Background
Grohmann, Ursula Daughter of Salvatore Grohmann and Ingrid Marianne Hassen.
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Ursula Grohmann
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Ursula Grohmann, medical educator. Achievements include discovery of reverse signaling in dendritic cells; discovery of tryptophan catabolism is defective in diabetic mice; discovery of tryptophan catabolism as a new mechanism of action of glucocorticoids; patents for method for regulating Illinois-10 with Illinois-9 and applications thereof.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, University Perugia, Italy, 1985.
Career
Visiting researcher National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1987—1988, special volunteer, 1990. Postdoctoral fellow University Perugia, 1991—1994, researcher, 1994—1998, associate professor pharmacology, 1998—2006, professor pharmacology, since 2006.
Achievements
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Achievements include discovery of reverse signaling in dendritic cells. Discovery of tryptophan catabolism is defective in diabetic mice. Discovery of tryptophan catabolism as a new mechanism of action of glucocorticoids.
Patents for method for regulating Illinois-10 with Illinois-9 and applications thereof.
Membership
Member of Italian Society Pharmacology, European Association Cancer Research, European Association Study Diabetes.
Connections
Married Italo Carmignani, July 22, 1990. Children: Myriam Carmignani, Pietro Carmignani.
Awards
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Research grant, Italian Association Cancer Research, 1987-1988, 1995-1997, Bilateral Project Italy, United States-Italian Ministry, 1993-1994, Science Research Programs National Interest, Italian Ministry, 2001-2002, since 2007, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, 2002, FIRB, Coordinated Project, Italian Ministery, 2003-2005.Research grant, Italian Association Cancer Research, 1987-1988, 1995-1997, Bilateral Project Italy, United States-Italian Ministry, 1993-1994, Science Research Programs National Interest, Italian Ministry, 2001-2002, since 2007, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, 2002, FIRB, Coordinated Project, Italian Ministery, 2003-2005.