Monica Rosa Miozzo is a Full Professor in Medical Genetics at the Health Sciences Department, Università di Milano, Milan. She is the Director of the Unit of Medical Genetics, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, and Director of the Specialization School in Medical Genetics, Università di Milano. She graduated in Biological Sciences at Università di Milano in 1987 and received a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, Università di Milano, in 1999. She won the Isimbardi Prize from the Province of Milan for her scientific career in 2009. She is a member of the Ethics Committee, National Cancer Institute Foundation. She is also a member of the Italian Society of Human Genetics and the European Society of Human Genetics. Her research interests include somatic epigenetic modifications and imprinting defect diseases, mutational profiling of solid and hematopoietic tumors, and the genetic basis of rare diseases.