Francesca Occasi, MD, is a graduate of Tor Vergata University of Rome. She trained in pediatrics at the Sapienza University and she has been practicing since the last ten years at the pediatric allergy and immunology service of the Policlinico Umberto I in Rome.

Francesca Occasi research fields include allergic asthma, rhinitis and ocular allergy. In particular, in the last years she participated to several research protocols investigating the pathogenesis and different therapeutic strategies in children affected by Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis.