Francesca Lantieri is an Assistant Professor in Biostatistics at the University of Genoa, Italy. She has a molecular biology and genetics background (B.Sc in Biology in 1999 and in Medical Genetics in 2004, University of Genoa) and achieved a Ph.D in Biostatistics in 2008. Dr Lantieri has worked at the Gaslini Institute Pediatric Hospital of Genoa, Italy and at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, as a PostDoc, focusing on statistical genetics. She is currently working on statistical analysis of biological data, especially in the genetics field, applied to several human diseases and focusing on Hirschsprung Disease.