Education
- 2012: Ph.D. in Clinical Science and Technology, University of Udine, Italy
- 2008: M.Sc. in Medical Biotechnology, University of Padua, Italy
- 2005: B.S. in Health Biotechnology, University of Padua, Italy
Academic Appointments
- 2021 – present: Junior Group Leader, Lovisa Lab, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, 麻豆传媒AV在线看 University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
- 2024 – 2025: Adjunct Professor, 麻豆传媒AV在线看 University, Milan, Italy
- 2020 – 2021: Research Fellow, Danese Lab, Dept. of Gastroenterology, 麻豆传媒AV在线看 Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
- 2013 – 2020: Post-doctoral Fellow, Kalluri Lab, Dept. of Cancer Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
- 2012 – 2013: Post-doctoral Intern, Baldassarre Lab, Dept. of Experimental Oncology 2, CRO National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
- 2009 – 2012: Ph.D. Student, Baldassarre Lab, Dept. of Experimental Oncology 2, CRO National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
- 2007 – 2008: M.Sc. Candidate and Pre-doctoral Fellow, Baldassarre Lab, Dept. of Experimental Oncology 2, CRO National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
Membership and Affiliations
- 2024 – present: Member, The Association of Cell Biology and Differentiation (ABCD)
- 2022 – present: Executive Committee Member, The EMT International Association
- 2022 – present: Member, The Italian Cancer Society (SIC)
- 2020 – present: Founder Member, Italian Pancreatic Cancer Community (IPCC)
Awards and Honors
- 2019: Thomas H. and Mayme P. Scott Endowed Fellowship in Cancer Research
- 2017: Hogan Lovells ISSNAF Young Investigator Award Finalist
- 2025: Young Investigator Grant, Italian Ministry of University and Research
- 2023: Scholarship Award, Columbia University
- 2021: AIRC Start-Up Grant
- 2021: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship
- 2020: Umberto Veronesi Foundation Fellowship
- 2019: MD Anderson Postdoctoral Travel Award
Our laboratory studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying tissue damage, fibrosis and inflammation-induced neoplastic transformation.
Our main research areas are:
- Role of epithelial plasticity in tissue injury, regeneration and fibrosis
- Role of epithelial plasticity in the onset of inflammation-induced cancer
- Interplay between epithelial plasticity and inflammatory memory
- Targeting fibrosis-associated fibroblasts
- Profile the fibrotic landscape in pre-neoplastic lesions
- Carstens JL,聽Lovisa S. .听J Exp Clin Cancer Res听2025聽Apr 30;44(1):135.
- LeBleu VS, Kanasaki K,聽Lovisa S, Alge JL, Kim J, Chen Y, Teng Y, Gerami-Naini B, Sugimoto H, Kato N, Revuelta I, Grau N, Sleeman JP, Taduri G, Kizu A, Rafii S, Hochedlinger K, Quaggin SE, Kalluri R. .听Life Sci Alliance 2024聽April 1;7(6):e202402664.
- Chen Y, Yang S,聽Lovisa S, Ambrose C, McAndrews KM, Sugimoto H, Kalluri R. .听Nat Commun 2021聽Dec 10;12(1):7199.
- Lovisa S, Fletcher-Sananikone E, Sugimoto H, Hensel J, Lahiri S, Hertig A, Taduri G, Lawson E, Dewar R, Revuelta I, Kato N, Wu C-J, Bassett RL, Putluri N, Zeisberg M, Zeisberg EM, LeBleu VS, Kalluri R. .听Sci Signal聽2020聽Jun 9;13(635).
- Lovisa S, LeBleu VS, Tampe B, Sugimoto H, Vadnagara K, Carstens JL, Wu CC, Hagos Y, Burckhardt BC, Pentcheva-Hoang T, Nischal H, Allison JP, Zeisberg M, Kalluri R. .听Nat Med听2015听厂别辫迟;21(9):998-1009.