Maria Teresa Cencioni
RttBiografia
RTT position, Department of Scienze Umane e Promozione della Vita, San Raffaele University of Rome, IRCCS San Raffaele, Rome, Italy.
Research Associate, Imperial College London, Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine (2014–2025).
• STAR-MS clinical trial (2020–2024): evaluation of efficacy and safety of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT) versus high-efficacy disease-modifying therapies (Ocrelizumab, Alemtuzumab, Cladribine, Ofatumumab) in multiple sclerosis (MS), including investigation of underlying immunological mechanisms.
• Collaborations: University of Florence (2020–2021) and IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genoa (2019), focusing on identification of T- and B-cell subsets associated with disease activity and remission following aHSCT in aggressive MS.
• FISM Research Grant (2016–2019): study of cytotoxic T-cell responses to Epstein–Barr virus cross-reacting with myelin antigens in MS.
Visiting Research Associate, Imperial College London (2012–2016).
• Fellowships: Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (2014); Fondazione Veronesi (2014).
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sapienza University of Rome (2012–2013), in collaboration with Imperial College London: multiparametric flow cytometry analysis of T-cell subsets in MS.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Fondazione IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome (2007–2012): immunosuppressive effects of anandamide on human T lymphocytes and dendritic cells in MS.
PhD in Neurosciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata (2004–2007): CD1-restricted T-cell responses in demyelinating diseases.
Bachelor’s degree cum laude in Biological Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata (2004).
Facoltà
Materia d'insegnamento
Immunologia