Marinella Clerico is an Associate Professor of Neurology (MED/26) at the Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin.  She is also the Neurology Unit chief, head of SSD Specialistic Neurological Pathologies, University Hospital San Luigi Gonzaga. She completed her PhD studies in Biomedical Sciences and Oncology at the University of Turin. She is the Winner of the 2021 “Talented Women” Award assigned by the “Cenacle of Culture and Sciences” and the Winner of the 2020 call of the Italian Society of Neurology Foundation (SIN). She has 102 publications with 3120 citations and an h-index of 31 (Scoups, 18 October 2023).