Prof. Eugenio Baraldi

Curriculum Vitae

Scopus ID: 7006821460
Prof. Baraldi obtained his MD degree (1982) and subsequently specialized in Pediatrics (1986) and Allergy and Immunology (1990) at the University of Padua. In 1990, he joined the Dept. of Pediatrics, Harbor UCLA, USA, as a Research Fellow, before returning to Italy where he became firstly Associate Professor (2005) and then Full Professor of Pediatrics (2010) and Director of the School of Pediatrics, at the University of Padua (2012-2016 and 2020-2024). Prof. Baraldi has also been President of the “Italian Society of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases” (2010-2014) and founder and executive member of ReSViNET, an international network supporting research in the RSV field.
Since 2014, Prof. Baraldi is serving as Director of the Neonatology-Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Director of the Master in Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care (2015-2023), University of Padova. Since 2022 he is director of the Women’s and Children’s Health Department, University of Padova, and Scientific Director Pediatric Research Institute “Città della Speranza”.
He is Coordinator of the project “Metabolomics in Pediatrics”.
Prof. Baraldi is reviewer of research programs for the Italian Ministry for the University and Research (MIUR), the Guidance Committee for the Assessment of Research (CIVR), the Netherlands Asthma Foundation, the Asthma Foundation of Western Australia, Swiss National Science Foundation and HORIZON-HLTH-Diasease-03 (CLARITY Project).
Prof. Baraldi published more than 350 full papers in international journals (h-index 76, > 21.000 citations, source Google Scholar); including NEJM, Lancet, JAMA and AJRCCM. He is included in the list of “Top Italian Scientist” (www.topitalianscientists.org).