Elisa Mandato

I received my bachelor’s and master’s degree in Molecular Biology and Medical Biology, respectively, and completed my PhD in Onco-Hematology at the University of Padova, Italy. I joined the Medical Oncology Department at Dana-Farber Cancer institute (DFCI) in Boston, MA, to complete my postdoctoral training in the Division of Hematologic Neoplasia, Shipp lab. Last year, I joined the junior faculty at DFCI and Harvard Medical School as an Instructor in Medicine. My research interests include the investigation of mechanisms of immune escape and aberrant signaling pathways in aggressive B-cell lymphomas. My studies focus on identifying novel targetable vulnerabilities to increase the response to therapy in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas, using the recently developed genetic framework and considering the concurrent alterations in clinically relevant disease subsets. My postdoctoral research was funded by a Grant from the Lymphoma Research Foundation. I have a record of productive research studies published in international peer-reviewed journals, including Blood and Frontiers in Immunology. Additionally, I have presented my work in several international venues including the American Society of Hematology annual meeting and the American Association for Cancer Research meeting on Advances in Malignant Lymphoma.