Cavallaro Roberto

Roberto Cavallaro is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. He directs the General Psychiatry Rehabilitation Unit, Day Center, and Psychotic Disorders Unit at the San Raffaele University Institute of Clinical Research in Turro.

• Full Professor of Psychiatry
• Adjunct Professor in Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology Schools
• Teaches at Master's and Bachelor's levels in Medicine and Psychology

His research focuses on schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, spanning clinical psychopharmacology, neurobiology, genetics, brain imaging, and cognitive rehabilitation. Recent work explores the kynurenine pathway, psychedelic therapy, and multimodal biomarker integration.

Key publication trends include:

• Cognitive impairment mechanisms and interventions
• Neuroinflammatory biomarkers
• Clozapine-related pharmacovigilance
• Neural connectivity models in psychosis
• Advances in cognitive remediation
• Translational approaches to psychiatric disability

Scientific recognitions:

• Fellow of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
• Editorial Board Member of Schizophrenia Research: Cognition
• Contributed to DSM-V Italian edition

As an educator, he has organized over 25 conferences on schizophrenia cognition since 2008 and led public engagement initiatives addressing mental health stigma and psychotropic drug awareness.