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 Federica Marelli-Berg qualified in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan in 1989, and specialized in Hematology in 1993 at the University of Pavia, Italy. In 1997 she completed her PhD studies at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (London) under the supervision of Professor Sir R. Lechler. In 2000 she was awarded a Governors’ lectureship by Imperial College London, where she continued her academic career to become Professor of Immunology in 2011. She joined the William Harvey Research Institute (Barts and The London SMD, Queen Mary University of London) in November 2011. In 2016, she was awarded the BHF Chair of Cardiovascular Immunology. 

Her work focusses on the modulation of immune responses through control of T cell migration.