Dr. Sarah Allegra

Dr. Sarah Allegra works as a Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology “Franco Ghezzo” at the S. Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital (Orbassano, Turin, Italy), a tertiary referral center in Italy for patients with adrenal diseases and endocrine tumors. Her research program is focused on gender pharmacology and the pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics of different drugs, such as iron chelating agents, antifungals, antiepileptics, glycopeptides, antiarrhythmics, and chemotherapies. Dr. Allegra obtained her master’s degree in cellular and molecular biology in 2013 at the University of Turin and her PhD title in Complex Systems for Life Sciences in 2018. Now, she is attending the Postgraduate Medical School in Gender Medicine. She has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed research papers, mostly focused on pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine. She is an active member of the Italian Society of Pharmacology. She is a collaborator with the “Centro Scienza Onlus” for public engagement activities.