Natasha Medici

Role: Symposium Committee Coordinator

Biography:

Natasha is a Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology at Dr. Luisa Escobar-Hoyos laboratory. Her project involves understanding the role of alternative RNA splicing in the development of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma to elucidate new vulnerabilities in this type of cancer for new therapies development. Natasha is originally from Brazil and is a microbiologist/immunologist. She obtained her PhD in host-pathogen interactions in 2019 from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Stony Brook University. In her work, she described how virulence factors activate inflammation responses in macrophages, and these findings impact our understanding of how we can develop therapeutics suitable for auto-immune diseases. Natasha enjoys being a mentor, a scientist and strongly advocates for gender equality in STEM.

Contact: natasha.pintomedici@yale.edu