Roberto Sacco

BAG ROBERTO

born in Rome on 21/10/1964

Registered since 1993 in the Order of Psychologists of the Lazio Region with registration number 5038

5038

Resident in via delle Baleniere 112, 00121 Rome

personal mobile: 333-2359895

- From 01/12/2015 to date Head of the Service for "Neurodevelopment Disorders" at the University Hospital of the Campus Bio-Medico of Rome;

- From 01/10/2011 to 30/11/2015, permanent position as neuropsychologist at the Unit of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry of the University "Campus Bio-Medico" of Rome;

-Since the 2011/12 academic year, orientation and tutoring activities within the teaching "Food Behavior Disorders" (M-PSI/08) for the master's degree course in Food and Human Nutrition Sciences, at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University "Campus Bio-Medico" of Rome;

- Since the 2015/16 academic year, contract professor of "Psychology of eating behavior" (M-PSI/08), at the degree course in Food Sciences and Human Nutrition of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-medico di Roma

- Degree in "Experimental Psychology" obtained at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" with a score of 110/110 cum laude (curriculum in: Neurophysiology and Statistics);

-Specialization diploma in "Criminology" obtained at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" with a score of 70/;

- Specialization diploma in "Health Statistics" (specialization in Epidemiology and Health Planning) obtained at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" with the vote of 70/ cum laude;

- PhD in Clinical / Experimental Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Department of Neurology and Psychiatry);

Master's degree in "Ethnopsychiatry" obtained at the "Beck" Institute for Psychotherapy in Rome;

Master's degree in "Bioinformatics" at the "La Sapienza" University of Rome;

Master's degree in "Psyconeuroimmunology" obtained at the University "La Sapienza" of Rome;

Master's degree in "Biostatistics" at the "Tor Vergata" University of Rome;

Master's degree in "Neuropsychology" at the LUMSA University of Rome.

LATEST 10:

Lintas C, Sacco R, Persico AM. Genome-wide expression studies of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Rett Syndrome and Down Syndrome. Neurobiology of Disease, 57-68, 2012 [IF 4.518];

Sacco R, Lenti C, Saccani M, Curatolo P, Manzi B, Bravaccio C., Persico AM. Cluster analysis of autistic patients based on principal pathogenetic components. Autism Research, 5, 137-147, 2012 [IF 3.095];

Gabriele S, Sacco R, Persico AM. Blood serotonin levels in autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 24, 919-929, 2014;

Piras IS, Haapanen L, Napolioni V, Sacco R, Van de Water J, Persico AM. Anti-brain antibodies are associated with more severe cognitive and behavioral profiles in Italian children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 38, 91-99, 2014;

Gabriele S, Sacco R., Cerullo S, Neri C, Urbani A, Tripi G, Malvy J, Barthelemy C, Bonnet-Brihault F, Persico AM. Urinary p-cresol is elevated in young French children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a replication study. Biomarkers, 19 (6), 463-470, 2014 ;

Gabriele S, Sacco R, Altieri L, Neri C, Urbani A, Bravaccio, Riccio MP, Iovene MR, Bombace F, De Magistris L, Persico AM. Slow intestinal transit contributes to elevated urinary p-cresol level in Italian autistic children. Autism Research, 2015 Oct 6. doi: 10.1002/aur.1571. [Epub ahead of print];

Sacco R, Lintas C, Persico AM. Autism genetics: methodological issues and experimental design. Sci China Life Sci., Oct;58(10):946-57, 2015.

Sacco R, Gabriele S, Persico AM. Head circumference and brain size in autism spectrum disorder. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatry Res. 234(2), 239-51, 2015.

Lintas C, Picinelli C., Piras I, Sacco R, Gabriele S, Verdecchia M, Persico AM. Xp22.33p22.12 Duplication in a Patient with Intellectual Disability and Dysmorphic Facial Features. Molecular Syndromology, Published online January,12, 2016;

Melegari MG, Sacco R, Manzi B, Vittori E, Persico AM. Deficient Emotional Self-Regulation in Preschoolers With ADHD: Identification, Comorbidity, and Interpersonal Functioning. Journal of Attention Disorders, 2016 Jan 7. pii: 1087054715622015. [Epub ahead of print]