Fabrizio Piazza, a pharmaceutical biotechnologist, doctor of molecular and translational medicine and professor of Technical Sciences of Laboratory Medicine in the University of Milan-Bicocca’s Department of Medicine and Surgery, has been awarded the Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant (AARG), winning $200,000 in funding through the grant programme promoted by the Alzheimer’s Association, the world’s leading organisation in the field of voluntary work, care, support and research on Alzheimer’s, established in 1980 in the United States.
Professor Piazza was the only scientist in Italy to receive this competitive funding in the call launched last autumn and promoted by the American association to support scientific research in understanding Alzheimer’s disease, identifying new therapeutic strategies, improving care for people with dementia, deepening knowledge of brain health and preventing neurodegenerative diseases.