We are proud to announce that Dr. Maria Teresa Ferretti will meet us to discuss her work on sex- and gender-sensitive precision medicine for brain and mental health diseases such as Alzheimer, migraine, multiple sclerosis, depression etc (www.womensbrainproject.com).
Maria Teresa is a neuroimmunologist and science advocate with over 10-year international experience in the field of Alzheimer’s disease, and a unique expertise on sex and gender differences. In 2016 Maria Teresa co-founded the non-profit organisation called ‘Women’s Brain Project’ (WBP, CHE-369.271.906).
Previously, Maria has obtained a master in Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 2005 (University of Cagliari, Italy) and a stage at the Center of Excellence for Drug Discovery of GlaxoSmith&Kline (Harlow, England), she was then awarded a PhD in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) in 2011 with a thesis on the role of inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease.