She was the recipient of the Award on Innovative Therapies, Italian Society for Cancer Research, Milan, Italy, in 1996, and of the Begnudelli Award, Pezcoller Foundation, Trento, Italy, and the Angelo Costa Award, Medical School, University of Turin in 2005. In May 2016 she won the “Made in Research” business game organized by the University of Turin with the project “MeraVax”, a DNA vaccine for dogs with surgically resected oral malignant melanoma.