Alessandra Marengoni

Alessandra Marengoni is a medical doctor, specialized in Internal Medicine at the University of Brescia (Italy) and PhD in Geriatric Epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet. Alessandra Marengoni is currently employed as Full Professor at the University of Brescia, Italy. She is the Director of the Geriatric Unit of one of the main hospitals in Northern Italy. She is currently associated to the Ageing Research Center - KI and she is involved in the research group studying multimorbidity in the older population. 

Memberships

Past President of the Italian Geriatrics and Gerontology Society - Lombardy Region

Member of the Steering Committee REPOSI, the Italian Internal Medicine Polypharmacy Register from 2008 - on

Member of the Lorenzini Medical Foundation New York - Milan

Member of the Geriatrics Steering Committee- Italian Medicine Agency from 2013 to 2015

Member of 'ACTION A1 ON PRESCRIPTION AND ADHERENCE TO MEDICAL PLANS' OF THE EIP - EUROPEAN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP ON ACTIVE AND HEALTHY AGING from 2013 to 2015

Education
1996: Graduated in Medicine, University of Brescia, IT

2002: Specialized in Internal Medicine, University of Brescia, IT

2008: PhD in Geriatric Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Doctoral thesis: ‘Prevalence and impact of chronic diseases and multimorbidity in the ageing population’. Examining opponent: Luigi Ferrucci, National Institute of Aging, Baltimore, US

Academic honours, awards and prizes
2005 e 2009: 2 Grants (15000 SEK) from the Lerici Foundation, Italienska Kulturhuset, Stockholm

2009, 2010 e 2011: 3 Grants (80000, 70000 e 100000 SEK) from the Loo and Hans Osterman Foundation, Karolinska Institutet

     2012: Local Investigator ELICHADE, 'Effect of an integrated e-learning, based on multidimensional geriatric assessment in improving the quality of prescription drug in hospitalized patients', funded by the Italian Agency of Medicine

·  2013: Principal Investigator ‘ANZIANI IN-RETE, Aging, health and social NETWORK in elderly residents in Brescia' Italy, funded by Eulo Foundation 

·  2016: Co-investigator ‘MULTIPAP Effectiveness of an intervention for improving drug prescription in primary care patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: study protocol of a cluster randomized clinical trial’, funded by Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Spain 

·  2018: Co-investigator ‘SOCIABLE - SOCIal infrastructure and cognitive ABiLitiEs in an ageing population’ funded by Cariplo Foundation 

·  2020: Co-investigator project ‘FRACOVID: The effect of frailty on the clinical outcomes of patients affected by COVID-19: FraCOVID study’ funded by the Cariplo Foundation 

·   2022: Co-investigator “Understanding the complex and progressive care needs of older adults with cognitive disorders to personalize and time care delivery” funded by the Swedish Research Council 

·   2023: Principal Investigator “Prediction and early IDentification of coronavirus disease 2019 severity in older persons through multiple biomarkers of FRAILTY: FRAILTY-ID” – funded by the Italian Ministry of University 

·   2023: Co-Investigator “Continuing Education and Prevention for Active Aging (AGER) Fostering success stories in the transition from work to retirement” funded by the Italian Ministry of University

·    2024: Co-Investigator “Optimizing Prevention of hospital-acquired disability Through Integrated Multidomain interventions: the Age-IT project - Ottimizzazione della Prevenzione della Disabilità Acquisita in Ospedale Attraverso Interventi Integrati Multidominio: il Progetto Age-IT. OPTIMAge-IT

22024:  Principal Investigator "BRAIN HEALTH ASSESSMENT IN CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASES: THE IMPACT OF FRAILTY AND BIOMARKERS ON HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT" funded by bPNRR Mission 6

Alessandra Marengoni is interested in the following research lines:

- Clusters of diseases and patterns of multimorbidity;
- Co-morbidities and dementia progression;
- Models and biomarkers of frailty

Authtor of more than 250 publications on ISI journals. Scopus H-Index 56

Full Professor of Geriatrics at Public Health, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics post-graduate schools at the University of Brescia, IT

Full Professor of Geriatrics at Medical School, Nursing and Physiotherapic Schools, University of Brescia, IT

Director of the post-gradute school of Geriatrics, University of Brescia, IT