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Personal Information
Caterina Maria Leone
Research unique identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8828-361X
Website: https://www.ifcn.info/get-involved/special-interest-groups/painterest
Education
Sept 2009 MD (110/110 cum laude) Sapienza University
"Neuropathic itch: pruriceptors distribution and physiopathology"
May 2016 PhD in Neuroscience cum laude, Sapienza University
"What’s behind neuropathic pain? Neurophysiological diagnostic tests investigating mechanisms underlying neuropathic pain"
Feb 2019-Jul 2019 Internship at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL, London
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Haggard
“UCL-Rome project on minimal thermo-nociceptive interactions (MTNIs)”
Dec 2023 Certificate of Achievement of the National Scientific Qualification for the role of Associate Professor in the Competitive Sector 06/D6 – NEUROLOGY and 05/D1-PHYSIOLOGY
Current Position
October 2024-present Researcher (RTDA)
Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma (Italy)
Department of Human Neuroscience
Jun 2023-present Chair of the Special Interest group on pain “PAINterest”
International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
Previous Positions
Jan 2015-Aug 2024 Post Doc Sapienza University, Department of Human Neuroscience
Jul 2010–Oct 2011 Collaboration Grant, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus
Jan 2010-Dec 2011 Substitutions of General Practitioners
Fellowship and awards
2014 Young investigator best scientific contribution, SINC conference, Milano
2014 IFCN Young Investigator Fellowship
2015 Young investigator best scientific contribution, SINC conference, Verona
2015 SIN Young Investigator Fellowship
2016 YAP project, Young Against Pain
2018 IASP Young Investigator Fellowship
2019 IASP/NeuPSIG Young Investigator Fellowship
2019 Best Ph.D thesis 2015/2016 award “Sapienza”
Funding
2021 University Project as PI: 3.000 EUR
2020 University Project as participant: 10.500 EUR
2018 IMI PainCare Biopain subtopic as participant: 558.000 EUR
2016 University Project as co-PI: 4.000 EUR
2015 University Project as participant: 14.000 EUR
2014 University Project as participant: 10.000 EUR
2013 University Project as participant: 8.500 EUR
Supervision of undergraduate students and postdoctoral fellows
2013-present 10 Bachelor theses Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Sapienza University
3 Bachelor theses Faculty of Health Care Professions, Sapienza University
2018-present 1 master thesis in Neurology, Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University
1 Phd thesis at the Ph.d course on innovative technologies in Diseases of skeleton, skin and oro-cranio-facial district, Sapienza University
Member of the Ph.D committee for CSID 2022-11-03, Neurosciences et Cognition ED 476, Université Catholique de Lyon
Teaching Activities
Mar 2013-Present Master in Neuropathic pain management at Azienda Ospedaliera S.Andrea
Lecture: Diagnosis of neuropathic pain: focus on clinical usefulness of trigeminal reflexes and laser evoked potentials
Oct 2018-Present Bachelor’s degree course in Medicine and Surgery, Nervous system’s disease, Sapienza University
Lecture: Neurophysiological diagnosis
Organization of scientific meetings
Jan 2023-present Member of the SPC for the EFIC Congress 2025
Institutional Responsibilities
Nov 2024-present Member of the Council, Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University
Nov 2024 External jury member of PhD defense, UCLouvaine, Bruxelles
Nov 2022-present External member of PhD committee, Université Catholique de Lyon
Commission of trusts
Dec 2018-present Reviewer Board for European Journal of Pain
Dec 2020 Reviewer for the Medical Research Council, UK
Mar 2020-present Section Editor for the section Neuroscience of Pain for Brain Sciences journal
Feb 2022-present Associate Editor for Pain reports
Jan 2023-present Member of the SPC for the EFIC Congress 2025
Jul 2023-present Editorial Board member for Clinical Neurophysiology
Oct 2023-present Research Committee Member for the IFCN
Oct 2023-present Management group member, Clinical Neurophysiology panel, European Academy of Neurology (EAN)
Membership of Scientific Societies
Oct 2023-present Member of the Clinical Neurophysiology Panel of the EAN
Jun 2023-present President and founder of the Special Interest Group on Pain (PAINterest) of the IFCN
Jan 2017-present Member of International Association for the study of pain (IASP)
Jan 2017-present Member of the Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group (NeuPSIG)
Jan 2013-present Member of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (SINC)
Jan 2013-present Member of the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN), since 2013
Major collaborations
Prof. Rolf-Detlef Treede, Department of Neurophysiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Prof. André Mouraux, Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS), UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Prof.Luis Garcia-Larrea, Lyon Neurosciences Center Research Unit Inserm, Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France
Prof. Valery Legrain, Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS), UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
Prof. Giandomenico Iannetti, Italian Institute of technology (IIT), Rome, Italy