Christian Franceschini is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy. He is a member of the Interdepartmental Centre for Sleep Medicine at the University of Parma. He collaborates with the Sleep Centre of the University of Bologna in research and clinical consultation in the differential clinical diagnosis of sleep disorders and psychological and neuropsychological assessment for the design of individualized clinical interventions. He is the author of several scientific publications, mostly in international journals (Brain, Sleep, Movement Disorders, etc.), on research topics in sleep disorders and clinical psychology, particularly on narcolepsy, insomnia, REM sleep behavior disorders, restless legs syndrome, coping strategies and sleep and adaptive behavior. He is a member of the following scientific societies: the Italian Society of Sleep Medicine (AIMS) since 2005, the European Sleep Research Society from 2005 to 2010, the Italian Society of Psychology since 2019 and an honorary member of the Italian Association of Narcoleptic and Hypersmonious Patients (AIN) since 2009. He has been a member of the Disciplinary Board of Clinical Psychology since 2014. Since 2022, he has been a member of the AIMS Executive Board and the Teaching Commission.