Director, Division of Hematology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, italy
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria and Department of Oncology, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Italy
Marta Coscia, MD, PhD is Associate Professor in Hematology at Univeristy of Insubria and Director of the Division Hematology at ASST University Hospital in Varese, Italy. She is a physician scientist with a broad background in Hematology, and specific training and expertise in translational research. After obtaining her board certification in hematology (2002), she spent a 2-year period as Visiting Scientist at National Cancer Institute (NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.) (2002-2004), increasing her expertise on anti-tumor immunotherapy and cancer vaccines in B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders. In 2009, Prof. Coscia obtained her PhD in Immunology and Cell Biology. She was appointed as Assistant Professor in Hematology and as Attending Physician in Hematology in the University of Turin, Italy in 2007, then promoted to Associate Professor in 2019. In 2015, Prof. Coscia started her own research group working on the study of the reciprocal interactions occurring between the immune system, the tumor microenvironment and cancer cells in lymphoproliferative disorders. In May 2024, she was appointed as Associate Professor of Hematology at the university of Insubria and Director of the Division of Hematology at the Sette Laghi University Hospital of Varese, Italy. She is principal investigator of several research projects and clinical trials, and member of the Board of the Working Party GIMEMA on chronic lymphoproliferative disorders. She is lecturer and tutor on Hematology in the School of Medicine, lecturer within the PhD program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Medical Humanities and Director of the Postgraduate School of Hematology at the University of Insubria, and lecturer and tutor within the Master program “Stem cells in Regenerative Medicine and Cell Factory Management”, at the University of Torino.
