Pathophysiology and Recent Advances in Inherited Forms of Iron-Loading Anemias

Speakers: Dr Laura Silvestri

Laura Silvestri, PhD, holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology and earned her PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Milan, Italy. She is currently a Senior Scientist at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan and serves as an Adjunct Professor of Molecular Biology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

Dr. Silvestri has been a member of the Board of Directors of the "International Society for the Study of Iron in Biology and Medicine" (BioIron), and a member of the Scientific Program Committee-Advisory Board for "Red Cells and Iron" of the European Hematology Association (EHA). She has also served as both a member and chair of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Scientific Committee on Iron and Heme.

Her primary research interests focus on the mechanisms regulating iron metabolism under both physiological and pathological conditions, and the functional crosstalk between iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis.