Role
Dermatologist, researcher at the Institute of Cancer Research of the Medical University of Vienna and freelancer
Bio
After graduating in Medicine and Surgery and specializing in Dermatology from the University of Turin, she earned a PhD in Molecular Medicine. After initial clinical and research experiences in Turin and Ethiopia, she continued her training in the United States as a Research and Medical Fellow at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) in the Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Center . In 2016, she moved her practice to Vienna, where she worked at the University's Cancer Research Institute.
A specialist in skin cancer research , her scientific work focuses on the molecular mechanisms of tumor progression and the search for effective therapeutic combinations against melanoma metastases . In 2016 , she won the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science for a project evaluating the synergism between molecularly targeted drugs and immunotherapy .
Her research in molecular therapy aims to integrate targeted treatments and immune responses in metastatic melanoma , one of the most aggressive dermatological cancers. She has published extensively in international journals such as JAMA Dermatology , the Journal of Investigative Dermatology , and Oncotarget. In 2015, she received the Euroderm Excellence Award .