Phd in PHD PROGRAM IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

email: rossella.ventura@uniroma1.it
phone:
building: Dipartimento di Psicologia
room: 211

Full postal address: Department of Psychology, University "Sapienza" Rome,Italy.
e-Mail: rossella.ventura@uniroma1.it
phone: +3906501703075; mobile phone: +39063388411167.
fax: +390649917712
Actual Position: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University "Sapienza" Rome,Italy.
Title: Ph.D. awarded 25/02/2000
Education and Training:
-1995. First Degree in Experimental Psychology, “Sapienza” University of Rome.
-1996-1997. Scholarship at the Department of Psychology, “Sapienza”
University of Rome.
-1998. Scholarship at the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute OASI MSS, IRCCS, Troina, Italy.
-1997-2000. Ph.D in Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology, Department
of Psychology, University of Rome “Sapienza”.
-2000-2001. Postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Psychology
“Sapienza” University (fellowship title: “Role of the mesocorticolimbic and cerebellar system in learning and memory”).
-2001-2005. Associate Researcher at the Department of Psychology, “Sapienza” University of Rome.
- 2002: Recipient of a grant by the Research Committee of the University of Rome (Project Title: Role of dopaminergic and noradrenergic transmission in cognitive and behavioral
deficits in a genetic mouse model of Fragile- X”).
-2005-2007. Aggregate researcher at the Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS,
(European Centre for Brain Research, CERC), Rome.
-2005-2012. Reseracher at the University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy.
- from 2012: Associate Professor, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Membership: Member of: Society for Neuroscience; European Behavioural
Pharmacology Society; Associazione Italiana di Psicologia.

Fundings:
2002. Project "Giovani Ricercatori" Dep of Psycholgy, University La Sapienza Rome, Italy. 6.500 (Principal Investigator).
2005-2007. Ministry of University and Research, Italy. € 63.000 (Co-Investigator).
2007-2008. Ministry of Health, Italy. € 226.000 (Co-Investigator).
2009-2011. TELETHON:GGP09254 € 66.100 (Co-Investigator).
2010-2013. FIRB RBFR10RZ0N Ministry of Instruction University and Research, Italy. € 493.960 (Principal Investigator).
2013. University Sapienza Rome Italy, € 7000 (C26A13L3PZ ) (Principal Investigator).
2014. University Sapienza Rome Italy (C26H148C2P) (Co-Investigator).
2015. University Sapienza Rome Italy, € 8000 (C26A15S53E) (Principal Investigator).
2016. University Sapienza Rome Italy, (C351BDB6) € 8000 + 23600 (assegno di ricerca). (Principal Investigator)
2017. University Sapienza Rome Italy, (RG11715C7E0A7187) € 34.500 (Principal Investigator).
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA (Jesse R Schank, PhD)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York (Andrea Ventura, MD, PhD).

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Review for peer-reviewed international journals
Grant review: ANR, MIUR (France and Italian Ministry for Scientific Research, respectively).
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
POSITIONS AND HONORS
2001-2005.Aggregate Researcher, " Sapienza" Dep of Psychology Rome Italy
2006-2007.Univ. of L'Aquila Dept Science and Biom Technology Italy Univ Researcher
2007-2012.Faculty of Psychol Univ of L'Aquila Dept. Sci and Biom Technology, Italy Univ Researcher
2005-2014.Aggregate Researcher, Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS, (CERC) Lab Pscychobiol of Behavior Rome