Valentina Cardi
Valentina graduated with Honours in Psychology at Masters level in 2007. Having obtained registration as a Psychologist from the Italian National Psychologist Board in 2008, she completed 3 years of clinical internship working with people experiencing eating disorders doing counselling and research work.
She has worked on such topics as body dissatisfaction, cognitive functioning, early prevention of eating disorders, providing psychological assessment as well as cognitive testing. In 2008 Valentina worked as a junior project coordinator of the “National Project to Prevent Eating and Weight Disorders” granted by the Italian Ministry of Health and the Italian Ministry for Juvenile Policy, in Rome.
Valentina started her PhD in Neuroscience in 2009 and her clinical training during the same year. She is currently working on the development of a meal support intervention and investigating the socio-emotional functioning of people with eating disorders.