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Giorgio Stanta, Professor, M.D., Ph.D.
Giorgio Stanta is Professor of Pathology at the Medicine, Surgery and Health Department at
the University of Trieste. His main interest is molecular medicine and particular translational
and diagnostic molecular pathology, mainly oncology. He is the head of the Molecular
Histopathology Laboratory in the Cattinara Hospital in Trieste. He participates, as an
expert, in the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI).
He is the coordinator of the European Group for molecular analysis in archive tissues of
the European Society of Pathology and he is a member of the Management Board of
“Molecular Pathology Study Group” of “European Society of Pathology” and a member of
the executive committee of the Italian Reference Centre for BBMRI (European Infrastructure
for Biobanking) as an expert in molecular analysis in human tissues and tissue biobanks.
Giorgio Stanta is the coordinator of the European group IMPACTS “Archive tissues: improving
molecular medicine research and clinical practice”, involving around twenty major university
hospitals in 11 countries, with over 100 researchers (
) and the
coordinator of the biobanking network of pathological tissues at the Italian national level
(NIPAB – Network of Italian Pathology Archives Biobank) and he is also the coordinator of
the European biobanking network “Pan-European Archive Tissue Biobanking Network”,
involving European pathologists in collaboration with the European Society of Pathology
(ESP) and with the European Infrastructure for biobanks (BBMRI). He is the editor of the
“Guidelines for Molecular Analysis in Archive Tissues”, those tissues which are fixed and
paraffin embedded (paraffin is the only clinical material used in hospital for any kind of
diagnostics). This book will be soon published by Springer Verlag. Giorgio Stanta was
appointed as an expert by the European Commission for FP7.
Invited guests
Anna Karin Måsbäck, Professor, M.D., Ph.D.
Date of birth: 16 October 1959, Lund, Sweden. Matrial status: Married, 3 children. Education:
MD 1994, Specialist in Pathology and Cytology 2000. Degree: PhD in Medical Science;
Malignant Melanoma in Southern Sweden; Histopathology, Prognosis and Aetiology. 2002-
04-16. Previous positions: Resident Pathol/Cytol Lab, Lund Sept 1994 – 11 juli 2000. Staff
pathologist Pathol/Cytol Lab 12 July 2000 – 30 April 2003. Assistant head of department,
Pathol/Cytol Lab, Lund 2000–2002. Resident advisor at Pathol/Cytol Lab, Lund 2008–
2010. Present position: Senior Staff Pathologist 2003 – current. Reference pathologist
for Gynecologic Pathology in Southern Sweden Health Region May 1999 – current.
Further education: Leadership training program, 2000–2001. Postgraduate course Gynecol
Pathology, Stockholm 13–15/9 2004. Auscultation in Gynecological pathology at MGH,
Boston (Esther Oliva), Boston 6–17 February, 2012. Appointments:. Chairman for the Swedish
group of Quality and Standardization since 2009, including quality assessment and leading
courses in gynecopathology. Author of pathology text in published regional diagnostic
and treatment guidelines for the. Southern Sweden Health Region. Malignant melanoma
2004 and 2009. Endometrial cancer 2005. Ovarian cancer since 2005. Cervical-, vulvar and
vagial cancer 2006 and 2010. Co-author in the pathology text of diagnostic and treatment
guidelines, regional and national, for: South and Eastern Southern Sweden Health Region:.
Endometrial cancer (2010). National guidelines: Endometrial cancer (2011). Epitelial Ovarian
cancer (2011). Non-epitelial ovarian cancer (to be published 2014). Trophoblastic disease
(to be published 2014). Board member in NSGO (Nordic Society of Gynecologic Oncology)
April 2010 – June 2014. Lectures:. Education for Laboratory assistants – Spring 2010, Autumn
2011. Lectures for Medical Students at Lunds Universitet 1998–2005 and on gynecologic
pathology 2009 – current.
