Role
Level 1 medical director, neurologist in the Neurology and Stroke Unit at S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital in Perugia.
Bio
Specialization in Neurology obtained in 1999 at the University of Perugia.
In 1997, he received an ERASMUS scholarship at the Department of Neurology at the University of Kiel in Germany to further his expertise in acute stroke therapy. In 2000, he received a fellowship at the Intensive Care Unit of the Department of Neurology at the University of Heidelberg to develop innovative stroke therapies. In 2003, he received his PhD in Cerebrovascular Diseases from the University of Perugia. He also participated in the ESO (European Stroke Organization) working group that developed the first European guidelines for the treatment of acute stroke.
Since 2003, she has been involved in research on women and cerebrovascular diseases, publishing several scientific articles on gender differences in this pathology. The goal of this research was to raise awareness among the scientific and professional community by demonstrating how women have less access to dedicated care and are more frequently excluded from clinical trials.
In 2014, she founded the WISE (Women Initiative for Stroke in Europe) group , producing several publications and scientific projects, including an international, multicenter study on stroke during pregnancy, which currently represents one of the leading causes of maternal and infant mortality. This group is currently working on drafting guidelines for stroke in women.
In 2014, she was elected President of ESO (the first woman to hold this role), with the programmatic mission of increasing female representation in key positions within its scientific societies, such as speakers and chairing scientific committees. In 2014, she also obtained the National Scientific Habilitation as an Associate Professor, and in 2017, that of a Full Professor. The most important scientific project in which she is currently participating is the Horizon 2020 PRESTIGE AF project , where she serves as international coordinator of the working group on gender inequalities.