“From this experience - concludes Eng. Petrichella - I have strengthened my belief that the work of a researcher is to put oneself at the service of society”. A passion that the young woman had already been able to breathe atUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, in particular thanks to prof. Luca Vollero and to the prof. Giulio Iannello, who supervised his research work in collaboration with Dr Florinda Ferreri and the dr. Andrea Guerra, both from the Neurology, Neurophysiology and Neurobiology Research Unit of theUCBM.
PhD atUCBM, contributed to Human Brain Mapping
11 March, 2016 - “I have always dreamed of studying at a university that excels in my field of research, and thanks to theUCBM this was possible.” The engineer is beaming. Sara Petrichella, new PhD in Biomedical Engineering at theUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, after the year spent as a visiting student at il University of Minnesota Center for Neuroengineering. “Carrying out research in her Biomedical Functional Imaging and Neuroengineering Laboratory - explains Sara - I came into contact with a very stimulating work environment and was able to expand my knowledge in the field of Neuroengineering and Neuroimaging. I was pleasantly struck by the synergy that was created with my colleagues and I realized how inevitable this is when the common goal is to improve and make new technologies available to improve people's lives".
From the data analysis conducted by Eng. In fact, Petrichella has extracted important information relating to the causal links between the different areas of the brain involved in motor control of the forearm and hand. It is an important element for Human Brain Mapping, the process of identifying and classifying the structures and mechanisms that govern the functioning of the human brain. A piece which, in particular, paves the way for multiple and significant future developments in the field of intelligent prostheses and post-stroke rehabilitation: based on the results obtained by Sara, it will be possible to think of new and more effective neurorehabilitation protocols.
