Costanza Emanueli

Costanza Emanueli was born in Florence (Italy) and studied there to PhD level. After training at different Italian and US sites, she moved to the UK as British Heart Foundation (BHF) Senior Lecturer in 2005 at quickly moved to professorship. She currently is a BHF Chair in Cardiovascular Science at the Imperial College of London. She is FAHA and part of many editorial boards (CVR, Circ Res, ATVB, Molecular Therapy, Plos One, Vascular Pharmacology, Atherosclerosis) and international grant awarding panels.

She contribute collaboration and leader in national and international consortia. Her research aims at understanding and correcting ischaemic disease and diabetes cardiovascular complications and focuses on regulatory RNAs and extracellular vesicles. She uses mind-set of a basic scientist to help and solve real clinical needs, which are very often neglected. She holds both Italian and British citizenships.

Education

• PhD (conferred by University of Catania as multicentric PhD programme led by Catania) Università degli Studi di Firenze (1997 — 2000)
• Degree in Biological Sciences Università degli Studi di Firenze (1988 — 1992)
• maturita' scientifica Liceo scientifico Giovan Battista Morgagni, Florence-Tuscany-Italy (1984 — 1988)