Ilaria Zito

PhD, Geneticist

Italy

Ilaria Zito, BSc, PhD, specialized in Medical Genetics. She obtained her Science Degree at “La Sapienza” University in Rome, her PhD degree in Molecular Genetics at UCL in London and her degree of specialization in Medical Genetics at “Catholic University” in Rome. After several years in the research field, where she worked on genetic diseases such as Fragile-X Syndrome and Retinitis Pigmentosa, she moved on to the diagnostics field, where she performed genetic counselling, genetic screening of the most common genetic diseases and NIPT analysis. In 2018 she left the bench to join Parent Project aps in Rome, where she works in the scientific office and is the curator of the Italian DMD/BMD Patient Registry.