She has been a Visiting Research Associate at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio in 1990 and Research Associate at the University of Pittsburgh from 1997 to 2000. Dr. Ranieri has been Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA and Lab Head of the Laboratory of Nephrology at the University of Bari. She studied cellular and molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis and in the progression of renal damage. Dr. Elena Ranieri scientific research interest includes translational studies designed to generate more effective anti-cancer immunotherapies.