Dr. Maria Grazia Cusi is a Full Professor in Microbiology and Virology at the University of Siena, Director of the Infectious Diseases Specialty School of Medicine at the University of Siena (2010–2015) and Chairman of the Committee of the Master School in Medical Biotechnologies at the University of Siena (2014–2018). Since 2015, she has been the Microbiology and Virology Laboratory Director at the “S. Maria delle Scotte” Hospital of Siena. She has 30 years of experience in research on viral vaccines and studies on pathogenesis of phleboviruses. Moreover, she has dedicated herself to immunotherapy and the prevention of some human tumors in preclinical trials. Notably, prof. Cusi has authored more than 180 manuscripts and 7 patents.