Elisabetta Dejana is an Italian cell biologist internationally renowned for her studies on the development of the healthy and pathological vascular system. 

She has been directing the ‘New strategies to inhibit tumor angiogenesis’ research unit at IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology in Milan from 2000 to 2022. 

She served as a full professor of Pathology at Uppsala University in Sweden and held a professorship in the same field at the University of Milan from 2002 till 2020. 

She ranks 20th among Italy’s topscientists in biomedical sciences and is an elected member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. She received the Grand INSERM Award 2018 as the only non-French scientist and the Ambrogino d’Oro 2020, an honour from the City of Milan. 

During her scientific career, she has dedicated considerable effort in improving scientific communication for the general public. She is strongly committed to promoting the careers of young researchers.