Dr Di Meglio received her PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Naples Federico II (Italy) and trained at Yale University (USA), St. John’s Institute of Dermatology (London), and at the MRC NIMR, now the Francis Crick Institute (London). In March 2017 she became Lecturer in Cutaneous Immunology at St John’s Institute of Dermatology and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2022.

Dr Di Meglio’s research interest is in the etiopathogenesis of complex inflammatory skin conditions, with a particular focus on the mechanistic interplay between genetic, environmental and immune factors. She has also an interest in pharmacogenomics and biomarkers discovery.

Dr Di Meglio has been the recipient of the European Society for Dermatological Research (EASDR)/Celgene Award, and of the British Society for Investigative Dermatology (BSID) Young Investigator Award, both in 2014. She has given over 40 invited lectures, including at the World Congress of Dermatology in 2015, the Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin in 2017 and at the European Society of Dermatological Research (ESDR) Annual meeting in 2022.

She is Section Editor in Dermatology and Skin Immunology for Pharmacological Research and Associate Editor for The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. She is the Chair of the British Society of Investigative Dermatology (BSID).