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Giulia Rastrelli; DOB: July 18th, 1984
H-index: 46 according to Scopus last accessed March 25th 2022
Employment:
- 1st December 2020-present: Associate Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Florence (settore concorsuale 06/D2, SSD MED/13)
- 1st December 2017–30th November 2020: Assistant Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Florence (RTD di tipologia b, settore concorsuale 06/D2, SSD MED/13)
- 8th August 2013-21 July 2017: Resident Student in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at the University of Florence, Italy
- May 2016-July 2016 and October 2013–December 2013: Visiting Research Fellow at the Andrology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Directed by Prof. Frederick Wu
- 1st July 2010-30th June 2013: Research Fellow at the Sexual Medicine and Andrology Unit directed by Prof. Mario Maggi, Department of Biomedicine, University of Florence, Italy
Education:
- 19th March 2020: Master Degree in Andrology and Reproductive Medicine at the University of Florence (full marks)
- 21st July 2017: Degree in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at the University of Florence (70 cum laude/70)
- 5th April 2013: PhD Degree in Endocrinological, Molecular and Regenerative Sciences at the University of Florence
- 22nd March 2010: Registration in Professional Register Physicians of Florence
- 23rd October 2009: Medical Degree at the University of Florence (110 cum laude/110)
Honors and awards:
- Awarded for “Franco Dondero” award (2013) at XXXVI Congress of SIE (Italian Endocrinological Society) for the best researcher under 32 years
- Awarded as Golden Communication at the 8th European Congress of Andrology, (EAA meeting), 15th-17th October 2014, Barcelona, Spain, for the Abstract entitled “Association between Endogenous Testosterone Levels, Sexual Dysfunction and PDE5i Use in the Registry of Hypogonadism in Men (RHYME)”
- Awarded of “Androyoung” award at the XI National Congress of the Italian Society of Sexual Medicine and Andrology. Cagliari, 13-15 November 2014 for the abstract entitled “Clinical differences between treated and not treated hypogonadal men: results from the SIAMO-NOI study”
- Awarded of the “Silver Prize” for the discussed poster “Testosterone treatment is not associated with increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events: results from the Registry of Hypogonadism in Men (RHYME)” at the 88th National Congress of the Italian Society of Endocrinology. Taormina 27-30 May 2015
- Awarded at the 18th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine (Madrid 4-6 February 2016) for the best oral presentation in clinical studies on Male Sexual Dysfunction with the abstract “How to define hypogonadism? Results from a population of men consulting for sexual dysfunction”
- Best publication of 2015 in Male Reproduction in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism for the article “Development of and Recovery from Secondary Hypogonadism in Aging Men: Prospective Results from the EMAS”
- Awarded to “Bayer scholarship 2016” from the European Academy of Andrology for the best application to attend a training in one of the EAA centres to improve personal knowledge and research skills in clinical/basic Andrology
- Awarded to "Outstanding Reviewer for The Journal of Sexual Medicine in 2017" from the Editors-in-Chief of Journal of Sexual Medicine at the 20th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine/21st World Meeting of the International Society for Sexual Medicine February 28 – March 3, 2018 Lisbon, Portugal
- Awarded at the World Meeting on Sexual Medicine (Lisbon 28 February – 3 March 2018) for the best oral presentation in clinical studies on Male Sexual Dysfunction with the abstract “Testosterone replacement therapy is able to reduce prostate inflammation in men with BPH, metabolic syndrome and hypogonadism: preliminary results from a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial”.
- Awarded at the Endocrine Society’s 100th Annual Meeting & Expo “ENDO 2018” – Chicago, IL, USA - March, 17-20 2018 for the best poster presented in the Presidential Poster Competition for the category Reproductive Endocrinology with the abstract “Symptomatic Androgen Deficiency Develops only When Both Total and Free Testosterone Decline in Incident Secondary Hypogonadism: Prospective Results from the EMAS”
Grants
- PRIN 2017: Oncofertility & oncosexuality. Coordinator of the Florence Unit. PI and coordinator of the entire Project: Prof Alberto Ferlin. Participant Units: University of Brescia, University of Florence, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Univesity of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Politechnical University Of Marche
- Grant for Researchers RTD of the University of Florence 2018: Study on the effect of testosterone treatment on inflammatory parameters and on clinical scores in patients with Crohn’s disease
Direction or participation in research group activity characterized by national or international collaboration:
- “European Male Ageing Study”. Project funded by the European Community in the context of “Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources” program. (Grant ID: QLK6-CT-2001-00258) for the study of ageing in men: European prospective observational multicentre study. Position as member of the “Policy Co-ordinating Committee” from May 2017 to date
- SIAMsO-NOI: Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della sessualità Osservatorio Nazionale Outcome Ipogonadismo. National multicentre longitudinal study on Hypogonadism in adult men: Position as Director and coordinator
- Registry of Hypogonadism in Men (RHYME), Clinical Research Associate, New England Research Institute, Inc. Position as Sub-investigator
- Responsible for Florence Reasearch Unit on the project “Oncofertility and oncosexuality" awarderd with a national grant in the PRIN Program 2017, coordinated by Prof. Alberto Ferlin.
