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Nato nel 1944, si laurea in Medicina a Firenze nel 1968. Insegna Farmacologia nella Facoltà di Medicina di Firenze fino al 1985 come Professore associato e successivamente Farmacologia e Tossicologia come professore ordinario nella Facoltà di Farmacia,  fino al 2012. 

Ha pubblicato circa 200 lavori su giornali scientifici, tra cui  Science e Nature,  ed e’ stato responsabile di numerosi progetti di ricerca nazionali e internazionali. Ha scoperto l’effetto analgesico e anestetico locale della mirra e la presenza delle amine eterocicliche cancerogene nella carne e nel pesce cotti a temperature elevate.

Nominato Professore emerito nel 2012

 Tossicologia sperimentale, ecotossicologia, tossicologia alimentare. Dopo il pensionamento di dedica a attività artistiche (scultura), musica (canto corale)  e scrittura creativa (romanzi). 

Curriculum

Piero Dolara was born in Florence, Italy, on march 1944. In 1968 he obtained a degree in Medicine at the University of Florence, in 1971 he got a position as Assistant Professor, in 1977-80 he worked at Washington University in St. Louis, at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, and at the Department of Environmental Toxicology, Madison WI, U.S.A. In 1983 he became Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Florence and in 1986 a Full Professor of Pharmacology the University of Florence, position held up to 2012. He was nominated Emeritus Professor by the Ministry of Education of Italy in 2014.

Teaching, Scientific and Official duties

Research activities

1. human exposure to carcinogenic chemicals and contaminants. In recent years he has focused his research on the activity of chemicals at extreme dilutions, on placebo effects and non-conventional medicine, in particular Mindfulness.  

Hobbies

In recent years dedicated himself to several artistic activities (fiction writing, sculpture, ceramics, painting, poetry and music).

Publications

He has published about 200 articles in international Journals, among which Nature, Science and Cancer Research, three textbooks (Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology; General and Environmental Toxicology and one Ebook on toxicology). He has written numerous articles of scientific information for the public. He has published several books of fiction.

Professor Dolara has condcted research on human  exposure to carcinogenic chemicals and contaminants. In recent years he has focused his research on the activity of chemicals at extreme dilutions, on placebo effects and non-conventional medicine, in particular Mindfulness.  after his retirement  he  dedicated himself to several artistic activities (fiction writing, sculpture, ceramics, painting, poetry and music).