Carlo Giaquinto, MD

Carlo Giaquinto, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Padova, he is Head of the Paediatric AIDS and ID Unit at the Department of Women and Child Health of Padova. Chair of PENTA-ID Network and President of the PENTA Foundation. Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London till 2010. 
He spent more than 30 years on HIV research in both developed and developing countries with specific interest on clinical trials and observational research. Other areas of interest includes antibiotics, paediatric medicine and vaccinology. Since 1992 he has coordinated several large EU funded research projects (TEDDY, PENTA/ECS, ACTIVATE, PENTA/LABNET, NEOMERO, GRIP, NeoVanc) and is participating representing paediatric network and expertise in many others..
He is Author/co-author of more than 250 publications in peer-reviewed and has been invited as speaker at more than 300 conferences and international workshops across the world.