Ilaria Capua#
| Membership Number: | 5557 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Present and Previous Positions
- Preeminent Professor, Director of the One Health Center of Excellence for Research and Training, University of Florida, USA
- Member of the Italian Parliament (15 March 2013- 28 September 2016), in the polical party founded by former Prime Minister and EU Commissioner, Mario Monti
- Vice- President of the 7th Parliamentary Commission “Culture, Science and Educacion”Director of the Division of Comparative Biomedical Sciences at the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Legnaro (Padova - Italy)
- Director of the FAO/OIE and National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease, OIE and National Collaborating Center for Diseases at the Human - Animal Interface
Fields of Scholarship
- Virology
- Epizootic diseases
Honours and Awards
- 2019 - Prize for American-Italian Relations (PAIR) award from the Center for American Studies
- 2019 - Honorary Doctorate in Health and Veterinary Experimental Sciences from the University of Perugia in Italy
- 2018 - Gerolamo Cardano International Gold Medal from the University of Pavia in Italy for her outstanding contributions, including research which has made a significant influence on the world
- 2018 - Golden Apple International Award from Marisa Bellisario Foundation in recognition of career achievements
- 2017 - International literary prize for Science and Arts, Fondazione PescarAbruzzo
- 2017 - Schofield Medal, University of Guelph
- 2014 - Excellence Award in the field of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases by ESCMID the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
- 2013 - “Guido Lenghi e Flaviano Magrassi” International award by the Italian Academy of Sciences (Accademia dei Lincei)
- 2013 - Inducted into the Hall of Fame of the World Veterinary Poultry Association
- 2012 - Gordon Memorial Medal (UK) for her distinguished contributions to poultry science
- 2011 - Penn Vet World Leadership in Animal Health Award from the University of Pennsylvania (USA), the most prestigious award in veterinary medicine
- 2008 - “Revolutionary Mind” by Seed magazine for his leadership role in sharing information internationally
- 2008 - Charnock Bradeley Lecture, University of Edinburgh
- 2007 - Scientific American 50, awarded annually to the world's top 50 researchers for leadership in science policy
- 2006 - PROMED 2006 “Reporting on the Internet”
- 2005 - Career Achievement Award of “Houghton Trust” (UK)
