Giulia Bivona

Giulia Bivona serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Palermo's School of Medicine and Surgery within the Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnology, where she leads the Clinical Biochemistry Section. Her extensive teaching portfolio spans Neuroscience, Medicine and Surgery, Dentistry, and Dietetics programs from 2009-2026, with core responsibilities in Clinical Biochemistry and related disciplines across undergraduate and professional health curricula.

Her research centers on neurodegenerative disease biomarkers, particularly Alzheimer's disease subtyping through cerebrospinal fluid proteome profiling and machine learning approaches. She investigates vitamin D's immunomodulatory role in multiple sclerosis pathogenesis, CX3CL1 pathway interactions in neuroinflammation, and monocyte distribution width as a sepsis diagnostic tool. Current work integrates neuroimaging (1H-MRS, fMRI) with immune profiling to decode disease mechanisms in Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, and neonatal conditions.

Analysis of her 2022-2025 publications reveals three dominant research trajectories: (1) Alzheimer's biomarker discovery using multi-omics and AI-driven classification of disease subtypes, (2) neuroimmunological intersections between vitamin D, Epstein-Barr virus, and autoimmune pathways in multiple sclerosis, and (3) hematological biomarkers (especially MDW) for rapid sepsis detection in emergency settings. Her methodological expertise bridges clinical biochemistry, neuroimaging, and machine learning applications in diagnostic development.