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ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-2769

Maria Petracca is an Associate Professor of Neurology at “Link Campus University.” She attained a Degree in Medicine and Surgery and a Specialist Degree in Neurology at the University of Naples “Federico II,” where she also earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience. She is qualified to serve as a Full Professor in Competitive Sector 06/D6 and as an Associate Professor in Competitive Sector 06/N1, having obtained her National Scientific Qualification in 2025.

She is a member of the Italian Society of Neurology since 2008, a member of the editorial board of BMC Neurology since 2021, and a member of the executive board of the International Community for AI in Multiple Sclerosis (iAMS), serving as Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion since 2026.

She has taught in the Degree Courses in Nursing, Physical Therapy, and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Technology at Sapienza University of Rome; in the Level II Master in “Advanced Training for the Integration of Care and Research in Multiple Sclerosis” at the University of Naples “Federico II”; and in the international Master “Neuroscience MSc” at Tel Aviv University.

She has conducted research at the Multi-modal Neuroimaging Laboratory of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York; the Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences, and Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences at the University of Naples “Federico II”; and the Department of Human Neuroscience at the University of Rome “Sapienza.” Her areas of interest include the application of multidisciplinary rehabilitation approaches and lifestyle modifications for the integrated rehabilitation of patients with multiple sclerosis; the use of patient-reported outcomes and imaging data to investigate non-quantifiable aspects of the clinical spectrum of multiple sclerosis (fatigue, reserve, subjective cognitive impairments); and the identification of biomarkers for the classification, stratification, and prediction of clinical progression and treatment response in patients with multiple sclerosis through the use of conventional and advanced magnetic resonance imaging sequences.

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