Flavia Valtorta#
| Membership Number: | 5148 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://research.hsr.it/en/divisions/neuroscience/neuropsychopharmacology/flavia-valtorta.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9556-4746 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Currrent Positions
- From 2019 Dean of the Medical School, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milan
- From 2017 Director, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
- From 2000 Full Professor of Pharmacology, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milan
- From 1992 Head of the Unit of Neuropsychopharmacology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
- From 2018 President, National Committee On Doping, Italian Ministry of Health
- From 2016 Chair, Committee for the assessment of university performance, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milan
- Previous Positions
- 2014 - 2016 Head, Post-doctoral Programme Committee, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
- 2008 - 2013 Associate Director, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
- 2008 - 2011 Dean, Ph.D. School for Molecular Medicine and Rector’s Deputy for Ph.D. Programs, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milan
- 2007 - 2010 Coordinator of the International Ph.D. Course in Neuroscience, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milan
- 2004 - 2007 Rector’s Deputy for International Affairs, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milan
- 1998 - 2000 Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of Bari, Italy
- 1996 - 1998 Member of the Adjunct Faculty, The Rockefeller University (New York)
- 1991 - 1998 Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, State University of Milan Medical School, Italy
- 1988/90 Post-doctoral fellow, Center for the Study of Peripheral Neuropathies, University of Milan, Italy, and Guest Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York (USA)
- 1985 - 1987 Post-doctoral Associate, Laboratory of Paul Greengard (Nobel laureate in Physiology and Medicine), The Rockefeller University, New York (USA)
- 1982 - 1985 Residency in Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, University of Milan, Italy
Fields of Scholarship
- Synaptic vesicle
- Synapse structure and function
- Protein phosphorylation in the brain
- Signal transduction in neurons
- Neurotransmission
- Synapse development
- Neuronal development
Honours and Awards
- Founding Member and Member of the Governing Board (1996-98) of Euroscience, the non-profit grassroot association gathering European researchers across disciplines and countries
- 1997 - 2003 Harvard-Armenise Foundation Neuroscience Award
- 1999 Novartis Prize for Basic Research in Neuroscience
- From 2018 Member of the Governing Board of the Zardi-Gori Foundation for the Study of Drug Addiction
- From 2018 Member of Top Italian Women Scientists (TIWS)
- 2018 “Cenacolo della Cultura” Award to Research and Scientific Innovation
