Dr. Anna Battaglia

Biography

Anna Battaglia is a neurobiologist with international research experience, having worked in the lab of Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi‐Montalcini in Rome during her post-doctoral training. Her academic journey included a period at the Institut des Neurosciences (Université Pierre et Marie Curie) and the Collège de France in 1995. She became a Researcher in the Neurobiology Lab at Stazione Zoologica ‘A. Dohrn’ in Naples from 1997 to 2000 and served as a visiting research fellow at Stanford University, focusing on glutamatergic receptors. Since 2001, she has been a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at King’s College London, where she has led research projects on spinal cord modulation and nociceptive stimuli in chronic pain conditions. Dr. Battaglia is passionate about education, leading various educational projects and modules in Pain Neuroscience for medical and undergraduate students. She has recently completed a Master in Academic Practice, emphasizing critical thinking from students' perspectives in her dissertation. In addition to her teaching role, she has published a book titled “An Introduction to Pain in Relation to Nervous System Disorders” through Wiley-Blackwell. Her profile is continually updated to reflect ongoing contributions in this vital field.

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