{"id":10630,"date":"2025-06-03T12:36:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/2025\/12\/gabrielli-simona\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:19:05","slug":"gabrielli-simona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/2025\/12\/gabrielli-simona\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabrielli Simona"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10630\" class=\"elementor elementor-10630 elementor-8384\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b2f5c72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b2f5c72\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25333428\" data-id=\"25333428\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b44d30a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b44d30a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90de0e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"90de0e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Simona Gabrielli<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38160b2 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"38160b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gabrielli-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10628\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gabrielli-1.png 540w, https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gabrielli-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gabrielli-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gabrielli-1-359x359.png 359w, https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gabrielli-1-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Associate Professor in Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases - SSD MVET-03\/B, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">simona.gabrielli@uniroma1.it<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcc9085 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcc9085\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7ebeae\" data-id=\"e7ebeae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb47ecc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb47ecc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Academic Appointments<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c3e18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45c3e18\" 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<ul><li class=\"p1\">2020: Italian habilitation as Full Professor in the scientific discipline H3\/07 \u201cInfectious and Parasitic Diseases of Animals\u201d<\/li><li class=\"p1\">2009: Specialization school (MSc) in Microbiology and Virology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.<\/li><li class=\"p1\">2005: PhD in Public Health, Sapienza University of Rome in collaboration with the University of Salamanca, Spain.<\/li><li class=\"p1\">2002: Degree in Biological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy<\/li><\/ul>\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-8f96bda elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f96bda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Awards<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa71342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa71342\" 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<ul><li class=\"p1\">2022 Best Oral Communication, 7th European Dirofilaria and Angyostrongylus Days, Madrid 23-25 September 2022<\/li><li class=\"p1\">2017 Fondo Finanziamento Attivit\u00e0 Base di Ricerca FFABR2017-Ministero Universit\u00e0 e Ricerca<\/li><li class=\"p1\">2017 Award EFSA Congress \u201cCircolazione ed impatto dei patogeni enterici in Italia\u201d, Rome\/Italy, 18-10-18.<\/li><li class=\"p1\">2008 EFP Student Scholarship- X European Multicolloquium of Parasitology, Paris\/France, 24-29\/8\/08.<\/li><li class=\"p1\">2008 Award Excellence in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease- 18th ECCMID European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Barcelona\/Spain, 19- 22\/4\/08<\/li><li class=\"p1\">2006 Award Federico Nitti- Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL<\/li><li class=\"p2\">2002 Award Giovani Parassitologi So.I.Pa 2002- XXII Congresso Nazionale Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Parassitologia, Grugliasco (TO), 11-14\/6\/ 2002<\/li><\/ul>\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-8529bda elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8529bda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific interests<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498fe46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"498fe46\" 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 class=\"p1\">Simona Gabrielli is a recognized expert in human parasitic diseases, with particular emphasis on the diagnosis of dirofilariosis in vertebrate hosts, including humans, as well as in vectors. Her research is documented in over 20 peer-reviewed publications on the subject. With a strong background in medical entomology, she has extensive experience in breeding dipteran vectors, including mosquitoes. Currently, she is engaged in research projects focused on the role of extracellular vesicles in the adult stage of the filarial nematode <i>Dirofilaria<\/i> and their potential as vaccine candidates.   <\/p><p class=\"p1\">In addition to her research, she actively participates in educational programs aimed at promoting healthy behaviors, improving healthcare access in low-income countries, and training local healthcare workers in the diagnosis and management of parasitic diseases.<\/p>\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-9cc0d95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9cc0d95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contribution to Science<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85d5a94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85d5a94\" 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 class=\"p1\">Studies on vector-host-parasite interactions<br\/>Molecular epidemiology and diagnosis of vector-borne parasites of medical and veterinary significance<br\/>Ecological niche modeling to predict the potential distribution of Leishmania and Dirofilaria vectors<br\/>Molecular epidemiology of neglected parasitic diseases in low-income countries<br\/>Prevention and control of intestinal parasites and vector-borne diseases in low-income countries <br\/>Surveillance and monitoring of parasitic diseases in blood donors and vulnerable populations<br\/>Development and validation of serological and molecular tools for diagnosing parasitic zoonoses in humans<br\/>Molecular epidemiology of parasitic zoonoses of medical importance<\/p>\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-37d7c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37d7c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5 Selected publications<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9b08b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9b08b7\" 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<ul><li>Gonz\u00e1lez C, Calder\u00f3n JM, L\u00f3pez AM, Bernardini I, Gradoni L, Pombi M, Bongiorno G, <strong>Gabrielli S<\/strong>. Species-specific variation in predicted distribution and habitat suitability of phlebotomine sand flies in Italy under different climate change scenarios. Sci Rep. 2025 Apr 17;15(1):13297. doi: 10.1038\/s41598-025-96296-w.   <\/li><li><strong>Gabrielli S<\/strong>, Brustenga L, Morganti G, Ciuca L, Barlozzari G, Rigamonti G, Orlandi M, Sforna M, Veronesi F. Genetic variability of Dirofilaria repens isolates from humans and dogs in Italy. Vet Parasitol. 2024 Feb;326:110096. doi: 10.1016\/j.vetpar.2023.110096.<\/li><li>Tasi\u0107-Otasevic S, Golubovi\u0107 M, Trichei S, Zdravkovic D, Jordan R, <strong>Gabrielli S<\/strong>. Microfilaremic Dirofilaria repens Infection in Patient from Serbia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Dec;29(12):2548-2550. doi: 10.3201\/eid2912.230796.<\/li><li>Spinicci M, Macchioni F, Gamboa H, Poma V, Villagr\u00e1n AL, Strohmeyer M, Roselli M, Vargas R, Bartoloni A, <strong>Gabrielli S<\/strong>. Persistence of Trypanosoma cruzi vector-borne transmission among school-age children in the Bolivian Chaco documented by 24-month longitudinal serosurveillance. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Jan 3;117(1):58-60. doi: 10.1093\/trstmh\/trac065.    <\/li><li><strong>Gabrielli S<\/strong>, Mangano V, Furzi F, Oliva A, Vita S, Poscia R, Fazii P, Di Paolo J, Marocco R, Mastroianni CM, Bruschi F, Mattiucci S. Molecular Identification of New Cases of Human Dirofilariosis (Dirofilaria repens) in Italy. Pathogens. 2021 Feb 23;10(2):251. doi: 10.3390\/pathogens10020251.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed18a22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed18a22\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51be655\" data-id=\"51be655\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f77c831 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f77c831\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">On-going Grants <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e16126 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"7e16126\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<table class=\"ricercatori-table\">\n    <tr class=\"ricercatori-table-head\">\n        <td>Project Title <\/td>\n        <td>Funding source <\/td>\n        <td>Amount (Euros) <\/td>\n        <td>Period <\/td>\n        <td>Role of the PI <\/td> \n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"ricercatori-table-row\">\n        <td>Development of Aedes albopictus \/ Dirofilaria immitis experimental model for the study of host-parasite interactions\n\n<\/td>\n<td>Progetti di Ricerca, Universit\u00e0 Sapienza \nProt. RM123188F416446B\n\n<\/td>\n<td>10.600 <\/td>\n<td>2023-2026\n<\/td> <td>PI (20% of time) <\/td> <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"ricercatori-table-row\">\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca88149 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca88149\" 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><b>Complete list of published work in MyBibliography: <br><\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=gabrielli+simona&#038;size=50\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=gabrielli+simona&#038;size=50<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><strong>KEYWORDS:<\/strong><\/p><p>Parasitic diseases; Vector-borne parasitic diseases; Vectors; Zoonosis; Diagnosis; Surveillance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simona Gabrielli Associate Professor in Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases &#8211; SSD MVET-03\/B, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases simona.gabrielli@uniroma1.it Academic Appointments 2020: Italian habilitation as Full Professor in the scientific discipline H3\/07 \u201cInfectious and Parasitic Diseases of Animals\u201d 2009: Specialization school (MSc) in Microbiology and Virology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. 2005: PhD in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sapienza-researchers-funded-by-istituto-pasteur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10630"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10632,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions\/10632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutopasteuritalia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}