Andrea Sbrana

Phd Student in Clinical Physiopathology - Academic Year 2020-2021
Curriculum: Bio-Psychological and Statistical
Research project: The fundamental unity of the organism: neural correlates and behavioral outputs of infiammatory illnesses
Supervisor: Prof. Angelo Gemignani - Prof. Mario Miccoli

Gaspare Alfì is a PhD student in Clinical Physiopathology, Bio-Psychological and Statistical area. His research is based on the field of Psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology (PNEI); in particular, he studies cognitive and affective outcomes related to the effects of the endocrine and immune systems alteration, mainly focusing on the role of inflammatory activity. This investigation involves several clinical conditions, such as: parathyroid alteration, Periodontitis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and is carried out through a neuropsychological and electrophysiological approach. Studying the systemic effects of inflammatory overflow, the main goal is to disentangle the mind-body problem by moving towards an integrative model.

Publications

  • Psychophysiological and phenomenological characterization of altered states of consciousness induced by Nidra Yoga sessions in expert practitioners. The Yoga Therapy Conferenze 2019 – The science of human connection. Amsterdam – May10-11 2019. *equally contributed [2019] Riehl A.*, Zaccaro A., Piarulli A., Alfì G., Gemignani A.
  • The changing face of cushing disease in the 21st century: mood disorders and body image perception [2019] Urbani C., Lai E., Ciapparelli A., Alfì G., Mantuano M., Menicucci D., Scattina I., Marconcini G., Cappellani D., Marcocci C., Manetti L., Gemignani A. & Bogazzi F.
  • Healthy aging: the INTECMAN project [2020] Laurino M., Alfì G., Billeci L., Bortone I., Buzzigoli E., Cecchi A., Del Ry S., Gastaledelli A., Lai E., Morales M. A., Pagni C., Passino C., Severino S., Tonacci A., Gemignani A., Trivella M. G.
  • A SmartBed for Non-obtrusive Physiological Monitoring During Sleep: The LAID Project [2020] Laurino M., Carbonaro N., Menicucci D., Alfì G., Gemignani A., Tognetti A.
  • SAT-393 Cognitive Function Evaluation in an Italian Cohort of Patients with Post-Operative Hypoparathyroidism [2020] Saponaro F., Alfì G., Cetani F., Matrone A., Manzoni L., Apicella M., Lai E., Laurino M., Brancatella A., Zucchi R., Marcocci C., Gemignani A.

Contacts

  • alfigaspare@gmail.com