Prof. Valentina Petito holds a Master's Degree in Medical Biotechnology from the University of Rome Tor Vergata and a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Metabolism Sciences from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome, Institute of Special Medical Pathology. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral fellow in the Gastroenterology Department at the Fondazione Policlinico “A. Gemelli” in Rome, Italy. She is a Biotechnologist. Her main interests are the mechanisms of mucosal healing in IBD and the mechanism of loss of response to “biological” drugs. She specializes in the mice model of GI disorders as well as the study of the modulation of the immune system and the gut microbiome and metabolome in the mice model of IBD and the course of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.