ZAMBONI Giovanna

Prof Zamboni graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where she also completed her Neurology training in 2007. She then spent 2 years as a visiting fellow in the United States, at the Cognitive Neuroscience Section of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH). In 2008 she moved to the University of Oxford (UK) to lead collaborative imaging studies on dementia between the centre for Functional MRI of the Brian (FMRIB) and the Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing (OPTIMA). In Oxford she also completed a DPhil (Doctor in Philosophy) programme in 2013. She then worked in the Dementia and Stroke Prevention Unit of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences of the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
She returned to Italy to establish her independent research group. She first worked as Researcher (since December 2015) then became Associate Professor of Neurology (since May 2019) at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy - http://personale.unimore.it/rubrica/dettaglio/gzamboni. She has also been working as Neurologist in the Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena.

Research topics:
Prof Zamboni’s research work focusses on the use of MRI-based imaging techniques in combination with neuropsychology and subtle clinical and biomarker characterisation to study brain changes that occur in dementing neurodegenerative diseases, with the aim of identifying those that occur preclinically (i.e., before the onset of dementia) and those that may change in response to treatment.

Obtained Grants:
In 2021, PI of a ERC-2021-STG (European Research Council Starting Grant) “Anosognosia and Delusions in the diseased brain- UnaWireD”: €1,213,887.50
In 2014 co-applicant (with PI Peter Rothwell) of a Wellcome Trust, Strategic Award in Biomedical Science “Centre for Prevention of Stroke and Dementia”: £3.5 million
In 2009, PI of a Sir Halley Stewart Trust Grant: “Imaging in dementia – the establishment of functional magnetic resonance imaging procedures for Alzheimer’s Disease”: £60,000

Articles in peer-reviewed journals: 69
As first author: 10
As second author: 8
As senior author: 12
Book chapters: 3
Number of citations (Scholar): 3914
H-index (Scholar): 32

Over 12 years, 8 invited lectures at national and international neurology conferences and congresses, 15 seminars or invited talks at international institutions, 37 abstracts as first or senior author at international conferences.

Teaching activity at UNIMORE Medical School courses, Neurology Residency Programme and Doctoral School in Neurosciences. Teaching activity at the University of Oxford Medical School courses and Doctoral School in Neurosciences including the Imaging Postgraduate Course of the centre for Functional MRI od the Bran (FMRIB Centre).