Founders
Prof. Paolo Gasparini, MD, PhD
Full Professor of Medical Genetics at the University of Trieste, Director of the Department of Advanced Diagnosis and Clinical Research and Director of the Medical Genetics service, at the IRCCS Burlo Garofolo Children's Hospital of Trieste.
Winner of the Great Hippocrates Prize in 2011, thanks to his studies on the relationships between genome, dietary behavior and health implications.
He was director of the genetics division of the Sidra hospital (Doha, Qatar).
He has more than 300 publications in peer-reviewed international journals, with a total Impact Factor higher than 1900.
In 2020 he was appointed Expert in the "transfer of genomic therapy into clinical practice" by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (National Institute of Health).
In 2021 he was appointed President of the Italian Society of Human Genetics (SIGU), the national reference structure for topics of scientific and health interest concerning Human Genetics in all its applicative aspects.
Ing. Francesco Menegoni, PhD
G&life CEO, Biomedical engineer, doctor of bioengineering.
He was biomedical researcher at the Politecnico di Milano and at the Italian Auxological Institute: in particular, the study of biomedical computer science and the biomechanics of human movement also in relation to obesity. In these fields he is the author of numerous international scientific publications.
In 2020 he was appointed National Expert by the Italian Ministry of Innovation and Digitization.
