Ghia Paolo Prospero

Ghia Paolo Prospero is a Full Professor of Medical Oncology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, Italy. He holds leadership roles as Scientific Coordinator of the Lymphoma Unit at San Raffaele Hospital and Head of the B-Cell Lymphoid Neoplasms Research Unit. His expertise lies in hematological malignancies, particularly chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and B-cell lymphomas.

Education includes a Medicine degree from the University of Turin (1990) and a PhD in Human Oncology (1994). Postdoctoral training included stints at the Basel Institute for Immunology and Harvard Medical School. He transitioned to academic roles at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University from 2005, becoming Full Professor in 2019.

Research focuses on CLL pathogenesis, genomic profiling, and targeted therapies. He leads the European Research Initiative on CLL (ERIC) and serves on editorial boards of journals like Leukemia and Hemasphere. His work emphasizes translational research, clinical trial design, and biomarker development in hematological cancers.

• Editorial Board Member, Leukemia (2005–present)
• Associate Editor, Hemasphere (2018–present)
• President, European Research Initiative on CLL (ERIC) (2015–present)

His contributions span over 440 publications, with recent work highlighting drug development (e.g., acalabrutinib), genomic biomarkers, and microenvironmental influences in CLL.