Franco Contaldo

Professsor Franco Contaldo graduated in Medicine in 1972; and thereafter postgraduate fellow at the Schools of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Human Nutrition and Internal Medicine. In 1979, visiting research associate, Energy Regulation Group (Prof. P. Trayhurn and Prof. W.P.T. James), Dunn Nutritional Laboratory Medical Research Council ( MRC ) and University of Cambridge, UK.
1988, visiting research associate, Protein Metabolism Unit (Dr. D. Halliday), Clinical Research Centre, MRC, Northwich Park Hospital, London, UK.
1995 ( June-July ), visiting professor at the Clinical Nutrition Unit (Prof. P. Soeters) of the Medical School, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands.
From 1987 to 1990, Associate Professor of Nutrition at the Faculty of Biology, University of Lecce.
From 1990 up to now, Professor of Internal Medicine, Chair of Clinical Nutrition, Federico II University Medical School, Naples.
From 1994 to 1997, Director of the Post-graduate School of Human Nutrition, Federico II University Medical School, Naples.
From 1995 to 2002 Chief Editor of the “Giornale Italiano di Nutrizione Clinica e Metabolismo”
From 1996 to 1998, chairman of the Italian Society for the Study of Obesity.
From 1996 to 2002, member of the Council of the Italian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
From 1997 to present, member of several Committee of the Italian Public Health Ministry for several Clinical Nutrition topics
From 1999 to present, Director of the “Centro Interuniversitario di Studio e Ricerca Sull’Obesità e Disturbi del Comportamento Alimentare” (Interuniversity Center for the Study of Obesity and Eating Disorders) between Università Statale di Milano and Università Federico II di Napoli.
From September 2000 to October 2008, Director of the Clinical Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Federico II, Napoli
From March to May 2001 member of the Committee of the Health Ministry for Indications to Artificial Nutrition in terminal patients
From December 2004 to December 2006 member of the National Committee for Food Safety ( ministry of Health and ministry of Agriculture )
From May 2005 member of the Committee of the Health Ministry for Guidelines to Artificial Nutrition
From June 2006 to June 2010 Chairman of the Federation of Italian Scientific Societies of Nutrition
From November 2009 to November 2013 Chairman of the Ph D School in Food Science and Nutrition of the Federico II University in Napoli