Dr Valentina Mancini

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Dr Valentina Mancini

Postdoctoral Scientist

Valentina studied Medicine at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' in Italy before completing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School in Switzerland. Her doctoral work focused on the developmental trajectories of individuals at genetic risk for psychotic disorders to identify critical time-windows for early intervention. To this aim, she employed different neuroimaging techniques such as high-density EEG, structural and functional MRI and MRS.

She was then awarded a fellowship by the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) to undertake clinical training in Psychiatry while conducting a brain stimulation project to enhance working memory in youths at risk for psychosis.

In 2023, Valentina joined the Unit and the Stagg Group, where she had previously spent 6 months at the end of her Ph.D as a visiting student. Within the Unit, she will work on a collaborative closed-loop stimulation project aimed at reducing the severity of tremor in clinical populations. In parallel, she will continue to investigate oscillatory markers of psychosis and targeted interventions in collaboration with the Barron Group and the Department of Psychiatry.

Research Techniques
  • Electro/Magnetoencephalography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
  • Transcranial Electric Stimulation
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Head of Group

Recent Publications

Mancini V
Saleh MG
Delavari F
Bagautdinova J
Eliez S

2023. Biol Psychiatry, 94(7):569-579.

Mancini V
Rochas V
Seeber M
Roehri N
Rihs TA
Ferat V
Schneider M
Uhlhaas PJ
Eliez S
Michel CM

2022. Am J Psychiatry, 179(3):204-215.

Mancini V
Rochas V
Seeber M
Grent-'t-Jong T
Rihs TA
Latrèche C
Uhlhaas PJ
Michel CM
Eliez S

2022. Biol Psychiatry, 92(5):407-418.

Alver M
Mancini V
Läll K
Schneider M
Romano L
Mägi R
Dermitzakis ET
Eliez S
Reymond A

2022. Mol Psychiatry, 27(10):4191-4200.

Mancini V
Maeder J
Bortolin K
Schneider M
Schaer M
Eliez S

2021. Transl Psychiatry, 11(1):336.