico II University Hospital. Coordinator of the Hospital Infections Committee.
Maria Rosaria Catania, PhD
Biologist, Full professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology at Federico II University of Naples. Head of the “Bacteriology and Mycology” Unit at Federico II University Hospital.
Rossella Paolillo
Biologist, with specialization in Microbiology and Virology, at “Bacteriology and Mycology” Unit of Federico II University Hospital Federico II
Giulio Viceconte, MD
MD with specialisation in Infectious and Tropical Diseases, at “Infectious Diseases” Unit of Federico II University Hospital
Francesca Pennino, PhD
Dr. Pennino is a Biologist, with specialization in Microbiology and Virology. Associate Professor in Hygiene at Federico II University of Naples.
Serena Pierro
Administrative Officer, Responsible of “Tenders and Contracts” Unit at Federico II University
Lorenzo Mercurio, PhD
Dr. Mercurio is an Economist, Full professor in Healthcare Organization at the Department of Public Health of Federico II University
Antonio Rinaldi, PhD
IT Engineer. Associate Professor in Information Retrieval Systems at Federico II University of Naples. Member of the Academic Council of the PhD programme in Quantitative and Computational Biology at Federico II University of Naples.
Giulia Ialongo
Administrative Officer at “Tenders and Contracts” Unit of Federico II University
Carlota Gudiol
Dr. Carlota Gudiol is the head of the Infectious Diseases Department at Bellvitge University Hospital, in Barcelona.
She is an associate professor at the University of Barcelona and co-principal investigator at CIBERINFEC.
Her clinical and research work focuses on infectious complications in inmunosuppressed patients with cancer and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and especially on the impact of antibiotic resistance in this population.
Mamen Eito Navasal
Mamen Eito Navasal is an Infection Prevention and Control Nurse at the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO).
She is an expert in the field of onco-hematology, surveillance and infection control, and is specialised in Human Relations and Nursing Care Quality.
External experts
Agnès Riche
Dr. Agnès Riche is the Head of Medicine Pole and the Head of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine of the Hospital Center of Angoulême, France.
She is also the Head of Antimicrobial Stewardship team, Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine Physician of this hospital.
Dr. Riche is also a member of French Society of Infectious Diseases (SPILF) and the Medical Executive Comitee.
Alex Smithson
Dr. Alex Smithson is an infectious diseases clinician at the Hospital de l’Esperit Sant.
He is member of the technical committee of the VINCat program and an associate professor at the University of Barcelona. He is also a teacher in the Master’s Degree in Zoonoses and One Health at the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona.
His main topics of interest are related to healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial stewardship
programs particularly with all aspects regarding to urinary tract infections.
Francesco Tessarolo
Francesco Tessarolo is a researcher at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy and an affiliated researcher at the division for Healthcare Innovation and Research of the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Trento.
His main research interests include health technology assessment, safety and efficacy of medical devices and clinical protocols, disinfection and sterilisation processes and technologies, Information and communication technologies for the healthcare and wellbeing of patients and citizens.
M. Ángeles Domínguez-Luzón
Dr. M. Ángeles Domínguez-Luzón is the Head of the Department of Microbiology at Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain.
She is an associate professor at the University of Barcelona and head of the Epidemiology of bacterial infections research group at IDIBELL. Her main scientific interests are antibiotic resistance and the molecular diagnosis of infections.
Rafael Cantón
Dr. Rafael Cantón is the Head of the Clinical Microbiology Department at the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital and associate professor at the Complutense University in Madrid.
His research is focused on antimicrobial resistance, new methods on antimicrobial susceptibility testing and chronic respiratory infections performed at Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) and CIBERINFEC.
He is clinical data coordinator of the European Committee of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) and belongs to the advisory committee of the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR).
Nichola Naylor
Dr Nichola Naylor is a Principal Economist at the UK Health Security Agency and an Honorary Research Fellow within the Global Health Economic Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has worked on quantifying the health and economic burden of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-acquired infections for the past decade, including from a One Health perspective.
Ester Fusté
Dr. Ester Fusté is an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Maternal and Child Health Nursing at the University of Barcelona University of Barcelona. She is a researcher at the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Antimicrobials and IDIBELL.
She is member of the Consolidated Research Group: 2017SGR1488, Ecogenetics and Microbial Diversity (ECODIMI). Her research focuses on the study of the mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, mainly in Gram-negative bacteria and strategies to overcome it, as well as the search for new antimicrobial peptides as a therapeutic alternative and the study of their mechanisms of action.
She is the Treasurer of the Biology of Pathogenic Microorganisms Specialized Group of the Sociedad Española de Microbiologia (SEM).
Antonio Limone
Dr Limone is a Veterinarian MD. Director of the Istituto Zooprofilattico del Mezzogiorno (Zooprophylactic Institute of Southern Italy)
Yolande Proroga
Veterinarian MD. Head of the Microbiology and Biotechnology Applied to Food Unit of Istituto Zooprofilattico del Mezzogiorno (Zooprophylactic Institute of Southern Italy)
Angelo D’Argenzio, MD
Director of Epidemiology and Prevention Unit at “Caserta” Local Health Agency. Former Director of Prevention and Hygiene Unit at Campania Region Health Authority.
Rebecca E. Glover
Rebecca E Glover is an Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and part of the management committee of the Policy Innovation and Evaluation Research Unit.
She co-leads the evaluation of the implementation of the UK’s AMR National Action Plan with Professor Nick Mays. Her research interests lie in applied health policy, focusing on drug, diagnostic, and macroeconomic policies in AMR, COVID-19, Ebola, and other infectious disease domains.
Dr. Nieves Larrosa
Dr. Nieves Larrosa heads the Clinical Microbiology Department at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. She also serves as an associate professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and as a researcher at Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and Infectious Disease Network Biomedical Research Center (CIBERINFEC).
Topics & areas of interest: antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial stewardship programs, control of healthcare-associated infection and rapid diagnostics for bloodstream infections.
She belongs to the advisory committee of the Spanish National Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Committee of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (COESANT-SEIMC).
