Andrea Gori

Andrea Gori, MD, is a Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Milan and Head of the Infectious Diseases Unit at the Fondazione IRCCS Ca’Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan. He received his medical degree from the Università Statale di Milano. From 1992 he has been engaged in both infectious diseases research and clinical care. Prof. Gori is working in the immunopathogenesis of viral and bacterial infections and in mechanisms of interaction between the pathogens and the host focusing in how to translate information learned from pathogenetic studies into the clinic. His research activities have been focused on human T cell phenotypic and functional analysis, T cell activation, and in the mechanisms of immune reconstitution and microbiota interaction. He currently directs several research programs dedicated to the investigation of the immunopathogenesis of antiretroviral-treated HIV infection. He leads several research projects on pathogenesis of infectious diseases. He is involved in educational projects on antimicrobial stewardship developing a significant experience in managing epidemiological and clinical aspect of antimicrobial resistant infections. He also set up the Collaborating Group for Surveillance of Drug Resistance in Lombardy in 2012 representing a national network on molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance surveillance. As a PI he has performed numerous studies participating in international projects to improve the quality of care for patients affected by infectious diseases. In 2019, with some colleagues, Prof. Gori established, at the University of Milan with the support of the Fondazione IRCSS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, the new Centre for MultidisciplinAry ResearCh in Health Science (MACH), devoted to health sciences, an international landmark and leading centre for health research and Global Health. Finally, Prof. Gori has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles on these and related topics.