{"id":10274,"date":"2026-05-04T14:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/?page_id=10274"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:14:03","slug":"unibs-rector-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/it\/unibs-rector-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIBS Rector Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10274\" class=\"elementor elementor-10274\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da2cac9 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7da2cac9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fc7c21f e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fc7c21f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-517a0584 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"517a0584\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ed7b396 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ed7b396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/brescia-650x650-copia.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9755\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/brescia-650x650-copia.jpg 650w, https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/brescia-650x650-copia-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/brescia-650x650-copia-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/univ-unita.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/brescia-650x650-copia-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58dc3df e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58dc3df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ab939e8 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ab939e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Francesco Castelli\u00a0<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-187cf5c exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"187cf5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Francesco Castelli graduated in Medicine and Surgery with honours in 1983. He then specialised in Infectious Diseases (University of Pavia, 1987) and in Tropical Diseases (University of Milan, 1991). Since 2005 he is Full Professor of Infectious Diseases, and since November 2022 also Rector, of the University of Brescia. He has also held the positions of UNESCO Chair in \u201cTraining and empowering human resources for health development in resource-limited countries\u201d and Director of the Complex Structure of Infectious and Tropical Diseases of the Civil Hospital of Brescia since 2014. He has published more than 500 articles in international, peer-reviews journals and more than 110 treatise and manual chapters. He has an H-index of 63 (Scopus) e 73 (Google Scholar). In 2013 he was included in the list of \u201cTop Italian Scientists\u201d, and in 2021 he received the rank of Officer from the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. 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