Associate Professor Tenure; Director of the Zebrafish Phenotyping Core for Precision Medicine, Internal Medicine and Genetics; Co-Director, Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC)
Stefania Nicoli, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Yale University with joint appointments in the Departments of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Genetics. She also serves as the Director of the Yale Zebrafish Phenotyping Core for Precision Medicine and Co-Director of the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center Yale Medicine. Dr. Nicoli earned her Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology from the University of Milan in 2002 and her PhD in Biomedical Biotechnology from the University of Brescia in 2007. She completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2011, focusing on microRNAs and vascular development Yale Medicine. In 2012, Dr. Nicoli joined Yale School of Medicine, where her research centers on decoding the in vivo functions of microRNAs cell biology and development. Her lab utilizes zebrafish models to investigate how non-coding RNAs regulate gene expression, influencing blood vessel formation and function. This work has significant implications for understanding diseases such as cancer, atherosclerosis, and stroke. Throughout her career, Dr. Nicoli has received several prestigious awards, including the 2016 Springer Junior Investigator Award from the North American Vascular Biology Organization and the 2022 Judah Folkman Award in Vascular Biology, recognizing her outstanding contributions to the field NAVBO IVBM 2022. Dr. Nicoli is also dedicated to mentoring the next generation of...