Phd in PHD PROGRAM IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Education
06/12/2018-07/12/2018:
“Transcranial Brain Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop”
Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Rovereto (Italy)

01/11/2017-present
PhD Student: Behavioral Neuroscience PhD Program, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, in the Affective Processes and Social Cognition Lab. (supervisor Prof.ssa Anna Pecchinenda). My Ph.D program focus on the interactions between emotion and cognitive functions in healthy individuals.
Research areas: Emotion and attention; Automatic processes and top-down modulation in social cognition; Attentional orienting to social signals; Deficits in social cognition; Intention attribution; Effects of tDCS on executive functions.

08/03/2014
MSc in Clinical Neuroscience of behavior in adult and in elderly
LUMSA University of Rome, Italy, vote 30/30, Dissertation topic: Cognitive rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis:a case-control study.

14/12/2012
Master’s Degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychological Rehabilitation, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Summa cum laude (110/110 e lode),
Dissertation topic: Cognitive Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: study with fMRI.

Academic Appointments

01/04/2016 - 30/09/2017
Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Research activity at the “Interdepartmental Center for Social Illness” – CIMS
Dep. L.240 / 2010 Public health for infective diseases
"La Sapienza" University of Rome - P.zza Aldo Moro, 5 – Rome, Italy

01/05/2015 - 31/10/2015
Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Research activity at the “Department of Human Neuroscience”, Dep. L.240 / 2010 Neurology and psychiatry
"La Sapienza" University of Rome - P.zza Aldo Moro, 5 – Rome, Italy


01/04/2014 - 30/09/2014
Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Research activity at the “Department of Human Neuroscience”, Dep. L.240 / 2010 Neurology and psychiatry
"La Sapienza" University of Rome - P.zza Aldo Moro, 5 – Rome, Italy

Other Appointments

01/01/2013 - 30/12/2013
Postgraduate Scholarship
Project:” Back to the future” for the support of Higher Education and Scientific Research European Economic Community-Puglia

Professional Experiences

From 01/12/2016 - present
Study coordinator and Data Manager in clinical trial :
"EFFECT OF MD1003 IN PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED STUDY" (MEDDAY PHARMACEUTICALS)
Sant’ Andrea Hospital, Rome

From 01/01/2017 to 01/09/2018
Research Consultant in clinical trial:
GENEURO:” RANDOMISED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED SINGLE BLIND STUDY TO INVESTIGATE SINGLE ASCENDING DOSES OF GNbAC1 IN MS PATIENTS.
NCL Neurological Center of Latium - Rome

From 01/06/2014 to 01/06/2016
Research Consultant in clinical trial:
" CFTY720D2311: A TWO-YEAR, DOUBLE BLIND, RANDOMIZED, MULTICENTER, ACTIVE CONTROLLED STUDY TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF FINGOLIMOD IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH MS".
Sant’ Andrea Hospital, Rome

From 01/01/2015 to 01/01/2016
Study coordinator and Data Manager in clinical trial :
STUDY BIIT0113-WANT: " WORK ABILITY IN NATALIZUMAB-TREATED MS PATIENT ". Biogen Idec
Sant’ Andrea Hospital, Rome

From 01/01/2014 to 01/01/2016
Research Consultant in clinical trial:
" STARTEC: SINGLE-COUNTRY STUDY TO EVALUATE COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN BG00012 TREATED SM-RR PATIENTS (ITA-BGT-12-10389)". BIOGEN
NCL Neurological Center of Latium - Rome