Mauro Bologna received his MD Degree with honors from the University of L'Aquila (Italy) medical school in 1976. After some years spent as Research Associate at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla CA, USA, in the Renato Dulbecco Lab), he worked as Assistant Professor (1978-1990) and later as Associate Professor of General Pathology (1990-2001) and finally as full Professor of General Pathology (2001-2023) at the Department of Medicine, Health and Environment of the University of L'Aquila (Italy). In 2024, he was granted the title of Emeritus Professor of General Pathology by the Research and University Ministry of Italy. His research topics mainly include: human cell culture, breast cancer, monoclonal antibodies, prostate cancer, environmental pathology, pathophysiology, psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunological integration of care. He is currently President of the Italian Society of Psychoneuroendocrineimmunology (SIPNEI), Rome, Italy (www.sipnei.it).