Laboratory and Projects

Projects

Projects

Please find below the list of the Supervisors (with a link to their CV) and their PhD Projects proposed for the academic year 2026/2027.

1 project-based fellowship

Project-based fellowship SCC1: BASAIA SILVIA

Unit: Neurotech Hub and Neuroimaging Research Unit 

SCC1: Network-Based modeling and multimodal biomarkers to personalize treatment in Parkinson’s Disease

BENEDETTI FRANCESCO

Unit: Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

Lifetime sex effects on white matter microstructure and its relationship with biological factors affecting genetic and immuno-inflammatory setpoints in mood disorders

BROMBIN CHIARA

Unit: CUSSB (University Centre for Statistics in Biomedical Sciences) and Faculty of Psychology, UniSR

When psychology meets official statistics: a granular assessment of adolescent wellbeing

ELISA CANU

Unit: Neuroimaging Reserach Unit, Neuroscience Division, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffael

Tailored neuromodulation intervention to enhance speech and language training in patients with Primary Progressive Aphasia: EEG and MRI targeted Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

FOLLONI DAVIDE

Unit: Division of Neuroscience

From Network Gradients to Causality: Non-invasive Ultrasound Modulation of the Brain’s Macroscale Architecture and Deep Brain Connectivity

FOSSATI ANDREA

Unit: School of Psychology, UniSR and Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Unit, HSR

Neuropsychology of Disinhibition: Re-defining the measurement models and psychometric properties of the Stop Signal Task and Iowa Gambling Task

GALBIATI ANDREA

Unit: Sleep Medicine

Dreaming in action: the relevance of oneiric activity in REM behaviour disorder and its impact on neuropsychological and mood functioning

LAMANNA JACOPO

Unit: Faculty of Psychology

REMEDD – REhabilitation of MEtacognition and Delay Discounting through transcranial Electrical Stimulation: a proactive program for prevention and personalized intervention Investigating defective social cognition and its neurophysiological correlates in an animal model of autism spectrum disorder

MAZZEO SALVATORE

Unit: Neurology Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato

A novel integrative lifespan approach to brain vulnerability: capturing neurodevelopmental differences in neurodegenerative diseases

POLETTI SARA

Unit: Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology

Gender-dependent development of depressive behavior: role of early stress and inflammation

ROCCA MARIA ASSUNTA

Unit: Neuroimaging of CNS White Matter Unit, INSPE, Division of Neuroscience

Features and substrates of cognitive dysfunction across inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system: comparative analyses in NMOSD, MOGAD and neuropsychiatric SLE

SALSONE MARIA

Unit: Neurology Unit, IRCSS Policlinico San Donato

From detection to stratification: a digital-based patient-specific operating model for Alzheimer’s Disease

SARASSO ELISABETTA

Unit: Neurotech Hub and Neuroimaging Research unit

Integrated technological assessment of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s Disease: a multidimensional perspective

SOMMA ANTONELLA

Unit: Faculty of Psychology, UniSR

Framing the Neuropsychological Structure of the Hierarchical Taxonomy Of Psychopathology (HiTOP) Spectra

SPINELLI EDOARDO GIOELE

Unit: Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience

Quantitative MRI biomarkers of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related vascular injury across the Alzheimer’s disease spectrum

VAI BENEDETTA

Unit: Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

Depression After Infection: Identifying Biological Subtypes and disorder trajectories with Multimodal Machine Learning

ZANARDI RAFFAELLA

Unit: UO Psichiatria Riabilitazione Disturbi dell'Umore

Integrating Immuno-metabolic dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder