Chiara Zuccato

Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, University of Milan

Dr Chiara Zuccato is Assistant Professor at the University of Milan's School of Pharmacy.  Her research is focused on Huntington's Disease, and includes the identification of a potential target for the screening of drugs useful in the disease.  For this work she received an award from the association "Ricerca in Movimento" (Rome). In 2005 she received a CRUI-British Council grant for collaborative research with Prof. N. Buckley (UK), and in 2006 was awarded with "Le Scienze" Price for Medicine and with a Medal from the President of the Italian Republic.