Elisa Fabbri

Elisa Fabbri, MD, PhD is a Tenure Track (fixed-term) Assistant Professor at Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences at the University of Bologna in Italy, since 2023. She graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bologna in 2010. She was trained as geriatrician at the same University and she received her degree in Geriatrics in 2017. Moreover, she also did her PhD (graduated in 2019) at the University of Bologna. Her clinical word field is Internal Medicine, with older, frail and complex patients affected by multimorbidity and taking polipharmacy. Her main research activity has been done in collaboration with Dr Ferrucci, Scientific Director of National Institute on Aging (NIA/NIH), Baltimore, MD, USA (since 2013 to today). Her research focuses are 1) understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying aging and multimorbidity; 2) identifying hallmarks of multimorbidity burden; 3) describing the association between multimorbidity and inflammaging; 4) developing strategies aimed at preventing or delaying the onset of multimorbidity and its consequences; 5) optimizing the management and care of older adults with multimorbidity