Main presentations as invited speaker:
- 98th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society ENDO 2016 Boston 1-4 April 2016: Development of and Recovery from Secondary Hypogonadism in Aging Men: Prospective Results from the EMAS in an oral slot of the session Best of JCEM
- 9th European Congress of Andrology (EAA meeting) 21st-23rd September 2016 Rotterdam The Netherlands: Development of and Recovery from Secondary Hypogonadism in Ageing Men: Prospective Results from the EMAS
- 39th National Congress Società Italiana di Endocrinologia Roma 21-24 May 2017 L’erezione: specchio di ormoni e metabolismo
- 3rd World Summit on Men’s Sexual Health, Vienna 5-6 October 2018: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of TRT in Hypogonadal Men with the Metabolic Syndrome - PROSTATE EFFECTS
- 3rd World Summit on Men’s Sexual Health, Vienna 5-6 October 2018: Lessons From The EMAS Study In Clinical Practice
- XIII SIAMS National Congress, Catania 25-27 October 2018: Testosterone e prostata, da rivali a possibili alleati
- 21st Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine 14 - 16 February 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia: Post-Finasteride Syndrome: between myth and reality - A clinical case
- 40th National Congress Società Italiana di Endocrinologia. 29 May – 1 June 2019, Rome –Italy. Danno d’organo nel diabete: le nuove prospettive terapeutiche – “Ipogonadismo maschile nel diabete mellito"
- 4th World Summit on Men's Health 2019. Budapest 27-28th September 2019. “Lessons from the EMAS Study in Clinical Practice”
- 4th World Summit on Men's Health 2019. Budapest 27-28th September 2019. “Diagnostic Procedures in Hypogonadism”
- 22nd Congress of the European Society of Sexual Medicine. January 23-25, 2020. Prague, Czech Republic. Testosterone and the prostate: is it safe?
- Incontri Italiani di Endocrinologia e Metabolismo – Virtual Congress 15-17 October 2020: COVID-19 and testosterone
- E-PRISM WEBINAR, 26th November 2020: Testosterone and COVID19
- Virtual Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine 2021– February 19-20, 2021: Testosterone treatment in special populations: obese men
- Nazional Congress Società Italiana di Endocrinologia 14-17 July 2021, Rome: MEET THE EXPERT - Disfunzione erettile, le terapie di una malattia endocrina: La chimica
- Webinar Cattedra UNESCO 16 June 2021: COVID-19 e… Fattori di rischio e outcome clinici
- ESSM Webinar October, 14 2021: Penile size dissatisfaction from physiology to management: When hormones are not enough
- XIV SIAMS National Congress, Bologna 21-23 October 2021: Sindrome metabolica, prostata e infiammazione: un focus sulla fertilità
- 23rd Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine (Virtual)– February 17-19, 2022: Subclinical/compensated male hypogonadism: to treat or not to treat?
Scientific society membership:
Italian Society of Endocrinology (since 2011)
Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (since 2013)
European Society of Sexual Medicine (since 2014)
Academician of European Academy of Andrology (since 2015)
Italian Society of Obesity (since 2015)
Endocrine Society (since 2016)
European Society of Endocrinology (since 2019)
Member of the Editorial Board of Sexual Medicine Reviews, Journal of Sexual Medicine, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, Frontiers in Endocrinology
Scientific interests and research areas:
Authors of more than 150 peer-reviewed articles on the following areas
- Testis physiopathology and clinical correlates in men consulting for sexual dysfunction
- Testis physiopathology and functional modifications in ageing men participating in the multicentre prospective study "European Male Ageing Study"
- Effectiveness of testosterone therapy in adult men
- Safety of testosterone therapy in adult men
- Erectile dysfunction and clinical correlates, including metabolic disorders and cardiovascular risk
- Role of prolactin in men with sexual dysfunction and men from general population
H-index: 46 according to Scopus last accessed August 31st 2022