David Martino

David Martino is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia Medical School and heads the Clinical Epigenetics team at the Telethon Kids Institute. His research focuses on epigenetic regulation of immune development.

His research examines epigenetic programming in newborns, biomarkers for prenatal alcohol exposure, and gut microbiome development in infants. His work integrates genomics, bioinformatics, and clinical studies to understand immune-related disorders.

Recent publications explore epigenetic mechanisms in childhood food allergy, DNA methylation patterns in vaccine response, and chromatin dynamics during immune cell activation. His work bridges basic epigenetic research with clinical applications.