EDUCATION:
2016 Specialization in Medical Genetics (Univ. of Genoa), 70/70 with honors
2008 PhD program in Developmental Medicine and Programming Sciences, Rare Diseases, (Univ. of Padua). Mention of Doctor Europaeus.
2004 Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Univ. of Padua, with 110/110 cum laude.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY
2020-present Associate Professor of Medical Genetics (MED03) Univ. Of Padua
2011-2020 Researcher of Medical Genetics (MED03) Univ. Of Padua
2009 Post-Doc (Telethon fellowship) Supervisor: Dr. Leonardo Salviati
2008-2009 Post-Doc (Telethon fellowship) Centro Andaluz de Biologìa del Desarrollo, University of Seville, Spain. Supervisor: Prof. Placido Navas
2005- 2007 PhD, Dept of Pediatrics Univ. of Padua. Thesis entitled “Study of the pathogenesis of hereditary metabolic diseases”

Her research activity has focused on the study of the genetic basis and inherited neurometabolic diseases, including mitochondrial diseases (defects in components of the mitochondrial respiratory chain and genes required for the biosynthesis of coenzyme Q10) and disorders of the urea cycle. Her interest then turned to the development of various methods to validate human mutations and to establish genotype-phenotype correlations. She set up a series of models of genetic diseases using various organisms (including C. elegans).
She is co-author of 72 Medline publications and 5 book chapters, with a total impact factor of 314 (JCR 2019), h-index 25 and 2230 citations (Scopus 2019). Since 2011, she has raised over 1 million in grants for research studies:

AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Awards for best oral communication:
1) Meeting of the Italian Society for the study of hereditary metabolic diseases (SISMME), Pesaro 2006.
2) Conference of the Italian Society of Human Genetics (SIGU), 2020 (web), Supervisor (presenting author, Dr Morbidoni)

TEACHING ACTIVITY
Since 2011, she has participated as a lecturer in Genetics in the following courses (University of Padua):
- Degree courses: Medicine and Surgery (Italian course) and Medicine (English course), Biotechnology, numerous three-year degree courses.
- Doctoral School in Clinical, Medical and Experimental Sciences, area: Neurosciences until 2020; from 2021 Doctoral School in Developmental Medicine and Programming Sciences.
- Residency Programs in Medical Genetics (where she is the referent for the managements of quality system, ISO 9001 certification obtained in 2020) and in Hematology.
- Advanced training course in Reproductive and Prenatal Genetics (scientific organizer)
She has been supervisor or co-supervisor of numerous degree and specialization theses. She supervised a doctoral thesis and was part of the evaluation commission of numerous doctoral theses (national and international). She also participated as a lecturer in the Official Master on Diagnosis and Therapy of Rare Diseases of the Universidad Internaciònal de Andalucia in Sivigla (Spain) in the academic years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 and in the master in Clinical Genetics (Univer. Of Siena) in 2018.

CLINICAL ACTIVITY
She carries out clinical activity at the Clinical and Epidemiological Genetics Service Azienda Osp. of Padua, where she is in charge of the Neurofibromatosis clinic.
She is a Member of the Ethical Committee for Clinical Trials as an expert in genetics (for the Province of Padova).

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