Coralea Stephanou is an Associate Scientist at the Molecular Genetics Thalassaemia Department (MGTD) and an Associate Faculty member at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING), specializing in molecular biology and genetics. She holds a BSc in Biology from Imperial College London, an MSc in Genetics of Human Disease from University College London, and a PhD in Genetics and Molecular Medicine from King’s College London for her work on β-thalassaemia gene therapy conducted at MGTD-CING. She serves as the biocurator of the ITHANET portal and is the Biocurator Trainer for the ClinGen Hemoglobinopathy Variant Curation Expert Panel. Additionally, she co-chairs the Genotyping Working Group of the International Hemoglobinopathy Research Network (INHERENT) and the Molecular Research and Diagnosis Working Group of the HELIOS COST Action CA22119. She also coordinates staff exchanges at CING as part of the ARISE Initiative. Her research keywords include thalassemia, hemoglobinopathies, genetics, genomics, clinical variants, variant interpretation, biomarkers, and genetic modifiers.