MGD received her degree in Biological Science and her PhD in Biology from the University of Roma Tre (Rome, Italy). She worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the JG Brown Cancer Center (University of Louisville, Louisville, KY), where she researched on small molecule inhibitors of E7, the main oncoprotein of HPV16. In 2025, she received her Specialization in Microbiology and Virology from Sapienza University of Rome (Rome, Italy). She is currently a Senior Researcher at the San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS (Rome, Italy). Her professional interests focus on the molecular epidemiology of HPV infection and on HPV role in the development of anal and oropharyngeal carcinomas, as well as non-melanoma skin cancer and its precursors. Her current projects include the study of: i) the natural history of anal and oral HPV infection in at-risk males with and without HIV-1 infection; ii) the role of HPV-related biomarkers in anal cancer screening; iii) the diagnostic and prognostic role of HPV-related biomarkers in oropharyngeal cancer; iv) the epidemiology of cutaneous HPV infection in (pre)malignant skin lesions. She co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles and around 120 Abstracts presented at International and National congresses. She was a member of the Scientific Committee of the biannual Workshop “Emerging Issues in Oncogenic Virus Research” (2016-2022), She is currently a Board member of the Italian Association of Healthcare Researchers (ARSI).