Cosimo De Bari's Biography

Cosimo De Bari, Professor/Consultant Rheumatologist, University of Aberdeen

Cosimo graduated in Medicine (maxima cum laude) from the University of Bari (Italy), where he also underwent specialist training in Rheumatology. He then moved to Belgium, where he obtained his PhD from the Catholic University of Leuven and was recipient of the Rotary Young Investigator Award 2003 from the Royal Belgian Society for Rheumatology.
In 2003 Cosimo moved to the UK in the Department of Rheumatology at King's College London. In May 2005 he was awarded a Clinician Scientist Fellowship from the Medical Research Council and in December 2005 he was appointed Clinical Senior Lecturer & Consultant Rheumatologist.
Since September 2007 Cosimo is Professor of Translational Medicine at the University of Aberdeen, where he heads the Regenerative Medicine Group in the Musculoskeletal Research Programme.
Cosimo has expertise in translational stem cell research for musculoskeletal repair, regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. His current research interests focus on the development of novel stem cell-based therapies for the musculoskeletal system, mainly articular cartilage and bone; they also include the study of the resident joint stem cells and their niches in health and diseases such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.