Role
Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Head of the Psychology Unit at the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital IRCCS in Rome.
Bio
A graduate in Developmental and Educational Psychology, she completed a postgraduate course in Learning Psychopathology and a PhD in Cognitive and Rehabilitation Sciences. Specializing in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy, she has been practicing clinically and scientifically at the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital since 1998, where she has been Head of the Psychology Unit since 2023. She holds the National Scientific Qualification as a Full Professor and teaches at master's programs and specialized schools.
Her research focuses on neuropsychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience, with a particular interest in specific learning disabilities, ADHD, language disorders, intellectual disabilities, and genetic syndromes. For over ten years, she has conducted studies on non-invasive neuromodulation in developmental age, particularly in dyslexia and ADHD.
She is the author of numerous publications in international journals, including NeuroImage, Neuropsychologia, Developmental Science , and Scientific Studies of Reading . She has received competitive national and international funding, including a Young Researchers Grant from the Ministry of Health and, as an Italian partner, the ReDyslexia project, funded under the ERA-NET NEURON programme.