Senior Research Assistant
Dr. Piraino received her PhD in "Cell Proliferation and Differentiation" from the University of Messina Italy in 2005. Dr. Piraino's main role is developing and performing in vitro & models of inflammation and infection in cell cultures. Her expertise also includes molecular biological techniques of protein expression, cell transfection, RNA silencing and imaging of mitochondrial damage.
giovanna.piraino@cchmc.org