EDUCATION
10/2016 – 11/2019
PhD program in Translational Medicine
Institute of Life Sciences, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
Curriculum: Molecular Biomedicine, Experimental and Clinical Physiology and Pathophysiology
Position founded by the Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa
Final mark: 110/110 cum laude
7/2013 – 8/2017
Psychiatry Specialty School
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa
Final mark: 110/110 cum laude
10/2006 – 10/2013
Diploma in Medical Sciences
Institute of Life Sciences, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
Final mark: 110/110 cum laude
10/2006 – 9/2012
School of Medicine and Surgery
University of Pisa
Graduation thesis: "Family history x obstetric complications interaction in psychosis risk”, supervisor prof L. Dell’Osso
Final mark: 110/110 cum laude
SCIENTIFIC TRAINING
8/2018 – 11/2018
Research program abroad
Institute of Experimental Pediatric Endocrinology, Charité, Berlin (Germany) - Heike Biebermann's Lab
9/2014 – 3/2016
Honorary Attachment as Visiting Researcher
Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London (UK), director: prof Philip McGuire, supervisor: dr P. Fusar-Poli
CLINICAL TRAINING
1/2018 – 11/2018
Training Course in Juridical Psychology and Forensic Psychiatry
Associazione Italiana di Psicologia Giuridica, Roma (Italy)
9/2014 – 3/2016
Honorary Medical Doctor
OASIS Outreach and Support, SLaM, South London and Maudsley, NHS Foundation Trust, London (UK)
11/2012 – 10/2013
Licence to practice the profession of Physician and Surgeon
State Exam at the University of Pisa, session II – 2012
HONOURS AND AWARDS
02/2021
Marie Sklodowska Curie Individual Fellowship, European Commission, Horizon 2020
07/2020
Fulbright award - Research Scholar
11/2019
Successful Candidate in the open competition based on qualifications and examinations for a permanent, full-time Researcher position in Pathophysiology at the National Research Council, Pisa
8/2019
Early Career Fellowship
19th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, World Psychiatry Association
30-31/10/2017
Congress “Mental disorders in youth. Continuity of care and early interventions”, poster, 1st prize
Società Italiana di Pischiatria, sezione Puglia e Basilicata, Lecce (Italy)
29/5/2017
National scientific award Rocco Pollice, 1st prize
11/2014 – 5/2015
Erasmus + Traineeship
Department of Psychosis Studies, IoPPN, King's College London, London (UK)
10/2006 – 10/2013
Scolarship from Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Undergraduate student in Medical Sciences
SCIENTIFIC (INTER)NATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
2012-2013 & 2016-2017
Italian Network for Research on Psychoses
National project involving 27 Italian research centres coordinated by prof Mario Maj, from the University of Napoli SUN.
8/2015 – 3/2016
PSYSCAN – Translating neuroimaging findings from research into clinical practice
International project involving 25 centres coordinated by Prof Philip McGuire, King’s College London (http://psyscan.eu/help-seekers/about-psyscan).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND MENTORSHIP
03/2021 - ongoing: Lecturer: A theoretical framework for psychiatric rehabilitation, Corso di laurea in tecnica della riabilitazione psichiatrica, University of Pisa
07/2020 - ongoing: Lecturer: Research methodology in Psychiatry, Psychiatry Specialty School University of Pisa
05/2020 - ongoing: Lecturer: Psychogeriatry, Psychiatry Specialty School University of Pisa
Since 10/2019 Thesis Supervisor
- Undergraduate student, Master’s Degree in Neuroscience, University of Pisa
- Undergraduate student, School of Medicine, University of Pisa and Diploma in Medical Sciences, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
2017/2018 and 2018/2019 Mentorship / Laboratory internship
Undergraduate students of the Diploma in Medical Sciences, Sant’Anna Scho