Creative Testing Solutions
Marion Lanteri, Ph.D., joined Creative Testing Solutions in 2022 as Vice President of Scientific Affairs. Dr. Lanteri is an immuno-virologist by training with over 18 years of experience in the field of infectious diseases and blood safety. Marion earned her Ph.D. in molecular biology and virology, studying HIV at the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis in France. Dr. Lanteri spent six years with the Cerus Corporation (2016-2022), where she most recently served as Senior Scientific and Medical Affairs Director. Before that time, Dr. Lanteri served 12 years with Blood Systems Research Institute (now Vitalant Research Institute - VRI) in San Francisco, where she started as a post-doc and then became an investigator specialized in West Nile, dengue, and Zika virus research as well as blood component quality and the OMICS approaches. She was also an investigator and the study coordinator for the Central Laboratory of the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS) III Program. She holds an Assistant Adjunct Professor position in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of California San Francisco in addition to her affiliate Associate Investigator position at VRI. She is a member of the American Society for Virology, the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies, and the International Society of Blood Transfusion where she is involved with the Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases working group party. Dr. Lanteri has authored or co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications.