Alberico L. Catapano was born in Milan in 1952. He received his degree from the University of Milan in 1975 and specialization in clinical pharmacology in 1979. Since 1972, Professor Catapano has been involved in the fields of atherosclerosis, lipids, lipoproteins and genetic dyslipidaemias, and has made landmark observations regarding heat shock proteins and pentraxins in atherogenesis, on high-density lipoprotein in the modulation of the immune response, and on the identification of possible therapeutic targets by exploiting genetic information. 

Alberico Catapano is Full Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Milan, Director of the Laboratory of Lipoproteins, Immunity and Atherosclerosis and  of the Center for the Study of Atherosclerosis at the “Bassini” Hospital. He is also the Director of the Center of Epidemiology and Preventive Pharmacology of the University of Milan. He is the immediate past President of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) and Chairman of the EAS/European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for the treatment of dyslipoproteinaemias. He holds board positions on several learned scientific societies, including the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis. He is also President of the Italian Society of Clinical and Experimental Therapy (SITeCS) and General Director of the SISA Foundation (Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis).

Professor Catapano has authored more than 423 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and several books in the area of the atherosclerosis, lipoproteins and lipid metabolism. He is Editor of Atherosclerosis Supplements and also Co-editor of Atherosclerosis and Associate Editor of other scientific journals. According to Google Scholar, his H-index is 74 and the last 5 years has received more than 19,000 citations.