FOTINO Carmen

Carmen graduated in Biological Sciences at the University of Pisa, Italy in 2002. In 2008 she obtained a Ph.D. in Endocrinology and Metabolic Sciences from the University of Pisa, Italy working on the genetics of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity. In 2009 she joined the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami where she was fully immersed in islet cell biology and immunology related to Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and Transplantation. In 2015, Carmen joined a research program at the University of Grenoble, France to work on an islet transplant bioengineering program project funded by the European Commission. She then returned to the US at City of Hope (Duarte, LA) as a Scientist focusing her research on the identification of T cells relevant to the progression of T1D determining the phenotypic signature of these cells. In 2018 Carmen joined JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) as a Scientist in the Immunotherapies program where she managed a large grant portfolio and helped develop new funding initiatives (clinical and translational research). In 2020 Carmen joined Fondazione Telethon (Italy) as a Research Program Manager leading the Spring Seed Grant funding initiative in collaboration with Patient Associations and is now managing all the calls released by Fondazione Telethon.