Role
Full Professor of Cardiology at the University of Pavia, Director of the Molecular Cardiology Service at the Maugeri Spa SB Scientific Clinical Institutes.
Bio
After graduating in Medicine and Surgery and specializing in cardiology at the University of Milan, she earned a doctorate in Cardiac Pathophysiology. After training at Washington University and working at the Telethon Foundation's TIGEM (Institute of Genetics and Medicine) , she was Professor of Medicine and Director of the Genetics Program at New York University . She is a full professor at the University of Pavia and of the Molecular Cardiology Service.
A pioneer in the study of the molecular and electrophysiological mechanisms underlying hereditary arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death syndrome , she created one of the first centers in the world dedicated to molecular cardiology. Her research has clarified the genetic and clinical basis of long QT syndrome (LQTS), Brugada syndrome, and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT).
Her research group is at the forefront of developing innovative gene therapy strategies based on adeno-associated viral vectors for silencing or correcting defective genes. Author of hundreds of high-impact publications and first author of the ESC guidelines on ventricular arrhythmias, she is among the most cited cardiologists internationally.