Carlo Torti graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Pavia in 1994. He obtained his specialty in Infectious Diseases in 2000 from the University of Brescia, where he worked as Consultant Physician and Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases from 2001 to 2012. During the Academic Year 2017-2018 he obtained the Diploma of the second level Master Degree in Antimicrobial Stewarship at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome. Since 2012, he has been the director of the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit of the “Mater Domini” University Hospital of the “Magna Graecia” University of Catanzaro. He is Full Professor of Infectious Diseases and past Director of the School of Specialization in Infectious and Tropical Diseases. He has also served as Honorary Lecturer at the University of Makerere (Uganda), School of Medicine. His main areas of interests are: general Infectious Diseases, viro-immunological and clinical outcomes of antiretroviral treatment (HAART), HIV antiretroviral drug resistance, co-infection of HIV with hepatitis viruses, HCV epidemiology and management, and antimicrobial drug resistances. During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, his main focus of clinical activity and research is COVID-19. Prof. Torti participated in several clinical trials, and acted as a member of the Steering Committees of several important cohort studies in the HIV/AIDS field (including COHERE). A Senior Editor for BMC Infection Diseases, Prof. Torti also serves as Editor and Peer Reviewer for several International Journals. Prof. Carlo Torti is past-president of the Italian Association of Infectious and Tropical Diseases for the Region of Calabria.