Degree in Medicine (1989), postgraduate in Internal Medicine (1994, University of Bari Medical School, Italy). Medical assistant (Internal Medicine) and academic fellow at the Clinica Medica “A. Murri”, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy. Research activities in various biomedical fields (metabolism, environmental health, internal medicine, gastroenterology, functional studies, liver, biomonitoring, epidemiology). Reviewer for international scientific journals. Languages Italian, English Scientific Memberships Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI); European Society of Clinical Investigation (ESCI); Fellow in the Collegium Ramazzini; International Society of Doctors for Environment (ISDE). Research interests: metabolism, environmental health, internal medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology, non-invasive functional studies, biomonitoring, epidemiology.