Translational Neuropathology Unit
Martina Absinta
Email: absinta.martina@hsr.it
Location: DIBIT2 A4, Floor 5, Room 10
Group leader, Translational Neuropathology Unit
Martina Absinta is a neurologist with an international PhD in Molecular Medicine. After completing her postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NINDS/NIH, Bethesda, US) and faculty position at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Baltimore, US), she established the Translational Neuropathology Unit at IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute (Milan). She dedicated her research work to ultra-high field 7T MRI–human neuropathological correlations in multiple sclerosis, and related identification of novel imaging biomarkers of chronic inflammation (with special focus on microglia-mediated and leptomeningeal inflammation). In the last few years, her work highlighted the clinical relevance of smoldering inflammation and chronic active lesions in driving progression in multiple sclerosis and prompted for the planning of novel-designed MRI-based clinical trials aimed at treating such perilesional chronic inflammation. Her scientific work has been published in high impact scientific journals, including Nature, Nature Reviews Neurology, JCI, eLife, and JAMA Neurology.
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2023 – ongoing: Group Leader, Head of the Translational Neuropathology Unit, INSPE, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute / Italy
2021 – ongoing: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine / US
2020 – 2022: Principal Investigator, INSPE, Division of Neuroscience, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University / Italy
2019 – 2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine / US
2016 – 2019: Research Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) / US
2012 – 2016: Visiting Research Fellow, NINDS, NIH / US
AWARDS
2022: Young Physician-Scientist Award / The American Society for Clinical Investigation / US
2021: Rita-Levi Montalcini Prize 2021 / Italian MS Society (FISM/AISM) / Italy
2018: NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence / NIH / US
2016: Award for 2016 best paper with impact factor between 10 and 20 / Italian Society of Neurology / Italy
2009: Award for best poster / Italian Society of Neurology / Italy
GRANT AWARDS
2023: Ministry of Health RF-2021-12372608 / co-PI / 3 years / Italy
2022: National MS Society RFA-2203-39325 / 3 years / US
2021: International Progressive MS alliance PA-2107-38081 / co-PI / 2 years / US
2021: FRRB early career award #1750327 / 3 years / Italy
2020: Roche Foundation / 2 years / Italy
2020: Cariplo Foundation #2019-1677 / 3 years / Italy
2017: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation #17313 / 5 years / US
2016: Postdoctoral Fellowship / National MS Society #FG 2093-A-1 / 3 years / US
2016: PhD in Molecular Medicine (Experimental Neurology) – Vita-Salute San Raffaele University / Italy
2012: Neurology Residency – Vita-Salute San Raffaele University / Italy
2006: Medicine and Surgery – Vita-Salute San Raffaele University / Italy