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Rossella Cannarella

Research areas: Medicine · Reproductive Medicine · Sperm and Testicular Function · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Male Reproductive Health Studies

ORCID iD 0000-0003-4599-8487
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Professional summary
MD, PhD, Endocrinologist specialist, and Certified European Academy of Andrology (EAA) Clinical Andrologist.
At present she has published 250 articles, books, abstracts: a total of 195 articles (168 of whom published in peer-reviewed journals with an impact factor and indexed in Pubmed or Scopus), 6 chapters published in national and international books, and 49 abstracts published in national and international meetings.
H-index: 19, n. of citations 1578 (source: Scopus, accessed on 23/2/2023). Total impact factor: 768,047.

Education
2019-2022.: International Ph.D. in Translational Biomedicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy (with Honors) (Dir. Prof. Carlo Vancheri)
2020: Certified European Academy of Andrology (EAA) Clinical Andrologist, Budapest, Ungheria
2015-2019: Endocrinology specialist: University of Catania School of Medicine, Catania, Italy (with Honors) (Dir. Prof. Aldo E. Calogero)
2008-2016: Diploma at the “Scuola Superiore di Catania”, Catania, Italy (with Honors)
2008-2015: M.D.: University of Catania School of Medicine, Catania, Italy (with Honors)

Working experience
15/6/2022 – pres.: Research Fellow in Andrology, at the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
2022-2023: Research Scholarship on “Ruolo della very-low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) sulla male accessory gland infection”, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
2021-2022: Visiting Researcher at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA (PI Oliver J. Rando, MD, PhD),for the project entitled: “Role of sperm-carried growth factors in embryogenesis”
2019-2021: Endocrinology and Andrology specialist at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy (Dir. Prof. Aldo E. Calogero)
2012-2019: Internship and Residency in the Andrology and Endocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy (Dir. Prof. Aldo E. Calogero)
8/1/2018 – 26/1/2018: Visiting doctor at the Histology and Embriology Laboratoy, Bioscience and Medical Embriology section, University of Perugia (Prof. Giovanni Luca)
9/4/2018 – 25/5/2018: Visiting doctor at the Histology and Embriology Laboratoy, Bioscience and Medical Embriology section, University of Perugia (Prof. Giovanni Luca)

Awards and acknowledgments
1. Award as best poster presented at the “XII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità, Roma 2016”. Title of the research: IGF-1R: Is it involved in the etiopathogenesis of human gonadal abnormalities. Authors: Cannarella R, Pandini G, La Vignera S, Burgio G, Cataldi A, Mattina T, Calogero AE.
2. Award as best Golden Communication Basic presented at the “XIII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità, Catania 2018”. Title of the research: “L’IGF1R è coinvolto nella pathway di segnalazione dell’FSH: evidenze da uno studio in vitro su cellule di Sertoli di suino neonato”. Authors: Cannarella R, Luca G, Mancuso F, Arato I, Lilli C, Bellucci C, Condorelli RA, La Vignera S, Calafiore R, Calogero AE.
3. Acknowledgement as most downloaded article in 2017-2018: Title of the article "Cannarella R, Condorelli RA, La Vignera S, Calogero AE Effects of the insulin-like growth factor system on testicular differentiation and function: a review of the literature. Andrology. 2018 Jan;6(1):3-9. DOI: 10.1111/andr.12444".
4. Award as best Poster presented at the “40° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Endocrinologia, Roma, 2019”. Title of the research: “Effects of insulin on porcine neonatalSertolicellresponsiveness to FSH in-vitro”. Authors: Cannarella R, Arato I, Mancuso F, Condorelli RA; La Vignera S, Luca G, Calogero AE.
5. Winner of the ESHRE Travelling Fellowship grant, for the project: “Role of sperm-carried growth factors in embryogenesis: Possible diagnostic targets?”, 20/7/2020.
6. Selection of the abstract “Childhood obesity: a chance to prevent future male infertility?” (accepted as Poster at ENDO2022) for the ENDO Press Release ENDO 2022 News Conference on Obesity, ENDO2022 Annual Conference, Endocrine Society, Atlanta (GA, USA), 11-14/6/2022
7. Asian Journal of Andrology, Outstanding Paper Award 2022, presented to the article entitled “FSH dosage effect on conventional sperm parameters: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies”, written by Cannarella Rossella, La Vignera Sandro, Condorelli Rosita A, Mongioì Laura M, Calogero Aldo E. Asian Journal of Andrology 2020; 22: 309-316


Editorial activity
Member of the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Endocrinology, Cancer Endocrinology, BMC Urology, Minerva Endocrinology, Asian Journal of Andrology

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