Phd in PHD PROGRAM IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

email: maria.leggio@uniroma1.it
phone: +39 06 49917645
building: RM024
room: stanza 8, II piano

Maria Leggio

Curriculum Vitae

Part I – Appointments and Responsibilities

Ia – Academic Appointments
2017-at present Full Professor (Professore Ordinario), Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
2001-2017 Associate Professor (Professore Associato), Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
1996-2001 Permanent Research Position (Ricercatore a tempo pieno), Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome

Ib – Academic Responsibilities
1998-at present Member of the board of the PhD Course in “Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology”, at present “Behavioral Neuroscience”, Sapienza University of Rome
2022-at present Member of the Executive Board (Giunta di Dipartimento) of the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
2022-at present Member of the Quality and Monitoring Board (Commissione di Monitoraggio e Qualità) of the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
1998-2021 President of the Research Board of the Department of Psychology (Commissione Ricerca di Dipartimento), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
2011-2014 Member of the Executive Board (Giunta di Facoltà) of the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
2011-2012 Member of the Scientific Research Board (Commissione di Ricerca Scientifica) of the Sapienza University of Rome
2004-2009 Member of the Evaluation Board (Nucleo di valutazione) of the Faculty of Psychology 1, Sapienza University of Rome
1998-2004 Member of the Executive Board (Giunta di Dipartimento) of the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology 1, Sapienza University of Rome

Part II – Teaching

IIa – Teaching: Degree Courses
2012 – at present “Cognitive Neuroscience” at the Degree Course (three years) "Psychology and Health", Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
2021 – at present Clinical and Social Neuroscience for Health (Clinical Neuroscience module) at the Specialized Degree Course (two years) "Health Psychology for clinical and healthcare settings ", Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
2023 – at present Laboratory of “Experimental neuroscience in clinical field” at the Specialized Degree Course (two years) "Cognitive Neuroscience Evaluation and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation ", Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome

IIb – Teaching: PhD Courses
1998 – at present Member of the teaching staff of the PhD Course in “Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology”, at present “Behavioral Neuroscience”, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome

IIc – Teaching: Master and Specialization Courses
2019 – at present “Neuropsychology of the Neurodegenerative diseases” at the Specialization Course in "Neuropsychology ", Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome

III- Research Activity

IIIa - Research Experience and Responsibility
2003 – at present Chief of the laboratory “Cognitive Neuroscience and Cerebellum”, Department of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
2006 – at present Chief of Ataxia Lab, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome
1999 – at present Scientific advice at the Research Institute , IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome

IIIb - Research topics
The research activity addresses the cerebellar role in different cognitive domains with particular interest in the analysis of cerebello-cortical interactions. These studies allow to deepen the current knowledge on the effects of cerebellar modulation on cortical functions and to develop neurorehabilitation protocols and normative data specific for pathologies that affect cerebellar structures.

IIIc - Research fields
Cognitive Neuroscience, behavioural neurophysiology, clinical neurology, neuroplasticity