Neuroimaging of neurodegenerative diseases
Federica Agosta
Email: agosta.federica@hsr.it
Location: DIBIT2, Floor 5, A4
Group leader, Neuroimaging of neurodegeneratives deseases Unit
Grantee, ERC Starting Grant
Federica Agosta is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and Group Leader of the Neuroimaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases Unit at the Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, where she conducts clinical activity and research in patients with neurodegenerative conditions. F. Agosta has a broad background in clinical neurology and neuroimaging, with specific training and expertise in MRI in neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. She is currently member of the Steering Committee of the Italian Society for the Study of Dementia (SINdem), in which she served as Secretary and Treasurer from 2018 to 2020 and from 2020 to 2022, respectively. In SINdem, she is also the coordinator of the Neuroimaging Study Group. F. Agosta is also Chair of the Neuroimaging Society in ALS (NISALS) and of the Neuroimaging Study Group of the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN), and member of the Management Group of the ALS-FTD Panel of the European Academy of Neurology. Her research has led to the publication of over 325 Pubmed-referenced papers (H Index 73, Scopus). Since 2016, F. Agosta is Section Editor of the NeuroImage: Clinical journal. In 2016, she has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant.
2012 PhD, Experimental Neurology, International PhD Course in Molecular Medicine, UniSR, Milan, Italy.
2008 Board certification (Specialization) in Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, UniSR, Milan, Italy
2003 MD, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, UniSR, Milan, Italy
2023-present: Clinical Operations Manager, Neurology Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele (OSR), Milan, Italy
2022-present: Responsabile di Unità Funzionale, Neurology Unit, OSR, Milan, Italy (field: Neurodegenerative Diseases including Alzheimer’s and other dementia, Parkinson’s and other movement disorders, vascular cognitive impairment)
2020-present: Associate Professor of Neurology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (UniSR), Milan, Italy
2017-present: Group Leader, Neuroimaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, OSR, Milan, Italy
2017-2020: Assistant Professor of Neurology (RTD-b), UniSR, Milan, Italy
2013-2016: Project Leader, Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, OSR, Milan, Italy
2012-2013: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, OSR, Milan, Italy
2007-2008: Visiting Research Fellow, Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
2020 Member Club “Top Italian Women Scientists”
2019 European Grand Prix for Young Researcher, Foundation for Research on Alzheimer
2017 ERC Starting grant
2013 Junior Faculty Awards at the 11th International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
2010 Young researcher participant to the 60th Interdisciplinary Meeting of Nobel Laureates from June 27 to July 2, 2010, at Lindau (Germany)
2007 First prize European Charcot Foundation, Young Investigators Awards For Multiple Sclerosis Research