Current POSITION
From 2018 January Associate professor of Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology (M-PSI/02) at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova
From 2012 June: Clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, Hospital Executive at the Eating Disorders Unit, Psychiatric Clinic-3, Hospital of Padova.
EDUCATION
March 2011- December 2017 Researcher of Psychiatry (MED/25) at Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova
2006 Specialization in Clinical Psychology (PsyD), University of Padova
2005 PhD in Neurosciences, University of Padova
1997 Graduated (cum laude) in Clinical Psychology
1994/95 Scholarship for Erasmus Program: 10 months at Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education, Universitè de Genève, Switzerland
IMPROVEMENT COURSES and FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS
1999 Forensis Psychodiagnostic, University of Padova
1999 Methodological Summer Course, Italian Association of Psychology (AIP), Monteortone (Padova). "Psychometric maps and data analysis: uses and abuses"
1998 Learning Disabilities, University of Padova
1998 Scholarship for Socrates Erasmus Program: Intensive Summer Course: "Recent insights in developmental disorders: diagnosis in children between 0-6", Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2007 February Workshop: “Cognitive Remediation Flexibility Module for Anorexia Nervosa”. King’s College, London
2008 December Workshop: “Cognitive Remediation Flexibility Module for Anorexia Nervosa”. King’s College, London
TEACHING at the University of Padova
- Developmental Psychology, School of Dietistic
- Psychiatry, School of Medicine and School of Psychology
- Neuropsychology in Psychiatry, Master Degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
Invited lectures at national and international meetings
Co-author of twenty-nine papers published by peer-reviewed international journals (ISI), total impact factor (2017) 180.293 (mean: 6.217) and several other publications, such as book chapters, papers in Italian journals, and abstracts.
H-index (Scopus) = 14 (11 without self-citations).
MAIN RESEARCH FIELDS
Clinical psychology, Psychiatry, and the Neuropsychology of psychiatric disorders.
In particular, Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, the binge-eating disorder): aetiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, comorbidity, neurobiological and neuropsychological aspects and psychotherapy.
The neuropsychology of main psychiatric syndromes, especially schizophrenia and anorexia nervosa, cognitive training in psychiatry (i.e., cognitive remediation therapy).

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