Prof. Giovanni Rezza

Graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1978, he specialized in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine in 1982, and in Infectious Diseases in 1986. From 1991 he was Research Director at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome, where he was Director of the Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases from 2009. Since December 2023 he holds the role of Extraordinary Professor of Hygiene and Public Health at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan.

An expert on HIV and emerging infections such as Chikungunya, West Nile, influenza, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever and Q fever, he carried out epidemiological investigations in Italy and abroad, where he worked on behalf of the World Health Organization and of Italian and European Union cooperation. He also managed research projects on AIDS and other infectious diseases.