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ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3120-1214

Petronilla Battista is an Associate Professor (sector 06 MEDS26-C) at Link Campus University and a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), University of California, San Francisco.

She was an Associate Researcher at the Memory and Aging Center at the University of California, San Francisco. She also served as Chief Psychologist, Head of the Neuropsychology Laboratory, and Coordinator of Research Activities in the Department of Neuro-Motor Rehabilitation Medicine at the IRCCS Maugeri Clinical and Scientific Institutes in Bari and Milan.

She earned a Degree in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Bari, as well as a Master’s Degree and Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan and the Scuola Universitaria Superiore di Pavia (IUSS).

Her research activity focuses on the study of cognitive, language, and communication disorders of neurological origin, particularly in neurodegenerative diseases. Supported by the Alzheimer’s Association and the Ministry of Health, her studies have explored the cognitive and neural foundations of language—including through the application of artificial intelligence models—as well as rehabilitation interventions for language disorders associated with primary progressive aphasia.

Professor Battista has published the results of her research in international journals such as Alzheimer’s & Dementia, Journal of Communication disorders, Brain, Nature Parkinson’s Journal, Neuroscience Biobehavioral Reviews, International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.

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