Guido Poli

Born in Verona, Italy in 1957
Education
• 1982. M.D. degree, University of Ferrara, Italy (full marks cum laude).
• 1985. Specialist in Oncology, University of Ferrara, Italy (full marks cum laude).
Professional Career & Research Activities
• 1983-1985. Post-graduate fellow, Laboratory of Human Immunology (Head: Alberto Mantovani),
“Mario Negri” Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milano, Italy where he published some of the
earliest papers on monocyte and NK cell defects in HIV infection.
• 1986-1993. Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
(Head: Anthony S. Fauci) where he published several highly cited papers on the earliest in vitro
models of reversible HIV-1 latency by cytokines.
• 1994-to date. Head, AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit (renamed “Human Immuno-Virology [H.I.V.]
in 2021), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy.
• Since 2002. Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology, San Raffaele University School of
Medicine, Milano, Italy (promoted to Full Professorship in 2016). He is currently Chairman of the
Bachelor-equivalent Course of Biotechnological Research in Medicine.
• Since 2020. President, “Patto Trasversale per la Scienza” Association
(https://www.pattoperlascienza.it/)
To date, he has published 282 scientific papers (241 of which indexed by Scopus), mostly on the
pathogenesis of HIV infection, cumulating ca. 11,474 citations, a cumulative impact factor of ca. 1,380 and
an H-index of 58 (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7201724419)
He also co-edited two books:
– Elisa Vicenzi & Guido Poli, Editors. “Human Retroviruses. Methods and Protocols” – Springer
Protocols, Humana Press, 2013. http://rd.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-62703-670-2
– Fabio Romerio, Elisa Vicenzi & Guido Poli, Editors. “HIV Reservoirs: Modeling, Quantification, and
Approaches to a Cure” – Springer Protocols, Humana Press, 2022.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-0716-1871-4
He is Associate Editor or Reviewer for several scientific journals and international funding agencies.
International Membership
Since 2011
• International AIDS Society (IAS): https://www.iasociety.org/guido-poli
• International Collaboration for the Genomics of HIV
Since 2017
• College of Reviewers, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Scientific Advisory Board of the Canadian HIV Cure Enterprise (CanCURE)
Awards
• NIH Award of Merit (1992)
• European Society for Clinical Investigations (ESCI) Award (1999)