Dr. Christina Dalla is Associate Professor at the Dep. of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, past-President of the Hellenic Society for Neurosciences and President-elect of the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society. Dr. Dalla is vice-chair of the Gender Equality Committee of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an ALBA network volunteer towards diversity and equity in brain sciences. She is also member of the board of directors of the European Brain Foundation, section-editor at European Journal of Neuroscience on sex differences, member of the DANA foundation for the Brain and member of the Educational and Scientific Committees of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Her work focuses on sex differences in neuropsychiatric disorders and treatment with a focus on depression and anxiety.
Dr. Dalla received her first diploma from the Pharmacy School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2000 and continued her studies in Neuropsychopharmacology, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology and Neurosciences in Athens, at the University of Liege in Belgium and at the Rutgers University of New Jersey, U.S.A. with two European Union Marie Curie Fellowships. She has received numerous awards and distinctions, such as the “L’Oreal-Unesco” for Greek Women in Science and the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology fellowship award.