Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology > Employees
Maurizio Sessa
Postdoc
Pharmacotherapy
Jagtvej 160
2100 København Ø
During the last 5 years, my research focused on drug safety and clinical epidemiology. The main subject has been inappropriate drug use in the pharmacological treatment of pain, psychosis, diabetes, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation. I got a wide range of interest in different sub-field of Pharmacology, such as pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacotherapy and pharmacogenetics that gave me the chance of collaborating with more than 100 partners all over the world.
Primary fields of research
Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology
Current research
The safety profile of cardiovascular drugs in pregnancy
Metabolic risk of Direct Oral Anticoagulants
The role of beta-blockers' beta1-adrenoreceptor selectivity on cardiovascular outcomes
Possible conflicts of interest
My postdoc is supported by a grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to the University of Copenhagen (NNF15SA0018404).
Fields of interest
Cardiology
Pharmacogenetics
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