Andrea Biondi, MD

Dr. Biondi became Director in the School of Pediatrics, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy since 2008. From November 2009, He also serves as Director at the Department of Paediatrics, University of Milano-Bicocca, Hosp. S. Gerardo, Monza, Italy and President, at PhD School of Translational and Molecular Medicine (DIMET) – University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. From Oct. 2013 to Oct. 2019, He was Pro-Rector for International Affairs, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

Dr. Biondi received his M.D. at the University of Milan, School of Medicine in 1979. He has been a specialist in Pediatrics, the University of Milan in 1982 and a specialist in Hematology, the University of Bari in 1994.

From 1979 to 1982 he was a research fellow in the Laboratory of Human Immunology "M. Negri" Institute, Milan, Italy. He joined the Department of Tumor Immunology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, as Research Associate in Pathology from 1982 to 1984. Then he served as Research Associate in the Laboratory of Human Immunology "M. Negri" Institute, Milan, Italy from 1984 to 1986, following being Research Associate in Medicine at the Department of Bioresearch, The Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada till 1987.

Major research interests

• Molecular characterization of childhood ALL.
• Minimal residual disease in childhood ALL.
• Molecular characterization of the t(15;17) translocation in acute promyelocytic leukemia.
• Molecular cloning of translocations.
• Molecular and biological characterization of JMML.
• Cellular and genetic manipulation of ALL blasts.
• Development of strategies for immunotherapy of BCP-ALL.
• Conduction of Clinical Trials under GCP conditions (GCP Training certificate on 05 Febr. 2016

No. of publications: 535 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Editorial Board (Internal Medicine)
Terms of Appointment: September 2019 - August 2021;  January 2022 - December 2023;  January 2024 - December 2025