Prof. Domenico Delfino, M.D., Ph.D., was born in Reggio di Calabria (Italy) on January 1, 1959.  He completed his medical doctor degree at the University of Perugia, his Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine at University “Sapienza” in Rome, Italy, and was a Research Associate at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, USA, from 1991 to 1994.  He holds a position of Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology at the Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia Medical School, Perugia, Italy.  He is the Director of the Master in Physiotherapy for musculoskeletal and rheumatological areas.  He is the President of the Nursing School and a former member of the Bioethical Committee at the University of Perugia.  He is the President Elect of the International Society of Ethnopharmacology, and a member of the Italian Society of Pharmacology, International Association for the Study of Asian Medicine, and Italian Botany Society, and former member of the Italian Societies of Immunology, Immunopharmacology, and Experimental Hematology, International Societies of Natural Immunity and Experimental Hematology, and European Cell Death Organization. His research activity has been focused on the generation of NK cells, thymus apoptosis, and the pharmacological role of glucocorticoids.  His current interests are on the ethnopharmacology of arthritis and cancer and Vietnamese traditional medicine.  He has published 104 papers in peer-reviewed international journals.