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Dr. Fornoni is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Much of her work has focused on characterizing the molecular mechanism responsible for diabetic complications, mainly kidney disease.
Her research findings indicate that through the direct alteration of unstable regions of genomic DNA, glucose may irreversibly affect the physical properties of glomerular mesangial cells- involved in the regulation of blood flow and filtration within the kidney.
In addition, Dr. Fornoni is investigating the intracellular signaling pathways that are activated in islets by inflammation.
Her research goal is to improve the function and viability of pancreatic islets by identifying new therapeutic targets and translating her basic science findings into clinical studies.
Dr. Fornoni obtained her MD and her PhD degree in Medical Pharmacology at the Universita’ degli Studi di Pavia (Italy). She later joined the laboratory of Renal Cell Biology (Vascular Biology Institute) at the University of Miami, where she worked on animal models of diabetic nephropathy and on the role of mesangial stem cells progenitors.
After 4 years of post-doctoral fellowship, Dr. Fornoni completed a residency program in Internal Medicine and a Fellowship in Nephrology at the University of Miami and is currently Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
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