GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

• 1981: M.D. Degree, University of Padova School of Medicine.
• 1984: Specialised in Endocrinology, University of Padova.
• Ph.D. degree, “Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze dello Sviluppo”, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Italy.
• 1995: Specialised in Pediatrics, University of Padova, Italy.
• 1985-1987: Post Doctoral Fellowship, Departments of Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
• 1989‑1991: Post Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Human Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

AWARDS

• Recipient of the 5th Nycomed Prize for basic research, The International Society of Paediatric Oncology, October 1995

RESEARCH GRANTS: National and EU Research Grants as a Primary Investigator/collaborator: AIRC; Ricerca Sanitaria Finalizzata Regione Veneto; COFIN/PRIN; (GENDEAF); EuroRett Project: European Consortium for the study of Rett Syndrome (E-Rare program, Sixth Framework); CARIPLO project 2010-0724; PI Third Party clause 10” of FP7-HEALTH-2013-INNOVATION-1 project DESIRE (Grant Agreement n.602531). University of Padua  “ex “60%”.

Author of  58 full papers published in international peer-reviewed and indexed scientific journals

TEACHING ACTIVITY: Doctoral and post-doctoral thesis committees.

Professor of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics, Schools of Speech Therapy, and NursingDietology

MEMBERSHIPS SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

• American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
• European  Society of Human Genetics (ESHG)
• Italian Society of Human Genetics (SIGU)

CURRENT POSITION:

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Director Laboratory of Molecular genetics of Neurodevelopment Department of Women’s and Children’s Health

Areas of interest: Neurodevelopmental disorders, Intellectual Disability/Autism Spectrum Disorders, Early Onset Epilepsy; Cerebral Palsy and Infantile movement disorders, Hereditary  Deafness