Rosalinda Madonna is Assistant Professor at Center of Excellence on Aging, G. d'Annunzio University in Chieti, Italy and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School in Houston, Texas. She received both her MD in Medicine in Surgery and PhD in Biotechnologies and Biosciences and Cardiology Specialization at G.D'Annunzio University. She worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Texas Medical School and then as a Research Scientist at Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Research, both in Houston Texas. She also held the position of Research Scientist at the Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. Author of over ninety papers and fifteen book chapters, she is an ex-officio nucleus member of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group in Cellular Biology of the Heart, and Councilor of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Research (SIRC). Her research interests include atherosclerosis, stem cells, and regenerative medicine.