Prof Paola Fioretto is Professor of Medicine at the University of Padova, Italy and an expert in diabetic kidney disease. Her research began in renal physiology and expanded to renal structure during a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota. She has made key contributions, including showing reversal of glomerular lesions in type 1 diabetes post-transplant and identifying diverse kidney lesions in type 2 diabetes.
Prof Fioretto has led and participated in major studies on diabetic kidney disease and served as President of the European Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group and Vice-President of the EASD. Prof Fioretto has received numerous awards, including the Albert Renold Award and the Camillo Golgi Prize. She has authored over 200 papers and 30 book chapters, focusing on the renal impact of glucose-lowering therapies.
