Christina Doriana Orru`-Grovemann, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

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Education:

Ph.D., University of Cagliari, Italy

Languages Spoken: Italian
Portrait of Christina Doriana Orru-Groveman, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Orru`-Groveman received her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Cagliari (Italy) in 2007 and completed her postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health in Dr. Caughey’s laboratory. She has been a staff scientist since 2015 and has conducted prion research in the Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases (now Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity) since 2008. Dr. Orru`-Groveman is an associate editor for Frontiers in Neurosciences and Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. She is also a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Virology.