Education:

High school, classical studies, Liceo “J. Sannazzaro” Naples, Italy 1971
Medical degree University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy, 1977

Positions held:

1981.1990 Post doctoral Fellow, Centro di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale, National Research Council Naples Italy
1990.1994 Researcher, Centro di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale, National Research Council Naples Italy
1995.1998 Assistant Professor of General Pathology University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
1998-2001 Associate Professor of General Pathology University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
2001-present Full Professor of Medical Genetics, University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

Research interests:

1) Gene structure and regulation
2) Genetics of complex diseases
2) Computer simulation and artificial intelligence
3) Genetics of inherited neurological disorders
4) Computational approach to the study of human evolution

1: Bozzetto L, Prinster A, Cocozza S, Rivellese AA, Annuzzi G. Role of type 2
diabetes mellitus in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Eur J Clin Invest. 2011
May 23. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2011.02542.x. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID:
21605116.
2: Saccà F, Piro R, De Michele G, Acquaviva F, Antenora A, Carlomagno G, Cocozza
S, Denaro A, Guacci A, Marsili A, Perrotta G, Puorro G, Cittadini A, Filla A.
Epoetin alfa increases frataxin production in Friedreich's ataxia without
affecting hematocrit. Mov Disord. 2011 Mar;26(4):739-42. doi: 10.1002/mds.23435.
Epub 2010 Nov 10. PubMed PMID: 21506154.
3: Saccà F, Puorro G, Antenora A, Marsili A, Denaro A, Piro R, Sorrentino P, Pane
C, Tessa A, Brescia Morra V, Cocozza S, De Michele G, Santorelli FM, Filla A. A
combined nucleic acid and protein analysis in Friedreich ataxia: implications for
diagnosis, pathogenesis and clinical trial design. PLoS One. 2011 Mar
11;6(3):e17627. PubMed PMID: 21412413; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3055871.
4: Amato R, Pinelli M, Monticelli A, Miele G, Cocozza S. Schizophrenia and
vitamin D related genes could have been subject to latitude-driven adaptation.
BMC Evol Biol. 2010 Nov 11;10:351. PubMed PMID: 21070662; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC2996405.
5: Saccà F, Piro R, De Michele G, Acquaviva F, Antenora A, Carlomagno G, Cocozza
S, Denaro A, Guacci A, Marsili A, Perrotta G, Puorro G, Cittadini A, Filla A.
Epoetin alfa increases frataxin production in Friedreich's ataxia without
affecting hematocrit. Mov Disord. 2010 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID:
21069859.
6: Lapice E, Pinelli M, Pisu E, Monticelli A, Gambino R, Pagano G, Valsecchi S,
Cocozza S, Riccardi G, Vaccaro O. Uncoupling protein 2 G(-866)A polymorphism: a
new gene polymorphism associated with C-reactive protein in type 2 diabetic
patients. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2010 Oct 28;9:68. PubMed PMID: 21029457; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC2987999.
7: Keller S, Sarchiapone M, Zarrilli F, Videtic A, Ferraro A, Carli V, Sacchetti
S, Lembo F, Angiolillo A, Jovanovic N, Pisanti F, Tomaiuolo R, Monticelli A,
Balazic J, Roy A, Marusic A, Cocozza S, Fusco A, Bruni CB, Castaldo G, Chiariotti
L. Increased BDNF promoter methylation in the Wernicke area of suicide subjects.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010 Mar;67(3):258-67. PubMed PMID: 20194826.
8: Amato R, Pinelli M, D'Andrea D, Miele G, Nicodemi M, Raiconi G, Cocozza S. A
novel approach to simulate gene-environment interactions in complex diseases. BMC
Bioinformatics. 2010 Jan 5;11:8. PubMed PMID: 20051127; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC2824681.
9: Amato R, Pinelli M, Monticelli A, Marino D, Miele G, Cocozza S. Genome-wide
scan for signatures of human population differentiation and their relationship
with natural selection, functional pathways and diseases. PLoS One. 2009 Nov
20;4(11):e7927. PubMed PMID: 19936260; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2775949.
10: Coppola G, Marmolino D, Lu D, Wang Q, Cnop M, Rai M, Acquaviva F, Cocozza S,

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