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 took her Post-Degree Graduation in Neurology in 2008 and PhD in Experimental Neurology in 2012. She is a Group Leader at the Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele (OSR), where she conducts research in patients with neurodegenerative conditions. She has a broad background in clinical neurology and neuroimaging, with specific training and expertise in MRI and neurodegenerative diseases. In the period 2002-2007, as junior research fellow at the Neuroimaging Research Unit, OSR, she collaborated in many research projects on the use of quantitative MR techniques in the study of normal aging, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Parkinson’s disease. During those years, she improved her skills on acquisition and post-processing techniques applied to functional MRI, diffusion tensor MRI and morphometry. This knowledge was instrumental in the success of her visiting fellowship at the Memory and Aging Center, UCSF in 2007-2008, during which she expanded her understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and primary progressive aphasia. During her PhD at Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele (2009-2012), she dealt with several aspects of pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases using MR techniques, with particular interest in young onset dementia and ALS. Her research has led to the publication of over 160 Pubmed-referenced papers. She is Section Editor of the NeuroImage: Clinical journal. In 2016, she has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant.
2008 Residency in Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Neurology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2003 MD, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2013-2016 Project leader, Neuroimaging research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2012-2013 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Neuroimaging research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2009-2012 PhD Student, Neuroimaging research Unit, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
2005-2008 Research Fellow, MRI Unit, Centro “S. Maria Nascente” IRCCS Fondazione Don Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
2003-2008 Resident in neurology, Department of Neurology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2002-2008 Research fellow, Neuroimaging research Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2000 Fellow, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2015 Best scientific publication, Italian Society of Neurology
2013 Best scientific presentation at the LIMPE/DISMOV-SIN Congress
2013 Junior Faculty Awards at the 11th International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
2012 Investigator Award 2012 “Neuroimaging & sonology” at the 16th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
2011 Investigator Awards 2011 “Neuroimaging & sonology” and “Dementia & cognitive neurology” at the 15th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
2010 Best Poster Presentation Award at the XLI Congress of the Italian Neurological Society
2010 Investigator Award 2010 “Neuroimaging & sonology” at the 14th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
2010 Human Brain Mapping Trainee Abstract Travel Award
2010 I was selected as young researcher participant for the 60th Interdisciplinary Meeting of Nobel Laureates from June 27 to July 2, 2010, at Lindau (Germany)
2007-2008 Visiting Research Fellow, Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
2007 First prize European Charcot Foundation, Young Investigators Awards For Multiple Sclerosis Research