Tassorelli Cristina

Title: Full Professor of Neurology

Current Position/Designation: Chair of Neurology, Dean of the Medical School, Director of the Neurorehabilitation Department 

Institutional Affiliation: University of Pavia with clinical affiliation with of the National Neurological Research and Care Institute C. Mondino

Active Email Address: cristina.tassorelli@unipv.it

Social Media Handle: X, @Cristina4ihs

Telephone Number (WhatsApp): +393331712990

Medical degree summa cum laude from the University of Pavia. 

Fully trained neurologist. 

PhD Degree in Human Psychobiology at the University of Modena (Italy). 

Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Dept. of Neuroscience of the University of Rochester (NY). 

Past member of the Board of Directors of the International Headache Society.

Past Chair of the Committee for the Guidelines of Clinical Trials of the International Headache Society.

President of the International Headache Society 2021-2023.

President of the Italian Association of Full Professors of Neurology for the biennium 2022-2023.

Founding member of the European Headache Alliance. 

President of the International Headache Society 2021-2023.

She has coordinated and participated in several competitive grants funded by the EU, the Migraine Research Foundation, the Italian Ministry of Health, the Italian Ministry of University and the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. 

Author of 460 papers in peer-reviewed international scientific journals and of several books and book chapters.

Relevant Professional Skills/Experiences

Animal models of neurological diseases, Primary headaches with a focus on migraine and cluster headache, Neurorehabilitation with a focus on Parkinson’s Disease, stroke and neurogenic dysphagia, Clinical trials

Relevant Career Highlights

  • Institutional roles at the University of Pavia:
    • Director of the residency program in neurology since 2018, 
    • Director of the Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, years 2019-2022
    • Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Pavia since 2022
  • President of the International Headache Society 2021-2023
  • Past Member of the Council of the Italian Society of Neurorehabilitation
  • Present Member of the Council of Italian Society of Neurology
  • Member of the National Observatory for the Quality of Italian Residency programs since 2024