Human genetics of neurological disorders

Federica Esposito

Federica Esposito

Email: esposito.federica@hsr.it
Location: DIMER, Floor 1

Group Leader, Human genetics of neurological disorders

Federica Esposito is a Neurologist in the Department of Neurology at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, with an in-depth knowledge of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and more than 10-year clinical experience in this topic. Her research activity in the genetic field started during the MD program within the Human Molecular Genetics Unit first and then in the Human Genetics of Neurological Disorders, of which she now is the head, at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele (Milan) increasing her expertise in genome wide association studies (GWAS) and computational biology. Her experiences abroad include the Department of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Serono Pharmaceutical Research Institute – Paris, the Department of Genetics, Serono Genetics Institute – Geneva, and the Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Computational Neurology, Harvard Medical School – Boston.

Thanks to the latter experience, Federica Esposito started to work in the field of pharmacogenetics, aimed to optimize treatment choice towards a more personalized management in MS patients. This project contributed to the publication of one of the largest genome-wide pharmacogenetics studies for Interferon treatment in MS. I am currently member of the International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium that provided a significant contribution to the study of the genetic component of the disease, identifying up to 200 loci associated with MS.

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