Gianna Moscato

Servizio Autonomo di Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, Fondazione Maugeri, IRCCS, Italy

Gianna Moscato is Head of the Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Institute for Care and Research at the Scientific Institute of Pavia. Her academic appointments include Professor of Respiratory and Occupational Allergy for the Postgraduate Schools of Occupational Medicine and Allergy and Immunology of the University of Pavia. Since 1997, she has been Professor of Allergy to chemicals for the Postgraduate School of Medical Toxicology there, and since 1988, she has acted as Course Coordinator for the Postgraduate School of Allergy and Immunology.

Professor Moscato’s research centres on respiratory allergy, particularly occupational asthma. She serves on the Editorial Board of Monaldi Archives of Chest Diseases, Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro e della Riabilitazione, and Giornale Italiano di Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica. Dr Moscato is a member of numerous Italian, European and international professional societies. She is Secretary of the Interest Group on Occupational Allergy of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Coordinator of the Working Group on Occupational Allergy for the Italian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (SIAIC) and of the Italian Association of Pneumologists (AIPO).

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Respiratory Disorders > Environmental & Occupational Lung Diseases (since 14 November 2005)

Gianna Moscato is a Section Head for Environmental & Occupational Lung Diseases, part of the RESPIRATORY DISORDERS Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

All recent recommendations

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  Exposure-response analysis of allergy and respiratory symptoms in endotoxin-exposed adults.
  Recommended by Jan-Paul Zock, Gianna Moscato with Gianni Pala
  
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  Prediction of challenge test results by flour-specific IgE and skin prick test in symptomatic bakers.
  Recommended by Gianna Moscato with Gianni Pala
  
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  Factors associated with severity of occupational asthma with a latency period at diagnosis.
  Recommended by Gianna Moscato with Gianni Pala
  
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  Vocal cord dysfunction in former World Trade Center (WTC) rescue and recovery workers and volunteers.
  Recommended by Gianna Moscato with Gianni Pala
  
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  Respiratory symptoms, pulmonary function, and markers of inflammation among bar workers before and after a legislative ban on smoking in public places.
  Recommended by Kay Tee Khaw, Gianna Moscato
  
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  Interior surface materials and asthma in adults: a population-based incident case-control study.
  Recommended by Gianna Moscato
  
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  Airway inflammation in occupational asthma caused by styrene.
  Recommended by Gianna Moscato
  
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  Primary prevention of latex related sensitisation and occupational asthma: a systematic review.
  Recommended by Gianna Moscato
  
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  Incidence of work-related asthma in members of a health maintenance organization.
  Recommended by Gianna Moscato