Giovanfrancesco Ferrari

Professional Activities

  • Research Assistant, Department for Pharmaceutical Medicine, Swiss Tropical Institute
  • Assisting the Swiss Tropical Institute Office in Kinshasa, DRC, in the planning, implementation and conduct of projects in the framework of the Alliance for Clinical Research and Clinical Epidemiology, ARCEAU-RDC

Higher Education & Qualifications

  • 2007 Postgraduate in Tropical Medicine and International Health. Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
  • 2000 University degree in Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology Major. University of Milan, Italy

Work Experience

  • September 2009 – present Research Assistant, Swiss Tropical Institute
  • January 2009 – September 2009 Research Assistant in the Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy
  • June 2007 – September 2008 Laboratory Technician for Médecins Sans Frontières in Sierra Leone and Ethiopia
  • February 2002 – May 2006 Research Assistant in the Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Centre for the study of mitochondrial disorders of infancy and childhood, Institute of Neurology C. Besta, Milan, Italy
  • March 2001 – October 2001 Research Assistant at the School of Biological Sciences, Conservation Genetics laboratory, University of  New South Wales, Sydney, Australia