Barbara Bruno

Benedetto Bruno, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of haematology at the Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences – School of Medicine - University of Turin, Italy - and Program Head at the Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit of the A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Turin, Italy. Following medical training at the University of Pavia, Italy, Dr Bruno worked as a resident in haematology at the University of Turin before taking up, in 1995, a fellowship at the Department of Transplantation Biology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA. He passed the United States Medical License Examination in 1996, then returned to Italy in 2000 when he received a doctorate in experimental haematology from the University of Genoa. With a particular interest in the role of autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation, and cell therapies in the treatment of haematological disorders, Dr Bruno has received several awards, including the International Cancer Technology Transfer Award from the International Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland, and his research is published in a large number of high-impact peer-reviewed journals.