Prof. Maria Luisa Brandi

Prof. Maria Luisa Brandi is Full Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at the University of Florence, Florence, Italy, where she directs the Regional Program on Hereditary Endocrine Tumors and the Bone Metabolic Unit. The Unit is active both in clinical and in basic research for bone and mineral metabolic disorders. Her basic background is in molecular endocrinology applied to clinical medicine. Prof. Brandi has developed several novel cell biological models used in basic research worldwide. Her reputation in the area of bone and mineral metabolism is well recognized nationally and internationally. She owns 7 patents, has published over 800 papers in peer- reviewed journals and written 250 chapters for various books. She has been and is currently the main investigator for several major applications granted from national and international agencies and institutions.

She is currently the President of Fondazione Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sulle Malattie dell’Osso (FIRMO), the President of Osservatorio Fratture de Fragilità (OFF), and she serves as a member of the Board and of the Scientific Committee of the International Osteoporosis Foundation. She is the Chair of the IOF Capture the Fracture® initiative. She is also a Board member of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis and the Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Bone Fragility.