Author Profile

Lorena has a master’s degree in Biomolecular Sciences and Technologies (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy) and a PhD in Innovative Strategies in Biomedical Research (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy). After her PhD she worked in research institutes, universities and life science companies in Italy and in the UK, including the Italian National Cancer Institute "Regina Elena" in Rome, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Rome, Italy, and the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Her research focused on cardiovascular regeneration, role of microRNAs and circRNAs in cancer, assessment of new cancer drug in vitro and in vivo, and development of new technologies. Before joining BMC Public Health in September 2022, Lorena was an Associate Editor at PLOS ONE in the Public Health and Medicine Team.