Professor Dr. Maria Bettinotti

Biography

Maria P. Bettinotti, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Pathology at Johns Hopkins University and serves as the Director of the Immunogenetics Laboratory. With over 25 years of experience in the field of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, she has a rich background that combines clinical molecular genetics and immunogenetics. Dr. Bettinotti earned her Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and her Ph.D. in Immunogenetics from Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Tissue Typing Laboratory at UCLA and worked as a Research Scientist at the National Institute of Health. Her research focuses on HLA’s role in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and organ transplantation, specifically the implications of HLA mismatches. Dr. Bettinotti has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and has given numerous invited talks addressing the effects of HLA polymorphism on disease susceptibility and pharmacogenetics. Additionally, she has contributed significantly to clinical laboratory practices and policies related to immunogenetics.

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