Dr. Alessia Alunno works within the Department of Clinical Medicine, Life, Health and Environmental Sciences at the University of L'Aquila, and practices at the Internal Medicine and Nephrology Division of San Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy, as a clinical rheumatologist focusing on autoimmune rheumatic diseases, with core research interests in primary Sjögren’s syndrome, B‑cell‑driven autoimmunity and biomarker discovery for systemic rheumatic conditions. She earned her MD degree in Medicine and Surgery with full honours from the University of Perugia, Italy, and completed her specialist training in Rheumatology at the same institution. Before joining the University of L’Aquila, she served as Assistant Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Perugia, building a research portfolio with hundreds of peer‑reviewed publications in top rheumatology journals.