Luana Forleo received her Master’s Degree in Experimental and Applied Biology at the University of Pavia, in April 2021. She wrote her thesis during her internship at the Epigenetics Laboratory of ICS Salvatore Maugeri, on the epigenetic landscape alteration and on the differences between chronological and biological age after SARS-CoV2 infection. She worked on the CORSAI project (EraPerMed funded grant) at LABION, where she used the Raman Spectroscopy technology (RS) to develop a validate method for the personalized management of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Currently, she is doing a PhD in Translational Medicine at University of Milan in association with Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi and LABION, focusing on Chronic Pulmonary diseases (CPD). The project aims to investigate CPD using innovative technologies, including Raman Spectroscopy and Surface Plasmon Resonance imaging, in combination with standard molecular methods for the detection and characterization of specific disease biomarkers in patient’s saliva.

Email: lforleo@dongnocchi.it