Domenico Pratico

Domenico Praticò graduated from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, School of Medicine as Medical Doctor, where is also completed a residency program in Internal Medicine. He continued his post-graduation training as a Research fellow of the Center for Cardiovascular Science at the University College Dublin, Ireland. Next, he pursued a post-doctoral fellowship in cell biology of aging at the University of Pennsylvania, where shortly after he was promoted to Assistant Professor then Associate Professor. In 2007 he joined Temple University, School of Medicine, as Associate Professor and Director of the Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Laboratory. Since 2011 he is Professor of Neural Sciences at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine. In December 2017, he was nominated the Scott Richards North Star Foundation Chair in Alzheimer’s research, and appointed as the founding Director of the Alzheimer’s Center at Temple. His main area of investigation is clinical pharmacology with a special focus on the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in brain health, and the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Frontotemporal dementia. The main goal of his work has always been translating studies of the basic biology of brain aging and neurodegeneration into new therapeutics by implementing a comprehensive experimental approach which combines in vitro and in vivo models as well as human studies. Internationally known for his work on Alzheimer’s disease, brain health, aging and neurodegeneration, Dr. Pratico has authored over 290 original articles in high impact journals, and 25 chapters in thematic books. During his career, he has received many awards for his research accomplishments including the Irvine H. Page Award, Neuroscience Education and Research Award, Zenith Award from the Alzheimer’s Association, and Dorothy Dillon Eweson Lectureship from the American Federation for Aging Research, and the Paul W. Eberman Faculty Research Award.