Dr. Annalisa Terranegra

Joint Assistant Professor

Email

aterranegra@hbku.edu.qa

Phone

+974 40036396

Dr. Annalisa Terranegra

Joint Assistant Professor

Educational Qualifications

Post-graduate diploma cum laudae in nutrition science

PhD in molecular medicine

Entity

College of Health and Life Sciences

Biography

Dr. Annalisa Terranegra obtained her MSc in biological sciences at the University of Siena, PhD in molecular medicine, and postgraduate diploma in nutritional sciences at the University of Milan, Italy.

Dr. Terranegra currently holds the position of joint assistant professor in the College of Health and Life Sciences at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar, and in the College of Health Sciences at Qatar University, Qatar.

From 2001 to 2014, she gained extensive experience in clinical nutrition, molecular biology, and genetics during her career at the University of Milan, San Raffaele Hospital, and San Paolo Hospital in Milan, Italy. From 2003 to 2014, she worked as an assistant professor at the University of Milan, Italy.

Dr. Terranegra joined Sidra Medicine in 2014. At Sidra Medicine, she leads the laboratory of precision nutrition (PreNutri Lab) which focuses on characterizing the mechanisms underlying the role of food and nutrients in the development and management of pregnancy complications, infertility, and pediatric non-communicable diseases. The PreNutri lab research projects focus on understanding the effect of diet on gut microbiota, metabolomics, and epigenetic mechanisms, as well as diet interaction with the genomic background, using the most advanced technologies, such as bacterial 16S rRNA sequencing, NGS, DNA-methylation arrays, HPLC-MS, GC-MS, and nutritional assessment.

 

Post-graduate diploma cum laudae in nutrition science

University of Milan, Italy

2015

PhD in molecular medicine

University of Milan, Italy

2007

MSc biological sciences

University of Siena, Italy

2000

  • Nutrition
  • Nutrigenomics
  • Microbiota
  • Non-communicable diseases

Joint Assistant Professor

College of health and life sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2015 - Present

Assistant Professor

Human nutrition, Qatar University

2018 - Present

Principal investigator in precision nutrition

Translational medicine, Sidra Medicine

2014 - Present

Research scientist in clinical nutrition

College of medicine, San Paolo Hospital – University of Milan, Italy

2013 - 2014

Research scientist in genetics of complex diseases

Nephrology, San Raffaele Hospital, Italy

2010 - 2012

Lakshmanan, A. P., Deola, S., & Terranegra, A. (2023). The promise of precision nutrition for modulation of the gut microbiota as a novel therapeutic approach to acute graft-versus-host disease. Transplantation, 107(12), 2497–2509.

Lakshmanan, A. P., Mingione, A., Pivari, F., Dogliotti, E., Brasacchio, C., Murugesan, S., Cusi, D., Lazzaroni, M., Soldati, L., & Terranegra, A. (2022). Modulation of gut microbiota: The effects of a fruits and vegetables supplement. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9.

Lakshmanan, A. P., Zaidan, S. A., Bangarusamy, D. K., Al-Shamari, S., Elhag, W., & Terranegra, A. (2022). Increased relative abundance of ruminoccocus is associated with reduced cardiovascular risk in an obese population. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9.

Lakshmanan, A. P., Shatat, I. F., Zaidan, S., Jacob, S., Bangarusamy, D. K., Al-Abduljabbar, S., Al-Khalaf, F., Petroviski, G., & Terranegra, A. (2021). Bifidobacterium reduction is associated with high blood pressure in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 140, 111736.

Lakshmanan, A. P., Kohil, A., Assadi, F. E., Zaidan, S. A., Abduljabbar, S. A., Bangarusamy, D. K., Khalaf, F. A., Petrovski, G., & Terranegra, A. (2021). Akkermansia, a possible microbial marker for poor glycemic control in Qataris children consuming Arabic Diet—A pilot study on pediatric T1DM in Qatar. Nutrients, 13(3), 836.

Complete Publication Listing(s): Google Scholar

  • 2024, Specialty chief editor of the nutrigenomics section of Frontiers in Nutrition journal.
  • 2024, Board member of the Nutrigenomics Organizations (NuGO).
  • (2021 - Present), Frontiers in Nutrition - Nutrigenomics (Associate Editor).
  • (2022 - Present), Frontiers in Pediatrics - Obesity (Associate Editor).
  • (2019 - 2023), Member of the Scientific Committee organizing the annual Targeting Microbiota conference.