Rita Moretti obtained her Ph.D. in Neurological Sciences in December 2000 at the University of Trieste. She was the External Counsellor for two University Grants: Genesis Oncology Trust- New Zealand (2006–2008) and Hong Kong University (2007). She has been requested as a Supervisor from Amsterdam University (2009) and for the Austrian Academy (2015–2016). She served as a Reviewer of PRIN awards for the University Ministry. She has been teaching Neurological Sciences at the Medicine School of the University of Trieste since 2014. She has written more than 350 publications, full papers and reviews, monographs, and book chapters. Her primary interests are neurodegenerative diseases and clinical neuro-pharmacology.