Neuroendocrinology

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Acting Group leader:  Stefano Gotti

Neuroendocrinology
Chiara Ballan

Chiara Ballan

PhD student

Contacts:

e-mail: chiara.ballan@unito.it  

Born in Camposampiero (PD) on 20/09/1995 - Italian.

Current Position:
PhD scholarship - Neuroendocrinology Unit, Dept. of Neuroscience and Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi (NICO), University of Turin - Italy. 

Education and training
2022 - current  – PhD in Neuroscience, Doctoral School in Life and Health Sciences.
2019  - Master’s Degree in Psychology Neuroscience [LM-51] at the University of Trento.
2017  - Bachelor’s Degree in Cognitive psychology and psychobiology (L-24 - Psychology) at the University of Padua.  

Academic training and research experiences
September 2019 - November 2019: Master's internship at MEG Center, University Hospital Tübingen (Germany).
October 2019: MR safety training at Abt. Biomedizinische Magnetresonanz in Tübingen (Germany).
March 2017 - May 2017: pre-lauream internship at ULSS Company N. 15 ALTA PADOVANA, Cittadella (Italy).

Scholarship s
October 2018 - August 2019: Erasmus+ for study Project, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tübingen(Germany).
September 2019 - November 2019: Erasmus + for traineeship project, MEG Center,Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tübingen(Germany).

Publications
Sometti, D., Ballan, C. , Wang, H.  et al.  Effects of the antibiotic rifaximin on cortical functional connectivity are mediated through insular cortex.  Sci Rep  11, 4479 (2021).  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83994-4