1. Personal details
Name: Giovanni Lucignani
Date and place of birth: 1 December 1951, Civitavecchia (Rome)
Nationality: Italian
2. Current roles
Professor of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, University of Milan (since 2000).
Director of the Unit of Nuclear Medicine, “San Paolo” Hospital, Milan (since 2006).
Director of the Department of Diagnostic Services, “San Paolo” Hospital, Milan (since 2008).
Director of Residency program in Nuclear Medicine, University of Milan (since 2010).
Vice-president of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Molecular Genetics (since 2011)
3. Institutional roles within the Italian Ministry of Health
Member of the National Health Research Commission (since 2008).
Member of the Consiglio Superiore di Sanità (since 2009).
4. Pre-university education
1970: Scientific High School diploma (Liceo Scientifico Statale "Augusto Righi", Rome).
5. University degree and post-graduate qualifications
1978: degree in medicine and surgery awarded by the University of Rome (experimental thesis:
Thyroid Hormone Abnormalities in Hepatic Cirrhosis) and diploma conferring the right to practise medicine and surgery professionally.
1982: specialisation in neurology awarded by the University of Rome (experimental thesis: Thromboxane B2
(TXB2) and Platelet Aggregation in Patients with Transient Ischaemic Attacks: the Role of Dyslipidaemia).
1987: specialisation in nuclear medicine awarded by the University of Rome (experimental thesis: [99mTc]HM-PAO:
Basic Characterisation and Clinical Studies).
2007: Certificate of training for health unit management, I.Re.F.- School of Health Administration,
Lombardy Regional Health Department.
6. Clinical activity, past and present
1980-1981: Medical midshipman, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, "Bruno Falcomatà" Italian Navy Hospital, La Spezia.
1994-2000: Consultant, IRCCS “Fondazione Centro S. Raffaele del Monte Tabor (research Hospital), Milan.
2001-2004: Director of a unit with responsibility for coordinating the creation of a nuclear medicine service,
"Luigi Sacco" Hospital, Milan.
2004-2006: Director of the Unit of Molecular Imaging in Radiotherapy, European Institute of Oncology, Milan.
2006-present: Director of the Unit of Nuclear Medicine, “San Paolo” Hospital, Milan.
2009-present: Director of the Department of Diagnostic Services, “San Paolo” Hospital, Milan.
7. Research and academic activity, past and present
1982-1985: Fogarty International Fellow, NIMH, Laboratory of Cerebral Metabolism, Bethesda, MD, USA.
1986-1992: Researcher, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies, Italian National Research Council, Milan.
1992-2000: Associate professor of diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy, University of Milan, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.
Since 2000: Professor of diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy, University of Milan, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.
8. Teaching activity
1992-present: Lecturer in clinical nuclear medicine and radiobiology on the degree course in medicine and surgery, University of Milan.
2000-2006: Lecturer in clinical nuclear medicine on the degree course for radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy technologists, University of Milan
2000-2008: Lecturer in molecular imaging and radiotherapy on the degree course in biotechnology, University of Milan, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.
9. Academic management and coordination activities
1998-2001: Member of the Scientific Research and Technological Transfer Committee, University of Milan.
2001-2005: Coordinator of the degree course in medical radiology techniques for imaging and radiotherapy, University of Milan.
2001-2007: Director of the residency program in nuclear medicine, University of Milan.
2002-2008: Director of the Institute of Radiological Sciences, University of Milan.
2004-2009: Vice-president of the Scientific Research and Technological Transfer Committee, University of Milan.
2006-2008: Coordinator of the master’s degree course in medical diagnostic techniques, University of Milan.
2008-2011: Director of IMAGO, the University of Milan’s Molecular and Cellular Imaging research centre.
2009-present, member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Milan.
2011-present, Vice-president of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute of Molecular Genetics.
10. Editorial activity
1990-present: member of the editorial board of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
1994-2002: co-editor of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
1995-2008: editor of the Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
1997-present: member of the editorial board of Nuclear Medicine Communications.
1990-present: reviewer for various scientific journals (Journal of Nuclear Medicine, European Journal of Endocrinology, PNAS etc.).
2006-2008: associate editor of Functional Neurology
2006-2010: associate editor of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine for the monthly column "Focus on...".
2010-present: associate editor of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine in charge of the Review section.
11. Professional and scientific societies
Italian Nuclear Medicine Association (AIMN)
Elected president in 2009 and re-elected in 2011 (due to remain in office until 2013).
European Association of Nuclear Medicine
1995-1996: member of the Advisory Board.
1994 and 1997: member of the Scientific Committee of the European Congress of Nuclear Medicine.
2000-2002: coordinator of task groups and committees, and member of the Executive Committee.
2010-present: coordinator of the Working Group on radiopharmaceutical legislation.
12. Consulting activity
1999-present: project reviewer within the context of European framework programmes.
1999-2001: consultant to the European Commission's Common Research Centre, Ispra.
2007-2008: consultant in diagnostic imaging to the Italian National Oncological Adrotherapy Centre (CNAO).
13. Other activities
2004-2009: organiser of the annual "Immagini della Mente: Neuroscienze e Filosofia" (Images of the Mind: Neuroscience and Philosophy) meetings.