Dr. Beatrice Defraia conducts research in forensic medicine and medico-legal assessment, with a particular focus on healthcare liability, clinical risk management, and the medico-legal evaluation of adverse events in hospital settings. Her work includes studies on pediatric and adult medical malpractice, forensic pathology, post-mortem diagnostics, and the integration of clinical, legal, and ethical perspectives in healthcare. Her research activity also involves retrospective clinical–forensic studies, analysis of medico-legal claims, evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic pathways, and the development of scientific contributions on topics such as elder abuse, surgical complications, post-mortem biomarkers, and forensic implications of complex clinical cases.