Valentina Svicher

Valentina Svicher is an Associate Professor of Virology at the Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. She got a degree cum laude in Biological Sciences in 2001 and a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology in 2006. Her research interests and expertise are focused on mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and response to therapy in the setting of chronic viral infections with particular attention on hepatitis B and D virus. She is author of more than 120 full papers in peer-reviewed journals, and more than 300 papers presented at numerous National and International Conferences. She received several awards such as "GB Rossi" Scientific Prize 2009, "Readfiles" Scientific Award 2008 and the Scientific Award "Infection Lab 2016” for the best scientific publications or projects in the infectivology field. She collaborates with many nationally and internationally recognized scientific researchers through grants from the Italian National Institute of Health, the Ministry of University and Scientific Research, the European Community and Industrial Companies. She is member of the Board of the Scientific Society "European Society for Antiviral Research (ESAR); Member of the HCV Italian Resistance Network Study Group; Member of the European HepCare group; Member of the Italian Study Group on the treatment and prophylaxis of HBV in the haematological patients; Member of the scientific board of the I.C.o.N.A. cohort.