Graduated in medicine and surgery, July 2006. Postgraduate degree in gastroenterology and digestive endoscopy, September 2011. PhD in nutrition, 2015 (completed on 25 April 2015). One-year postdoctoral program in gastroenterology at the University Campus Biomedico of Rome (completed on 31 January 2017). Fellowship in basic science at Brown University, Providence, RI, between October 2009 and March 2011 (supervisor Prof. P. Biancani). Since 2004, she has been performing clinical and research activities at the Gastroenterology Unit, Campus Bio-medico University, Rome. Fields of scientific and clinical interest: gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, including pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment; gastro-intestinal motility; functional disorders of the gastro-intestinal tract; diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. • Poster award, “Human Colonic Smooth muscle contractility following acute thermal cooling”, AGA Poster Session, DDW, 2012-19-22 May. • Winner of a travel grant for the abstract N° UEGW11-6398 during the UEG Week 2011, Stockholm, October 22–26. • Winner of a travel grant for the abstract N° #4427 during the UEG Week 2016, Vienna, October 15–19. • Recognition as early career investigator at DDW 2018 (Washington DC, 2-5 June) for the abstract presentation entitled “Type-1 cannabinoid receptor effect on human colonic motility in patients with slow transit constipation and controls”.