Neuropsychopharmacology
Flavia Valtorta
Email: valtorta.flavia@hsr.it
Location: DIBIT1, Floor 4, section A3, Room 37
Group leader, Neuropsychopharmacology Unit
Full professor, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Flavia Valtorta is Professor of Pharmacology at the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Medical School in Milan and Head of the Research Unit of Neuropsychoharmacology at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele. Previously, she was Member of the Adjunct Faculty at The Rockefeller University (New York) and Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Bari, as well as Director of the Division of Neuroscience.
Flavia Valtorta has been working for more than twenty years on synaptic function, contributing to the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that underlie the phenomena of synaptic maturation and neurotransmitter release. In the past several years, she has contributed a relevant body of information concerning some of the key molecules involved in these processes.
from 2017 Director, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan Awards: Harvard-Armenise Foundation Neuroscience Award; Novartis Prize for Basic Research in Neuroscience
2008-13 Associate Director, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
2008-11 Dean, Ph.D. School for Molecular Medicine and Rector’s Deputy for Ph.D. Programs, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milan
2007-10 Coordinator of the Ph.D. Course in Neuroscience, San Raffaele Vita- Salute University, Milan
2004-07 Rector’s Deputy for International Affairs, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milan
from 2000 Professor of Pharmacology, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milan
from 1992 Head of the Unit of Neuropsychopharmacology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
1998-2000 Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of Bari, Italy
1996-98 Member of the Adjunct Faculty, The Rockefeller University, New York
1996-98 Member of the Adjunct Faculty, The Rockefeller University, New York
1991-98 Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, University of Milan
1988-90 Post-doctoral fellow, Center for the Study of Peripheral Neuropathies, University of Milan
1985-87 Post-doctoral Associate, Laboratory of Paul Greengard (Nobel laureate in Medicine), The Rockefeller University, New York
1982-85 Intern in Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, University of Milan
1982 Doctor of Medicine, University of Milan, (110/110 cum laude).
1985 Post-doctoral degree in Anesthesiology, University of Milan (70/70 cum
laude).