Referral Centre for Food Allergy Diagnosis and Treatment, Италия
Email: muraro@centroallergiealimentari.euPersonal URL: 
MD, PhD.
Head of Referral Centre for Food Allergy Diagnosis and Treatment - Veneto Region
Department of Women and Child Health
EDUCATION
July 27, 1981: Medical degree at the University of Padua (110/110 with honors)
July 26, 1985: Board certification in Pediatrics, University of Padua (70/70 with honors). Thesis: "Clinical evaluation of
200 children with atopic dermatitis”
July 11, 1988: Board certification in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Padua (70/70 with honors). Thesis:
"Natural history of atopic dermatitis in 65 children"
April 13, 1992: PhD, University of Rome. Thesis: "Nutritional evaluation of hydrolyzed protein formulas in newborns
with atopic risk”
POSITION
1989-2017 ongoing: Consultant Pediatric Allergist at the Allergy and Respiratory Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University
of Padua, Italy
2005- 2017 ongoing:Head of the Veneto Region Referral Centre for Food Allergy Diagnosis and Treatment in Padua General
University Hospital, Padua, Italy
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2013-2017: Italian National Academic Qualification as Associate Professor in Internal Medicine and in Pediatrics
Professor of Food Allergy at the degree course in Dietetics, University of Padua, Italy
2011-2012: Professor at the Master on Pediatric Allergy University of Bologna, Italy
2008-2009: Professor on Pediatric Allergy at the Rome 2nd University – Tor Vergata, Italy
2008-2009: Visiting Professor at the Pediatric Allergy Immunology Division, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute.
Dir. Prof. Hugh Sampson
2008: Visiting Professor at Duke University, Pediatric Allergy Immunology Division. Dir. Prof. Wesley Burks
2007: Visiting Professor J1 at the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
1990- 2017 ongoing: Professor of Pediatric Allergology at the Allergy and Clinical Immunology School, University of Padua,
Italy
APPOINTMENTS TO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2017-2018 EAACI Past President of EAACI
2015-2017 EAACI President of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology term 2015-2017
2013-2015: EAACI Secretary General of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
2009-2013: EAACI Treasurer of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
2007-2009: Chairperson of Section on Pediatrics
2004-2007: Secretary of Section of Pediatrics
Member of: AAAAI American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, American College of Allergy Asthma and
Clinical Immunology
Member of: Italian Society of Pediatrics and Italian Society of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases
2003-2006: Board Member of SIAIP- Italian Society of Pediatric Allergology and Clinical Immunology
RESEARCH PROJECTS as Work Group Leader:
- 2009-2011 COMPLEX-DIS FP6 – Group Leader -“Untravelling Complex Diseases with Complexity Theory: from
Networks to the Bedside”
- NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE IN ANAPHYLAXIS – Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis
- Italian Government Research Grant - IZS VE 2/2008 on Risk-benefit analysis as a tool to support and evaluate
nutritional strategies
- Italian Government Research Grant - DGRV 4273 29/12/2009 Anaphylaxis: Area Based Surveillance Program in
Emergency Departments
EDITORIAL BOARDS
2010-2017 Associate Editor:
• “Allergy – European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology”
• “Clinical and Translational Allergy”
Editorial Board:
• “Pediatric Allergy and Immunology”
Referee:
• “Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology”
• “The Lancet”;
• “Clinical & Experimental Allergy”;
• “Pediatrics”;
• “Journal of Pediatrics”;
• “Archives of Diseas Childhood”;
• “Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine”;
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Identification of novel markers to be used as in the early identification of allergic diseases phenotypes
- Evaluation of biologicals in immunotherapy of allergic diseases
- Evaluation of preventive effect of early immunotherapy in children
- Characterization of major immunological determinants responsible for food allergy
- Evaluation of new protocols for immunotherapy of food allergy
- Anaphylaxis surveillance programs, evaluation of markers for identification of subjects at risk of anaphylaxis,
development of protocols for educational intervention in the community
- Evaluation of health economics of allergic diseases and socio economics of immunotherapy
RESEARCH PROJECT AS Principal Investigator:
- 2016-2017 on going PALISADE Study Protocol ARC003 sponsor Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly Allergen
Research Corporation; ARC)
- 2013-2017 ongoing: Study Protocol NEO.1.C/E sponsor Danone Research
- 2013-2016 Study Protocol NEO.1.C/: sponsor: Danone Research
- 2012-2014 Study Protocol 10.53 NRC: Sponsor: Nestlé
- 2010-2014 Study Protocol GT-23 : Sponsor: ALK-Abellò
ADVISORY BOARD OF EU PROJECTS
- EU Trilateral project
- 2013 -2017 Advisory Board “Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (IFAAM)”:
COLLABORATION WITH PATIENT’S ORGANIZATIONS
1985-2017 ongoing: Member of Società Italiana di Pediatria (SIP)
2003-2006: Member of SIP Board
1988- 2017 ongoing: Member of Società Italiana di Allergologia e Immunologia Pediatrica (SIAIP)
2002- 2017 ongoing: Chair of the Medical Advisory Board Food Allergy Italia (www.foodallergyitalia.org)
2008-2017 ongoing: Collaboration with FARE, Food Allergy Research and Education Organization with 40000 members in
US (formerly FAAN and FAI)
2009-2017 ongoing: Collaboration with European Federation of Allergy and Astmatic Patient’s Association (EFA)
2011-2017 ongoing: Founder of the EAACI Patient Organisation’s Committee
