I am an neuroscientist, an educationalist and a scholar with a proven track record in:

• Medical education research

• History of neurology and neuroscience

• Neuroimaging and neuroplasticity
  

I have or had leadership roles in major national and international committees, including at:

• The Italian Ministry of Health, a governmental agency led by the Italian Minister of Health.

• The European Health Parliament, a Brussels-based initiative founded by Google, EU40, POLITICO, College of Europe, Johnson & Johnson and European Patients' Forum.

• The Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), established in 1957 ‘to conduct, promote and disseminate medical education research and scholarship’,

• The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), a worldwide organisation with members in over 90 countries across five continents

• The American Academy of Neurology (AAN), which represents more than 40,000 neuroscientists and neurologists worldwide.

• The American Neurological Association (ANA), the ‘premier professional society of academic neurologists and neuroscientists since 1875’.

• The International Behaviour Neuroscience Society (IBNS), with members from 34 countries

• The International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS), a global society established in 1996 to promote and facilitate the growth of research and education in neural behavioral genetics.

I was born in Canelli, Italy, in 1988 and I have been studying and doing research in Milan, Zurich and London.

In 2014 I was selected as a young scientist at the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physiology and Medicine (attended by 37 Nobel Laureates and 600 young scientists worldwide). For this, I have been included in Wired magazine’s list of ‘promising Italians under 35’.

In 2015 I co-authored a book entitled Brain Renaissance. It received a one-page review in Nature on its release and won the biennial Award for Outstanding Book in the History of the Neurosciences presented by the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences. In the same year, I have also written an online commentary for the Neuroanatomy chapter of the 41st edition of the Gray’s Anatomy, thus becoming one of the youngest contributors ever (bona fide the youngest one).

In 2016 I was awarded the H. Richard Tyler Award for the History of Neurology presented by the American Academy of Neurology and its Archive Committee. Moreover, I was selected as member of the Young European Leadership Delegation at the European Parliament for the European Youth Event and recognised as Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, the British professional institution promoting excellence in higher education.

In 2017 I have been elected as Vice Chair of the History of Neurology Section at the American Academy of Neurology for the 2017-2019 term and recognised as Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

In 2018 I have been appointed as one of the eleven experts under 40 within the Health Research Section and the Section for the evaluation of health research projects presented by researchers under 40 at the Comitato Tecnico Sanitario, Italian Minister of Health.

In 2019 I was awarded the Lawrence C. McHenry Award from the American Academy of Neurology and I became the youngest Chair within the same Academy for the 2019-2021 term. Furthermore, I was awarded the Imperial College London Julia Higgins Award for my ‘significant contribution to the support of academic women at the College’.

In 2020 I won the President’s Award for Excellence in Education from Imperial College London and the A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award from the American Academy of Neurology. I was also recognised as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

In 2021 I joined the European Health Parliament as a member of the Young European Leadership Delegation and I authored the book entitled Nobel Life.

In 2021 I joined the European Health Parliament as a member of the Young European Leadership Delegation, authored the book entitled Nobel Life (Cambridge University Press), which was selected by Forbes as an honourable mention in The Best Higher Education Books Of 2021, and received my MEd (distinction).

In 2022 I published the book entitled The Birth of Modern Neuroscience in Turin (Oxford University Press) and won the TASME Mentorship Award.

In 2023 I received the ‘High Commendation’ for Development of the Educational Portfolio at the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, for its Silver Jubilee.

In 2024, I won the A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award from the American Academy of Neurology for the second time.

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