Emanuela Palmerini

Emanuela Palmerini is a medical oncologist, serving at the Musculoskeletal Oncology Department at the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, in Bologna, Italy, since 2005. Her clinical interests are bone and soft tissue tumours. She is responsible for the phase I-III clinical trials in sarcomas. She collaborates with the Research Laboratories at the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, pioneering new treatments for these rare tumours. Also, she leads research projects at the Cell Therapy Laboratory and the Hemopathology Laboratory at the Institute of Haematology Seragnoli in Bologna, studying the role of tumor microenvironment and immunotherapy in sarcomas. She has been recognized several awards for sarcoma research and research grants. Since 2015 she is faculty member of the Annual Musculoskeletal Tumor Course at IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, she was invited faculty in several sarcoma courses (San Jose, Costa Rica; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cluj Nopoca, Romania) and Educational lecturer at ASCO Annual Meeting in 2018. She obtained a PhD in Oncology, Pathology, Haematology at Bologna University and she is member of “Clinical Research and Drug Strategies” Committee at Alliance Against Cancer. In March 2017 she was appointed the National Academic Qualification as Associate Professor – Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology (06/D3). She is member of several scientific societies (ASCO, ESMO, ISG, CTOS, EORTC, SELNET). She is in the board of Director at European Musculo-Skeletal Oncology Society (EMSOS) and Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) 2021 Annual Meeting Co-Chair. She has authored or co-authored more than 110 publications in indexed journals, 7 book chapters and 2 musculoskeletal tumours atlas (H-index 30)