Greetings from Alberto Cauli!! I have recently been appointed Full Professor in Rheumatology at
the University of Cagliari, Italy, as well as Director of the Rheumatology
Division at the University Hospital and coordinator of the Rheumatology
Resident training curriculum.
I started my career as a junior doctor in the
team of Prof. Alessandro Mathieu, my lifelong mentor, then I spent many years
in London at Guy’s and St. Thomas Hospitals, as research fellow of Prof. Panayi
(arthritis clinic) and Dr. Hughes (Lupus Clinic), where I got a PhD in
Rheumatology from King’s College.
Once back in Italy, I have participated in
many collaborative studies - and in 1997 I spent a visitorship stay - with the Department of Autoimmune Diseases of the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, often under the umbrella of
the Euro-Lupus consortium, all focused on genetic, clinical features and therapy of systemic lupus erythematosus. I am currently fellow of SIR,
BSR, ACR, GRAPPA and ASAS.
The friendship
and collaboration with the fabulous colleagues of the Autoimmunity team of the Hospital
Clinic will be reinforced in the contest of the ongoing 3TR EU IMI project
(2019-2025). It is a great honor for me to be part of the Barcelona Clinic
Autoimmunity – Alumni club, I thank Ricard for inviting me to join. My e-mail
address for networking with the other alumni is cauli@unica.it
