Valentina Di Pietro

Dr Di Pietro is a Molecular Neuroscientist with a MSc in Molecular Biology, a PhD in Clinical Biochemistry and a further degree in Medical Genetics. With almost 20 years of research experience with particular interest in the molecular mechanisms of TBI, she is an expert of in vitro and in vivo animal models of TBI.

Dr Di Pietro is a Molecular Neuroscientist with a MSc in Molecular Biology, a PhD in Clinical Biochemistry and a further degree in Medical Genetics. With almost 20 years of research experience with particular interest in the molecular mechanisms of TBI, she is an expert of in vitro and in vivo animal models of TBI.

She currently studying microRNA signatures in biofluids to diagnose mild and severe TBI in patients. As the recipient of the prestigious BRIDGE Fellowship in Brain Trauma, she is a Research Fellow and Lecturer in Neurotrauma at the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing of the University of Birmingham (UK).