Research Area
Active Research fields
His research activity is focused on asthma and COPD in the fields of small airways, systemic aspects of COPD, oxidative stress, non-invasive techniques, health related quality of life and chronic obstruction in elderly patients. Recently he started some projects on bronchiectasis.
Research projects of the last 5 years
Collaborations
- Member of the EUROPEAN NETWORK On bronchiectasis EMBARC (https://www.bronchiectasis.eu).
-member Of STEERING COMMITTEE of the Italian Study "GEIRD" (Gene Environment Interaction in Respiratory Diseases) from March 2016. As P.I. of the center of Palermo.
- Member of the Italian Registry IRIDE – an ITALIAN registry of bronchiectasis. As P.I. of the center of Palermo
- Member of the Italian Study SA.R.A. (Respiratory Health in the Elderly).
- International Research collaboration with: 1) Department of Pneumology, Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Leiden, the Netherlands; 2) Department of Pathology, São Paulo University Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Member of the Italian Research Group ECCE (COPD extrapulmonary consequences in the elderly).
- sub-investigator and then the co-P.I. of the center of Palermo for the Italian study AGAVE (Severe Asthma: the follow-up of epidemiological and clinical cohorts, via registry and questionnaires; therapeutic appropriateness and Evaluation of Outcomes, in relation to GINA Guidelines) ".
- P.I. of the center of Palermo for the International Study GLIM (Global Initiative for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia)