Researcher
Department of Cardiovascular Research
Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Italy
Maria Carla Roncaglioni, Biol.Sci.D. in 1987 Doctoral degree in Biological Sciences, University of Milan, Italy. 1982-1983 Research Fellow at the Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Rijksuniversiteit of Limburg, Maastricht. 1998-1999 Visiting Scientist at the Cardiovascular Research Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK. 2001 Head of the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Prevention 1999-2000 Senior Researcher, Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory. 1974-1987 Researcher, Laboratory for the Study of Haemostasis and Thrombosis.
In particular, current research ongoing are focused on the optimization of cardiovascular prevention in high-risk individuals, on lifestyles improvement, on the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation and on the adherence to drug therapy using the polypill strategy for secondary prevention of myocardial infarction. A part of the activity is devoted to drug-epidemiology and rational use of drugs, based on prescriptions, hospitalizations and outpatient of large administrative data-base analyses.