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Lorenzo Leggio is a physician-scientist whose clinical work and research focus primarily on the treatment of alcohol use disorders and their medical consequences, especially alcohol-associated liver and cardiovascular diseases. Alongside his team, he conducts research in medication development, exploring the microbiome-gut-liver-brain axis and neuroendocrine pathways in addiction through both human laboratory studies and clinical trials. He obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Rome and Agostino Gemelli Hospital and completed his residency in Internal Medicine, achieving Board Certification. Joining Brown University in 2010 as an Assistant Professor, he has secured extramural funding from NIAAA and NIDA. Leggio is a Senior Attending Medical Staff at NIH, where he was awarded tenure and serves as Clinical Director of NIDA’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies. His interdisciplinary approach includes roles at Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University as Adjunct Professor. Throughout his career, he has received several prestigious awards, including the Nordmann Award from the European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism and the Eva King Killam Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.
Department: Department of Economics