Roberto Berni Canani

Prof. Dr. Roberto Berni Canani is internationally recognized as one of the leading researchers in pediatric allergy, gastroenterology, and nutrition. He received his MD and PhD degrees from University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy. He is board certified in Pediatrics. Funder and Chief of the Pediatric Allergy Gastroenterology and Nutrition Comprehensive Education, Treatment and Support Program at the University Federico II of Naples one of the largest providers of pediatric allergy and gastroenterology services in the EU. The Program is designed to treat all aspects of food allergy and other pediatric allergic diseases, including medical, dietary, social, and psychological concerns. The team is composed by several care professionals, each with a unique role in treating, educating, and supporting the patients and their families, including pediatricians, allergists, gastroenterologists, nutritionists, dieticians, social workers, nurses, psychologists, neuropsychiatrists, and allergy technicians. The Program has been accredited as the Reference Center for Pediatric Allergy by the Italian Society of Allergy and Pediatric Immunology (SIAIP) (http://centri.siaip.it). Founder and Chief of the ImmunoNutritionLab at Ceinge Advanced Biotechnologies Research Center. The ImmunoNutritionLab is highly multidisciplinary and encompasses research on several pediatric allergy topics with the aim to move disease biology from the laboratory to clinical practice. The research at the “ImmunoNutritionLab” is focused on modern nutritional interventions with a pivotal role in improving the health status of both current and future generations. (http://www.immunonutritionlab.com). Founder and Member of the Advisory Board of the Task Force on Microbiome Studies, a collective and multidisciplinary microbiome initiative bringing together facilities from 14 different Departments and expertise from more than 100 staff scientists spanning soil/plant/food/human microbiome, and including chemistry, engineering and social sciences at the University Federico II of Naples, Italy (www.tfm.unina.it). He is author of more than 400 publications among scientific paper on international journals, chapters of books and reviews. His publications are widely quoted (collectively more than >22.000 citations as December 2022). H-index Google Scholar 74. H-index Scopus: 56. Total impact factor score: >2500.