Biography:

 

My background involves experiences in clinical psychology and molecular neuroscience. During my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, I learned about the behavioural mechanisms underlying psychiatric diseases and gathered experiences working with patients. Completing a Master’s degree in cognitive and clinical neuroscience further enabled me to learn about disruptions of network activation across neurological diseases and how behavioral alterations correspond to impaired network dysfunctions reflecting impaired information processing in the brain. By completing a PhD in neuroscience, I aim to facilitate the integration between the knowledge of behavioural phenotypes characterizing psychiatric illnesses and their underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms. The impact of female gonadal hormones on neurocircuit functioning is frequently disregarded in neuroscience research, leading to the development of treatment approaches displaying a high variability in terms of their effects across neurological diseases. Therefore, by considering mechanisms across multiple levels of observation, ranging from the cellular to the behavioural outcomes, I aim to contribute to the generation of knowledge facilitating the development of targeted treatments for women and people who menstruate.