BERTOLINO ALESSANDRO

Alessandro Bertolino is a Full Professor and Department Director at the Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), University of Bari. His research focuses on neuroimaging, schizophrenia, depression, and cognitive neuroscience, with extensive collaborations in international consortia like PRONIA and ENIGMA.

• Academic Rank: Full Professor
• Department: Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN)
• University: University of Bari

His research spans:

• Neuroimaging biomarkers for psychosis and depression
• Genetic and neurochemical underpinnings of schizophrenia
• Cognitive and socio-cognitive dysfunction in mental disorders
• Neuroimmune interactions in transdiagnostic phenotypes
• Machine learning for psychiatric prognosis
• Translational neuroscience from lab to clinical applications

Recent publications highlight applications of structural covariance networks, resting-state fMRI, and polygenic scores in understanding schizophrenia and affective disorders. He also explores environmental risk factors, including social defeat and adverse life events.

Contact: alessandro.bertolino@uniba.it