Valentina Monica

Valentina Monica is a Tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Department of Oncology, University of Turin. She is affiliated with the Candiolo Cancer Institute, a leading research facility in oncology. Her research focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying cancer progression, therapeutic resistance, and personalized treatment strategies for thoracic malignancies, particularly non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and malignant pleural mesothelioma. She actively contributes to clinical trials like the ITACA trial, investigating pharmacogenomic-driven chemotherapy and liquid biopsy applications.

Teaching responsibilities include courses on biochemical, molecular, and cellular technologies for biotechnology and nursing students. Her work integrates genomic profiling, tumor microenvironment analysis, and drug response biomarkers. Recent studies emphasize molecular imaging advancements for lung cancer detection and computational methods for cancer subtype classification.

Key research areas span iron metabolism in cancer cells, 3D cell culture models, and thymidylate synthase expression as a therapeutic biomarker. She collaborates on translational projects linking basic science discoveries to clinical applications.