Claudia Torino was born in Reggio Calabria, Italy, on 6 April 1978. She obtained the University Degree of Doctor in Biological Science at the University of Messina in November 2002. After that, she achieved her first Ph.D. in Pathology of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation (April 2009) and a Specialization Diploma in Clinical Pathology (October 2010) at the University of Messina. Currently, she is a researcher at the National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology (CNR-IFC) of Reggio Calabria (Italy). She obtained a Ph.D. in Clinical Epidemiology at Erasmus MC, Rotterdam. Her areas of expertise are study design, prospective studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, clinical trials, biostatistics, epidemiology, prognostic biomarkers, diagnostic biomarkers in chronic renal failure, and cardiovascular risk. She is a referent of the Bioinformatics Laboratory and a member of the Working Group aimed at carrying out research activities, "Drawing up of research protocols, submission to calls for tenders in the National and European sphere, financial management of projects", both set up at the CNR-IFC. She is also responsible for monitoring registries and clinical studies performed at CNR-IFC, Reggio Calabria, and Scientific Referent of National and International projects.