Claudia PennaClaudia Penna, BSc.D., Ph.D was born in Asti, Italy, in 1967. She is an associate professor of Physiology at University of Turin (Italy), Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences. She is also member of the National Institute for Cardiovascular esearches (Bologna, Italy). Degrees awarded: BSc, University of Turin (Italy), Thesis topic: Effect of venom in the isolated heart, 1991. Specialist in Clinical Pathology, University of Turin (Italy), thesis topic: Modulation of cardiac current by Nitric Oxide, 1995; PhD, University of Turin (Italy), thesis topic: Hyperaemic response and Ischemic Preconditioning, 2000. Research experience/other activities: coronary circulation pathophysiology and cardioprotection. She is member of Italian Society of Physiology, Italian Society of Car- diology, European Society of Cardiology, Italian Society of Cardiovascular Research. She is in the Editorial Board of international journals and is Associate Editor of Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. She published over 100 publications on impacted journals, including invited scientific reviews, and she is co-author of several book chapters. Read More Read Less