Paolo Bonanni graduated in Medicine and Surgery (MD) in 1985 and got two specializations in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine at the University of Genoa, Italy.
From 1992 to 2000 he was Associate Professor, and since 2000 he is Full Professor of Hygiene in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Florence, Italy.
His scientific activity has covered the epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases, particularly viral hepatitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, influenza, measles, rubella, varicella, and, most recently, bacterial invasive diseases and HPV, including clinical trials and economic evaluation of vaccination strategies.
He has been a member of the National Vaccination Commission of the Italian Ministry of Health, and he acts as an expert consultant for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) based in Stockholm.
He is standing adviser of the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB), an international independent committee of experts in viral hepatitis prevention.
Paolo Bonanni is the author or co-author of 200 scientific papers published in international and national journals.
He received several grants from the Italian Ministry of University on projects regarding vaccine-preventable infections and was responsible of a research unit in 3 EU-funded projects named ANTRES (antibiotic resistance in Latin America), EURO-HEPNET (feasibility of a EU network for surveillance of vaccine-preventable hepatitis) and VACSATC (vaccine safety, attitudes and training).
Paolo Bonanni is the Director of the University of Florence Post-Graduate Course on ‘Vaccines and Vaccination Strategies’, established in 2001, 11 editions of which have been followed by over 550 Italian MDs (mostly public health doctors and paediatricians) coming from all over the country.
