Federica Vernuccio earned a degree in Medicine at the University of Palermo (full marks with honors: 110/110 cum laude) in 2012 and a specialization in Radiology in 2018. In 2015–2016, she was a visiting resident in the Radiology department of Beaujon Hospital in France. In 2017–2018, she conducted research studies at Duke University, in North Carolina (USA). In 2019, she received the Italian scientific certification for Associate Professor in Radiology, became a Fellow of the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) and was awarded the ESGAR Certificate of Excellence in Abdominal Radiology Level II. In 2021, she obtained her PhD at the University of Palermo and at Université de Paris and was entitled Doctor Europaeus. As a radiologist, she worked as an abdominal radiologist at the University Hospital of Palermo from 2020 to November 2021. Since November 15, 2021, she has been a staff radiologist at the Radiology Department of the University Hospital of Padua. She has won more than 10 awards at international conferences and wrote more than 70 full-length papers published in international journals with impact factors, including Radiology, AJR and European Radiology. Her main clinical and research interests are hepatobiliary tumors. She is a strong supporter of equity, diversity, and equality in academics.