FRANCESCA DE LUCA

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXIII
email: fra.deluca@uniroma1.it
phone: 0649917663
building: Via dei Marsi, 78
room: 3d





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



Research products

  • 11573/1582833 - 2022 - It is not always positive: emotional bias in young and older adults (01a Articolo in rivista)
    FRANCESCA DE LUCA, Gabriella ANTONUCCI, ANNA PECCHINENDA
  • 11573/1563394 - 2021 - Contributions of the right prefrontal and parietal cortices to the attentional blink: a tdcs study (01a Articolo in rivista)
    ANNA PECCHINENDA, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, BIANCA MONACHESI, MANUEL PETRUCCI, Mariella PAZZAGLIA, FABRIZIO DORICCHI
  • 11573/1496559 - 2021 - It is not always positive: Emotional bias in young and older adults. (04d Abstract in atti di convegno)
    ANNA PECCHINENDA, FRANCESCA DE LUCA
  • 11573/1408808 - 2020 - Premorbid functional reserve modulates the effect of rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis (01a Articolo in rivista)
    LETIZIA CASTELLI, LAURA DE GIGLIO, SHALOM HAGGIAG, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, SERENA RUGGIERI
  • 11573/1496504 - 2020 - Asymmetric contributions of the fronto-parietal network to emotional conflict in the word-face interference task (01a Articolo in rivista)
    FRANCESCA DE LUCA, MANUEL PETRUCCI, BIANCA MONACHESI, ANNA PECCHINENDA
  • 11573/1453275 - 2020 - ‘Posture second’ strategy predicts disability progression in multiple sclerosis (01a Articolo in rivista)
    LAURA DE GIGLIO, SHALOM HAGGIAG, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, SERENA RUGGIERI, luca PROSPERINI
  • 11573/1336901 - 2019 - Impact of tDCS on visual selective attention (04d Abstract in atti di convegno)
    ANNA PECCHINENDA, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, BIANCA MONACHESI, MANUEL PETRUCCI, Michal Lavidor
  • 11573/1336236 - 2019 - A matter of atrophy: differential impact of brain and spine volume loss on disability worsening in MS (04d Abstract in atti di convegno)
    SERENA RUGGIERI, Marco PETRACCA, LAURA DE GIGLIO, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, COSTANZA GIANNI', FLAVIA GURRERI, NIKOLAOS PETSAS, SILVIA TOMMASIN, Carlo POZZILLI, Patrizia PANTANO
  • 11573/1336224 - 2019 - Effect of dalfampridine on information processing speed impairment in multiple sclerosis (01a Articolo in rivista)
    LAURA DE GIGLIO, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, FLAVIA GURRERI, luca PROSPERINI, GIOVANNA BORRIELLO, MARIA ESMERALDA QUARTUCCIO, Carlo POZZILLI
  • 11573/1336218 - 2019 - Cognitive fatigability is a quantifiable distinct phenomenon in multiple sclerosis (01a Articolo in rivista)
    SILVIA TOMMASIN, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, FLAVIA GURRERI, LETIZIA CASTELLI, SERENA RUGGIERI, luca PROSPERINI, Patrizia PANTANO, Carlo POZZILLI, LAURA DE GIGLIO
  • 11573/1225616 - 2018 - Mathematical modelling characterises fatigability as a distinct phenomenon in patients with multiple sclerosis (04f Poster)
    SILVIA TOMMASIN, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, FLAVIA GURRERI, LETIZIA CASTELLI, SERENA RUGGIERI, luca PROSPERINI, Patrizia PANTANO, Carlo POZZILLI, LAURA DE GIGLIO
  • 11573/1227039 - 2018 - Cesarean section in women with MS: a choice or a need? (04f Poster)
    LAURA DE GIGLIO, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, SERENA RUGGIERI, ANTONIO IANNIELLO, MARIA ANTONIETTA D'ERRICO, CARLO DE ANGELIS, Carlo POZZILLI
  • 11573/1227058 - 2017 - Dalfampridine improves cognition impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS): results from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. (04d Abstract in atti di convegno)
    LAURA DE GIGLIO, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, FLAVIA GURRERI, luca PROSPERINI, MARIA ESMERALDA QUARTUCCIO, claudio GASPERINI, Carlo POZZILLI
  • 11573/1415011 - 2016 - Corpus callosum microstructural changes associated with Kawashima Nintendo Brain Training in patients with multiple sclerosis (01a Articolo in rivista)
    LAURA DE GIGLIO, NEERAJ UPADHYAY, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, luca PROSPERINI, FRANCESCA TONA, NIKOLAOS PETSAS, Carlo POZZILLI, Patrizia PANTANO
  • 11573/899742 - 2016 - Task-dependent deterioration of balance underpinning cognitive-postural interference in MS. (01a Articolo in rivista)
    luca PROSPERINI, LAURA DE GIGLIO, LETIZIA CASTELLI, FRANCESCA DE LUCA
  • 11573/899879 - 2016 - The dual task-cost of standing balance affects quality of life in mildly disabled MS people (01a Articolo in rivista)
    FRANCESCA DE LUCA, MARIA RITA MARCHETTI, FULVIA FANELLI, luca PROSPERINI
  • 11573/1414931 - 2015 - A low-cost cognitive rehabilitation with a commercial video game improves sustained attention and executive functions in multiple sclerosis: A pilot study (01a Articolo in rivista)
    LAURA DE GIGLIO, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, luca PROSPERINI, Patrizia PANTANO, Carlo POZZILLI
  • 11573/1227094 - 2015 - Investigating the phenomenon of "cognitive-motor interference" in multiple sclerosis by means of dual-task posturography (01a Articolo in rivista)
    luca PROSPERINI, LETIZIA CASTELLI, FRANCESCA DE LUCA, LAURA DE GIGLIO, FLAVIA GURRERI, Carlo POZZILLI

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