Dr. Valli De Re is a Director at CRO Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano. She graduated in Biology at the University of Trieste and specialized in Biomedical Technologies at the University of Bologna. She is in charge of the bio-proteomics facility and responsible for the calculation of risk scores for adenocarcinoma and gastric neuroendocrine cancer, identification of CDH1 gene variants, and typing of Legionella pneumophila isolates identified at the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Friuli Venezia Giulia (ARPA FVG). Her research studies are applied to the biology of cancers of the gastrointestinal tract and Hodgkin’s lymphoma, with a focus on infectious and autoimmune-related agents.