Head of the Rare Congenital-Malformative Diseases Unit (SS-UO) of the Pediatric Department at the IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Sant’Orsola Polyclinic.

She is also the Head of the Regional Hub Center (Emilia-Romagna Region) for Rare Congenital-Malformative Diseases in the pediatric age group.

A pediatrician specialized in syndromology, clinical genetics, and pediatric endocrinology, her main scientific focus lies in Dysmorphology and Clinical Genetics.

Her current research is dedicated to the study of children and adolescents affected by malformative and chromosomal syndromes, particularly Turner syndrome, Noonan syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, KBG syndrome, Achondroplasia, and Hypophosphatasia, as well as other rarer syndromic conditions. Her work involves examining various aspects of these conditions: genetic, auxological-anthropometric, endocrinological, psychological, and social.

She is a member of the Italian scientific societies SIEDP and SIMGEPED