Giuseppe Buonocore
Director
UOC Pediatria Neonatale
Italy
Biography
He has published 620 articles, including reviews and chapters in textbooks on Neonatology. Of these more than 160 are recorded in Medline. The main topics are hypoxia, hypoxiareoxygenation injury, the effect of free radicals in the neonatal period, and mechanisms of brain injury. He is involved with the organization of several European Conferences, and in the coordination of numerous pan-European clinical trials. He is the Coordinator of the European scientific network EURAIBI (acronym for EURope Against Infant Brain Injury). His research interests are in the mechanisms of cell damage in the neonatal brain, with special reference to hypoxia, the role of oxidant radicals in neonatal diseases and in babies with birth asphyxia. His research team is funded by several agencies including the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Researchcofinance scheme for research projects of high national interest.
Research Interest
Pediatric Neurology, Neonatal Neurology, Neonatology, Perinatology