Prof. Marialuisa Bocchino received her degree in medicine in 1994, and then became a specialist in respiratory medicine in 1998, both at the School of Medicine, Federico II University of Naples. In 2003, she completed her Doctorate in experimental respiratory physiopathology at the School of Medicine, University of Parma. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine (Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery) at the School of Medicine of the Federico II University of Naples. Furthermore, she is the head of the Outpatient Unit dedicated to interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Her skills and expertise mainly include tuberculosis, apoptosis, infection, infectious disease epidemiology, flow cytometry, inflammation, immunity, lung diseases, cellular immunology, and autoimmunity.