Andrea Ballesio: Mechanisms of sleep-mood interactions

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Dr. Andrea Ballesio is a tenure-track researcher (RTT) in Clinical Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome. He works in the Clinical Psychology & Psychophysiology Lab of the Department of Psychology, where he investigates the causes and consequences of poor sleep and insomnia and the clinical efficacy of psychotherapeutic interventions for sleep disorders. Dr. Ballesio's research aims to shed light on the psychophysiological and psychoneuroimmunological mechanisms linking insomnia and mood disturbances, particularly depression. To serve this aim, he mostly employs longitudinal and experimental models in humans. He is a member of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), the European Insomnia Network (EIN), the European Academy of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia, the European Psychoneuroimmunology Network, and the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE). He received the 2023 ISPNE Early Career Scholar Award. Dr. Ballesio is also a licensed psychotherapist, working in the clinical centre of the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome. We are delighted that Dr. Ballesio shares his insights from the Genomic Press Interview with our community.