Curriculum
MARIA GIULIA CONTI, MD, PhD
Contact: mariagiulia.conti@uniroma1.it
+393343009881
DEGREE
Master's Degree in Medicine and Surgery awarded at Sapienza University of Rome on July 25
2013 with a grade of 110 cum laude / 110
RESIDENCY
Medical Specialization in Pediatrics achieved at Sapienza University of Rome on December 17,
2019 with a grade of 70 cum laude / 70.
PhD
Research Doctorate in “Innovation in immuno-mediated and hematological disorders”, Sapienza
University of Rome on February 14, 2022. Thesis titled “New strategies to enhance early life
immunity: training the innate immune system and triggering mucosal immune development”.
CURRENT POSITION
Researcher at Department of Maternal and Child Health and Urological Sciences, Sapienza
University of Rome from December 2021.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
International Experiences
Research Fellowship at Precision Vaccines Program Lab - Division of Infectious Diseases,
Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard University, from January to 2018 January 2019. Title of the
research project: “Modeling the ontogeny of vaccine-induced innate immune memory in human
newborns”.
Research training courses
- Advanced Training Course - “Statistical Methods for Biomedical Research and Practice” 2017,
Sapienza University of Rome.
- Certificate in Applied Biostatistics online course 2018, The Harvard Catalyst Education
Program (September 2018 - June 2019).
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Authored several manuscript published in peer reviewed international journlas and participation in national and international conferences as a speaker.
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
- Guest Associate Editor Frontiers in Pediatrics. Research topic “Neonatal Infections and
the Developing Neonatal Immune System: Current Evidence and Research Gaps to Fill”
- Special Issue Editor Viruses. “Neonatal Respiratory Viral Infections: Unveiling the
Immune Mechanisms behind Infections and New Promising Preventive Strategies”.
GRANT
- Dec 2024. Funding for SIMRI Junior Member Research Project with the project titled:”
Prematurity’s effects on pulmonary function: study of non-invasive tools for biological
and instrumental follow-up of infants born preterm in the first year of life” (Euro 6.000).
BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS (Scopus):
Updated to January 25, 2025:
Documents: 43
Citations: 810
H-index: 18