Marianna Vitaloni

: Ethical, creative and detail oriented scientist & public health professional Experience in: • Multi-country project coordination • Patients Advocacy and engagement • International organizations • Genetics & Genomics • Global & Public health • Biomedical science • Clinical trials • Scientific Communication PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Sep 2021– to date Digestive Cancer Europe Medical and Scientific Project Coordinator Sept 2018 – August 2021 Osteoarthritis International Patient Foundation Scientific Coordinator. Feb 2017 – Sept 2020 Global Health Mentorships Program Lead Content Writer (Volunteer position) Feb 2017 – June 2018 Health and Health Services Policy Unit, Health and Social Care Consortium of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain Assistant Researcher. Nov 2016 – June 2017 Community System Foundation, New York, United States/ World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland July 2016 – Dec 2016Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain Consultant. Feb 2016 – Jun 2016 World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Intern. March 2011 – Dec 2015 Center of Regenerative Medicine (CMRB), Barcelona, Spain Post-doctoral Researcher. Oct 2007 – Feb 2011 University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy PhD. Candidate. March 2007 – Sept 2007 University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Research Fellow. (continue) 2 EDUCATION Oct 2014 – Jul 2015 University Pompeu Fabra- IDEC, Barcelona, Spain Postgraduate, Public Health Thesis in collaboration with the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Title: Sustainable Development Goals: Is Catalonia taking care of its children? A systematic review of the Catalan children situation. June 2015 – Jul 2015 University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Summer School, Global Health and Human Rights Oct 2007 – Feb 2011 University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy PhD, Pathology and Medical Genetics Experimental thesis in collaboration with the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona. Title: Epigenetic memory in human induced pluripotent stem cells and differentiation into hematopoietic lineages. Oct 2004 – Dec 2006 University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Master's degree, Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology; Magna Cum Laude Experimental thesis title: Constitutional deletions of APC gene in patients affected by Familial Adenomatous Polyposis of the colon. Oct 2001 – Nov 2004 University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Bachelor's degree, Biotechnology; 110/110 Experimental thesis title: Use of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH) on the study of a pericentric duplication of chromosome 5 in two patients with a different phenotype.