Affiliation: University of Calabria, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology [Operative Unit of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Research, (INRC)], Dept. Biology, E. and E.S. (DiBEST), 87036, Cosenza, Italy

Dr. Carmine Rocca is an Assistant Professor in Physiology at the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology (Operative Unit of the National Institute for Cardiovascular Research), University of Calabria, Italy. He received the BS and MS in Biology with full marks from University of Calabria and his PhD in Life Sciences (Section: Cardiovascular Physiology) from the same university and the international PhD in Integrative Biology, Health and Environment (Section: Clinical Biology) from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) U1239, Unit of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Communication, University of Rouen, France.

Dr. Rocca’s research activity is largely focused on cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology and on systemic and cardiac metabolism at the molecular, cellular, tissue, and organ levels. The results obtained so far have expanded the knowledge about the circuits that maintain cardiac and cardiovascular homeostasis in physiological conditions and in the presence of pathophysiological stresses, with relative biomedical impact, as evinced by his publications in international ISI journals.

Dr. Rocca’s research aims to clarify, in small pre-clinical models, the physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the actions of hormones, proteins, peptides, receptors, and molecular targets as cardiovascular and/or metabolic regulators and potential cardioprotective approaches for the prevention and treatment of myocardial ischemia and heart failure secondary to ischemia/reperfusion injury, neurohormonal stimulation, hypertension, metabolic syndrome and chemotherapy.

Dr. Rocca is a member of the International Society for Heart Research (ISHR), Italian Society of Cardiovascular Research (SIRC) and Italian Physiological Society (SIF).