Scientific Director
Born in Torino in 1965, Anna Mondino graduated in biological sciences and obtained a PhD in oncology from the University of Torino. She moved to New York first and the to the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis to further her interests and training in molecular oncology and cellular and molecular Immunology. In 1998, thanks to an AIRC Star-Up grant, she returned to Italy, and joined the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milano, where she became Head of the Lymphocyte Activation Unit within the Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases. Her studies have been centered on the mechanisms underlying the crosstalk of tumors and the immune system with the aim of developing novel immunotherapeutic approaches. Mondino has served in several national and international committee, as reviewer of scientific journals and funding bodies, as member of governing Institutional boards, Chair of the San Raffaele Recruitment and Promotion Committee, adjunct professor of Pathology and Immunology at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, and, since 2022 of the AIRC Scientific Committee. She has trained more than 50 young scientists, and promoted dedicated training and mentoring initiatives, in line with the AIRC mission.
Anna Mondino has been appointed scientific director of the AIRC Foundation on September, 1st 2024.
