SCIENTIFIC CHAIRMEN

He is also director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center of the Lombardia Regional Referral CF Center and currently a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Milan.
From 2012–2013, he was president of European Respiratory Society (ERS) and from 2016–2017 president of the Italian Respiratory Society (SIP/IRS). From 2017–2018, he was president of the Italian Respiratory Society Research Center (SIP/IRS Centro Ricerche).
Professor Blasi has published more than 350 papers in international journals (WEB of Science (01.12.2018) h-index : 50 Citations: 8620; SCOPUS (01.12.2018) : h-index:53 Citations:10680 ; Google Scholar (1.4.2019): h-index: 70, Citations: 17,668).
His research interests include pneumonia, COPD, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis and NTM infections, cystic fibrosis and lung transplantation

Institute of Respiratory Diseases, University of Ferrara, Assistant Professor of Medicine, 1990-2001
University of Nebraska Medical Centre, School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine Section, Visiting Scientist, August 1990
University of Nebraska Medical Centre, School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine Section, Visiting Scientist, May 1991
Institute of Occupational Medicine, University of Padua, 1991-1992, Visiting Scientist
University Medicine, University of Southampton, Research Fellow, October 1994 - December 1997
University of Ferrara, Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, September 2001- 2004
University of Ferrara
Full Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Head Respiratory Medicine, November 2004-
Deputy Head Department of Medical Science, November 2012-2017
Vice-President School of Medicine, March 2014-2017
Member of GOLD Science Committee 2107-