معرفی
Dr. Francesca Darra-Dep is an Associate Professor at the University of Verona's Department of Biomedicine di Innovazione. She specializes in Child Neuropsychiatry, focusing on clinical diagnosis and neurophysiology of infantile epilepsies, particularly rare and drug-resistant forms. She leads Unit 5 of the European Project DESIRE on epileptic encephalopathies and serves on the Scientific Committee of the Italian RESIDRAS registry for SCN1A/PCDH19-related epilepsies.
- Affiliations: Department Director, Faculty representative, and member of multiple governance committees (e.g., Teaching Boards, PhD Councils).
- Research: ERC-funded work on neural basis of behavior (LS5_8), systems computational neuroscience (LS5_16), molecular neuroscience (LS5_2), and systems neuroscience (LS5_9).
Teaching: Teaches across 8 modules, including 'Neuropsychiatry of Learning Disorders', 'Child Neuropsychiatry in Pediatrics', and 'Developmental Age Physiotherapy', spanning undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Medicine, Dentistry, Physiotherapy, and Speech Therapy.
Labs/Teams: Affiliated with INTELLIGO Labs and the ALTAIR, ESD, NAVLAB, NES, and PARCO research groups.