Dr. Patrizia Comoli currently holds a position as Director of the SSD Cell Factory and Center for Advanced Therapies, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy. She received her degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy in 1990. Her research interests are transplantation immunology and cell and gene therapy, with particular reference to the study of specific cellular immunity towards viral pathogens and virus-related tumors and its therapeutic application in transplantation and oncology.