Francesco Mazzarotto

POSITIONS July 2021 – Present Lecturer in Medical Genetics (Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato di tipo A) Institution: University of Brescia, Italy Department: Molecular and Translational Medicine Line manager: Prof. Massimo Gennarelli Research topics: Genetics of psychiatric and cardiovascular disease, bioinformatics, next-generation sequencing data analysis. • Identification of disease genes • Strategies to improve our ability to interpret genetic variants in the clinical setting • Development of approaches to reduce false-positive and inconclusive findings in genetic testing • Implementation of algorithms for interpretation of DNA-sequencing data from cohorts and families July 2021 – Present Honorary Research Fellow Institution: Imperial College London Department: National Heart and Lung Institute Line managers: Dr. James Ware, Dr. Paul Barton June 2016 – June 2021 Honorary Research Associate Institutions: Imperial College London, United Kingdom and Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust Department: National Heart and Lung Institute Line managers: Dr. Paul Barton, Prof. Stuart Cook, Dr. James Ware June 2016 – June 2021 Post-doctoral researcher Institution: University of Florence, Italy Department: Experimental and Clinical Medicine Line manager: Prof. Iacopo Olivotto Research topics: Genetics of cardiomyopathies, bioinformatics, next-generation sequencing data analysis, cardiovascular diseases. October 2012 – December 2015 Early-stage researcher (PhD student) Institution: Imperial College London Department: National Heart and Lung Institute Supervisors: Prof. Stuart Cook, Dr. Paul Barton, Dr. James Ware Funding: EU FP7 “Marie Skłodowska-Curie” PhD research fellowship