Toma Tebaldi

Toma Tebaldi is an Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Medical Oncology and Hematology department at Yale School of Medicine and a member of the Yale Cancer Center. His interdisciplinary work bridges computational biology and cancer research, with a focus on RNA mechanisms in hematologic malignancies. Dr. Tebaldi maintains affiliations with multiple research programs including Genomics, Genetics, and Epigenetics, and Internal Medicine at Yale.

Dr. Tebaldi's educational background includes a PhD in Information and Communication Technology from the University of Trento (2010), an MSc in Biotechnologies - Bioinformatics from University of Milano Bicocca (2006), and a BSc in Biotechnologies from the same institution (2003). His training includes postdoctoral fellowships at University of Trento, EMBO Short Fellowship at University of Edinburgh, and international internships at Harvard Medical School, University of Edinburgh, and University of Sheffield.

His research focuses on RNA molecular mechanisms underlying disease dysregulation, combining experimental and computational approaches. Key areas include alternative splicing, non-coding RNA binding, mutant RNA binding proteins, RNA modifications (epitranscriptome), translation dynamics, and single-cell expression data. This work has significant implications for understanding and treating hematologic cancers.

Dr. Tebaldi's publication record shows consistent output in high-impact journals from 2022-2025, with research spanning cancer biology, RNA mechanisms, and computational approaches. His work demonstrates increasing sophistication in integrating single-cell technologies with traditional molecular biology techniques to address complex questions in cancer biology.

• Italian National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Applied Biology (2021)
• Italian National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Molecular Biology (2020)
• Yale YCCEH Pilot and Feasibility Program Award (2018)
• RNA Society Travel Award: RNA2016, Kyoto (2016)
• EMBO Travel Grant Award: Protein synthesis and translational control (2015)

Dr. Tebaldi serves as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Genetics - Computational Biology and as a reviewer for PRIN 2020 MIUR. His membership in the Yale Center for Biomedical Data Science and Yale Cancer Center provides access to extensive collaborative networks and resources. His research program benefits from interdisciplinary connections between computational biology, cancer genomics, and clinical hematology/oncology.

Through his Italian Society of Yale Students and Affiliates board membership and Visiting Professor appointments at University of Trento, Dr. Tebaldi maintains strong international connections that enrich his research program and provide opportunities for student exchanges and collaborative projects across continents.