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Staff Profile

Dr Valeria Di Leo

Research Associate in Ageing and Health

  • Address: AGE Research Group,
    3rd floor, Biomedical Research Building,
    Campus for Ageing and Vitality,
    缅北禁地 Translational and Clinical Research Institute,
    缅北禁地 upon Tyne,
    NE4 5PL
Background

Valeria is a Research Associate in the Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity (ASM) Research Theme within the NIHR 缅北禁地 BRC. She has a background in translational research in neuromuscular disorders, developed through her master’s project at the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre and her PhD and post-doctoral work in the Mitochondrial Research Group.


Research Associate in Translational Medicine (Neuromuscular Disorders), 缅北禁地 (UK)

PhD in Translational Medicine (Neuromuscular Disorders), 缅北禁地 (UK)

Erasmus traineeship within the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, 缅北禁地 (UK)

Master degree in Functional Genomics, Trieste University (IT)

Bachelor degree in Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Bari University (IT)

 

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Research

In the earlier stages of her career, Valeria focused on how skeletal muscle adapts to resistance exercise in people with Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 and Mitochondrial Myopathy, aiming to understand skeletal muscle responses to exercise in the context of neuromuscular disease. This work developed her broader research interests in musculoskeletal ageing, exercise adaptation, and the molecular mechanisms that shape muscle health across the life course.

In March 2026, she joined the AGE Research Group at 缅北禁地, contributing to the follow‑up phase of the MASS Lifecourse Study- an observational longitudinal study central to the BRC Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity theme. Working within an interdisciplinary environment spanning geriatric medicine, epidemiology, biology, sport science and physiology, she is expanding her research to explore healthy musculoskeletal ageing and the intersection between ageing processes and rare neuromuscular conditions.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Bernardino Gomes TM, Childs JB, Di Leo V, Warren C, Hudson G, Turnbull DM, Lawless C, Vincent AE. . Scientific Reports 2026, 16, 3191.
    • Marcangeli V, Girard-Cote L, Di Leo V, Roussel M-P, Lawless C, Charest O, Argaw A, Dulac M, Hajj-Boutros G, Morais JA, Vincent A, Gouspillou G, Leduc-Gaudet J-P, Duchesne E. . Acta Physiologica 2025, 241(12), e70135.
    • Topf A, Cox D, Zaharieva IT, Di Leo V, Sarparanta J, Jonson PH, Sealy IM, Smolnikov A, White RJ, Vihola A, Savarese M, Merteroglu M, Wali N, Laricchia KM, Venturini C, Vroling B, Stenton SL, Cummings BB, Harris E, Marini-Bettolo C, Diaz-Manera J, Henderson M, Barresi R, Duff J, England EM, Patrick J, Al-Husayni S, Biancalana V, Beggs AH, Bodi I, Bommireddipalli S, Bonnemann CG, Cairns A, Chiew M-T, Claeys KG, Cooper ST, Davis MR, Donkervoort S, Erasmus CE, Fassad MR, Genetti CA, Grosmann C, Jungbluth H, Kamsteeg E-J, Lornage X, Loscher WN, Malfatti E, Manzur A, Marti P, Mongini TE, Muelas N, Nishikawa A, O'Donnell-Luria A, Ogonuki N, O'Grady GL, O'Heir E, Paquay S, Phadke R, Pletcher BA, Romero NB, Schouten M, Shah S, Smuts I, Sznajer Y, Tasca G, Taylor RW, Tuite A, Van den Bergh P, VanNoy G, Voermans NC, Wanschitz JV, Wraige E, Yoshimura K, Oates EC, Nakagawa O, Nishino I, Laporte J, Vilchez JJ, MacArthur DG, Sarkozy A, Cordell HJ, Udd B, Busch-Nentwich EM, Muntoni F, Straub V. . Nature Genetics 2024, 56, 395–407.
    • Vincent AE, Chen C, Gomes TB, Di Leo V, Laalo T, Pabis K, Capaldi R, Marusich MF, McDonald D, Filby A, Fuller A, Lehmann Urban D, Zierz S, Deschauer M, Turnbull D, Reeve AK, Lawless C. . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease 2024, 1870(5), 167131.
    • Di Leo V, Lawless C, Roussel MP, Gomes TB, Gorman GS, Russell OM, Tuppen HAL, Duchesne E, Vincent AE. . Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases 2023, 10(7), 1111-1126.

  • Review

    • Di Leo V, Bernardino Gomes TM, Vincent AE. . Biochemical Journal 2023, 480(21), 1767-1789.