Professor Diabetes - Immunovirology at Faculty of Medicine, Lund University and a MD in pediatrics. He is Principal Investigator in EXODIAB, a joint strategic research initiative in the diabetes area at Lund University (LU) and Uppsala University (UU) with the aim to create a national leading resource for diabetes research.
Corrado Cilio’s research focus is on the immunological mechanisms underlying autoimmune diseases. “We need to learn how the immune system works in order to understand what happens when it doesn’t, when the body’s own tissues are attacked and people get sick”, says Corrado Cilio.
Corrado Cilio came to Sweden from Rome in Italy where he studied medicine and started working on his doctoral thesis. He did one year of his specialist training in Umeå where he was offered to continue his PhD education. The next stop after the dissertation in Umeå was Lund University Diabetes Centre.
