Senza categoria

Child and Youth Lab

23 Gennaio 2026

Director

Simona Scaini, PhD

Collaborators

Barbara Forresi, PhD Giovanni Michelini, PhD Sara Palmieri, MSc Ludovica Giani, MSc

Research area and primary aims

Our research area spans from infancy to adolescence focussing on clinically-relevant topics in typical and atypical development. In particular, our lab activity includes research on the following topics: developmental psychology and psychopathology, social, cognitive and emotional development in children and adolescents, genetic and environmental contributions to internalizing and externalizing dimensions’, assessment and treatment approach in clinical child psychology.

Running projects

[table id=2 /]

Research Collaborations

  1. Marcella Caputi, PhD, Università di Trieste
  2. Marco Battaglia, MD – The Division of Child and Youth Psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 80 Workman Way, Toronto M6J 1H4, Canada.
  3. Clelia Di Serio, PhD; Chiara Brombin, PhD – University Centre of Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences (CUSSB), Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
  4. Claudio De Sperati, PhD, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
  5. Giorgia Michelini, PhD – MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK.
  6. Raymond DiGiuseppe, MD – St. John’s University, New York.
  7. Loredana Benedetto, PhD – University of Messina, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences.
  8. Robin Banerjee, PhD – School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK.
  9. Helen Askell-Williams, PhD – School of Education, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.
  10. Maria Nobile, MD, PhD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Scientific Institute IRCCS ‘E. Medea”.
  11. Maria Antonietta Stazi, Fagnani Corrado, Emanuela Medda, Centre for Behavioural Sciences and Mental Health, Italian National Institute of Health.
  12. Maria Antonella Costantino, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Scientific Institute IRCCS Ca’ Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico.
  13. Serafino Corti, Intellectual Disabilities Department, Fondazione Istituto Ospedaliero di Sospiro – Onlus.
  14. Marco Spallazzi, Neurology Unit, University Hospital of Parma.
  15. Elena Righi, Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia.

Clinical Cooperation

  • Studi Cognitivi Milano (Giovanni Ruggiero)
  • Studi Cognitivi Sassuolo (Rossana Piron)
  • Centro IELED, Milano (Davide Nahum)
  • Equipe Kairos, Carugate (MI) (Alessia Incerti, Federica Rossi)

Contacts

Simona Scaini, PhD

e-mail: s.scaini@milano-sfu.it

phone: +39 02 83241854