About
Giulia is an early-career postdoctoral research scientist within the Department of Immunology and Pathology at Monash University, working under Prof. Ben Marsland from the Central Clinical School and Prof. Glen Westall from the Alfred Hospital.
Giulia was awarded her PhD in 2023 at Monash University, where she investigated microbes, metabolites, lipids and gene pathways that underpin the development of chronic lung allograft dysfunction, an irreversible form of tissue deterioration that terminates in respiratory failure in lung transplant recipients.
To achieve this, Giulia established her own bioinformatics pipeline for the analysis and integration of multi-omics datasets from clinical patient samples, as well as specialised in-vitro systems to test candidate biomarkers in primary cell cultures.
Her research directly informs candidate molecular signatures with the potential to be used as prognostic and therapeutic biomarkers in clinical practice. She is passionate about contributing to the improved management and long-term outcomes of lung transplant recipients.