Filippo Muratori

MD, Specialized in Child Neuropsychiatry and Psychiatry at the University of Pisa. Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry at the University of Pisa (Italy). Director of the Developmental Psychiatry Clinical Unit at the Department of the Developmental Neuroscience of the Scientific Institute IRCCS Stella Maris
His main clinical/research interests regard: autism (see after); adolescent eating disorder (mainly hyperactivity and empathy deficit in restricting anorexia nervosa, and its treatment); Psychopathological antecedents in early onset schizophrenia; efficacy of an original model of brief parent-child psychotherapy for emotional disorders.
He has conducted several studies on autism: particularly on early identification and screening, diagnosis and treatment; neuroimaging; neurophysiologic correlates of face processing; biological markers; psychopharmacology. Main topics of more recent research are: 1) The coupling of clinical research science and bioengineering to study the neural foundations and cognitive processes underlying the development of autism and the social mind; 2) The application of new equipments such as the eye-tracking systems, diffusion tensor imaging, wearable biomedical devices and socially-responsive humanoid robots to study the nature of typical and atypical developmental processes of social cognition, behavior and sensory-motor system in autism; 3) To provide precise measurement of brain structures and connectivity as well as psycho-physiological and behavioural responses to study the neural correlates of social interaction; 4) To define new scenarios in research methodology and experimental designs and foster challenging technological frameworks for understanding and unraveling autism and the social mind.
Scientific production consists on several publications on national and international Journals.
H-index (Scopus)=35

Relevant previous projects or activities:
• Funded by: the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme 2011-2014
Title: Patient-centric model for remote management, treatment and rehabilitation of autistic children; collaborative research STREP project: MICHELANGELO
Coordinator: Silvio Bonfiglio
Local Principal Investigator: Filippo Muratori

• Funded by: the European Science Foundation (ESF) COST Action BM1004
Title: Enhancing the Scientific Study of Early Autism –ESSEA- Project
Coordinator: Tony Charman
Local Principal Investigator: Filippo Muratori
• Funded by: Directorate-General of Health and Consumers of the European Commission (DG-SANCO)
Title: Autism Spectrum Disorders in the European Union –ASDEU-
Coordinator: Manuel Posada
Local Principal Investigator: Filippo Muratori

• Funded by: the Research Council of Norway, programs Clinical Research and Mental Health (Research Council of Norway project number 213982)
Title: Randomized controlled trial of improvisational music therapy’s effectiveness for children with ASD -TIME-A Project-
Coordinator: Christian Gold
Local Principal Investigator: Filippo Muratori
• Funded by: Sviluppo Toscana, Bando FAS Salute
Title: Interdisciplinary Research Environment for Neuroimaging Analysis in Autism -ARIANNA Project-