Dr. Marco Solmi graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2008, completed the Psychiatry residency “cum laude” in 2014, and visited as Research Scholar the Olin Neuropsychiatric Research Center, directed by prof. Godfrey Pearlson, Yale University, writing his residency thesis on evidence of altered brain function during an eating task in patients with obesity.
He completed a PhD in neurosciences at University of Padua in 2017, defending as final dissertation a thesis on multimodal (environmental, behavioral, genetic and neuroimaging) approach to study the gene by environment interaction in patients with eating disorders.
From 2014 to 2017, he worked at Abano Hospital, Padua, Italy in the nutritional rehabilitation unit, administering a cognitive-behavioral treatment to patients affected by severe or complicated obesity, or eating disorders.
From 2015 to 2017, he worked as a psychiatrist in NHS Mental Health Department, Monselice, Padua, Italy, treating patients with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, severe personality disorders, and eating disorders, in inpatient, outpatient and emergency units.
From 2017, he is working with a Researcher position at University of Padua, and as a Psychiatrist at University Hospital of Padua.
Main areas of interest are prevention/early intervention for mental disorders, comorbidity between mental and physical disorders, and psychopharmacology.
From 2015, he has spoken at national and international conferences, won national and international awards, and published more than 225 peer reviewed papers in international journals. Scopus H-Index 43.
He is co-PI of the Collaborative Outcome study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times (COH-FIT) (www.coh-fit.com).