INVITTI Adriana

• Senior Researcher in Cell Technology in Gyneacology, Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Unit, Gynaecology Department, Federal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP, São Paulo, BR.

Adriana Invitti graduated in Biology at the Federal University of Paraná (2003) and obtained her MsC in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the same University. She then moved to São to work with Cell Therapy at the industry. In 2011, she decided to re-join academia and obtained her PhD in Sciences (Gyneacology) at the Federal University of São Paulo (2016). She has been working with Endometriosis at the UNIFESP Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain unit led by Prof Eduardo Schor since then. She has developed a three-dimensional in vitro model to study peritoneal early initiation of endometriosis. This model was improved after two Visiting Research Fellowships at the renowned EndoCaRe Centre at the University of Oxford, where she collaborated with Prof Krina Zondervan and Prof Christian Becker.

She coordinates the Endometriosis Molecular and Cellular Laboratory at UNIFESP and collaborates with the clinical trials undergoing in the Unit. Her research focuses on understanding the ethiopatogenesis of endometriosis. Her current research interests include the elucidation of the mesenchymal to epithelial transition mechanisms on endometriosis applying her in vitro model and integrating this with information from a first genome-wide association study for Brazilian population in collaboration with Prof Omero Poli Neto from the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, State University of São Paulo (FMRP-USP). She has been advocating for the necessity of standardization of in vitro cell models for endometriosis research. She is member of the ENDOCELL Expert Panel (SEUD) and also acts as a reviewer and editor of endometriosis publications.

She was selected as a World Endometriosis Society Early Career Ambassador in 2024.