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Roberto Giorda is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across multiple fields with a concentration in Medicine and Psychology, including subfields such as Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Genetics.

Their work focuses on a variety of topics including:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Birth, Development, and Health

Roberto Giorda has contributed to papers published in numerous journals and venues, with a notable frequency in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Psychoneuroendocrinology, Development and Psychopathology, Frontiers in Psychiatry, and BMJ Open.

Some of their recent publications include:

  • "Prenatal maternal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic and infant regulatory capacity at 3 months: A longitudinal study" (2021) in Development and Psychopathology
  • "Depression and Anxiety in Mothers Who Were Pregnant During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Northern Italy: The Role of Pandemic-Related Emotional Stress and Perceived Social Support" (2021) in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Hidden pandemic: COVID-19-related stress, SLC6A4 methylation, and infants' temperament at 3 months" (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • "Measuring the Outcomes of Maternal COVID-19-related Prenatal Exposure (MOM-COPE): study protocol for a multicentric longitudinal project" (2020) in BMJ Open
  • "Early Parenting Intervention - Biobehavioral Outcomes in infants with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (EPI-BOND): study protocol for an Italian multicentre randomised controlled trial" (2020) in BMJ Open

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Livio Provenzi, Serena Grumi, Marco Villa, Giacomo Biasucci, and Lidia Decembrino.

Best Publications

  • A recurrent 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome associated with mental retardation and seizures.

    Andrew J Sharp;Heather C Mefford;Kelly Li;Carl Baker

  • Olfactory Receptor–Gene Clusters, Genomic-Inversion Polymorphisms, and Common Chromosome Rearrangements

    Sabrina Giglio;Karl W. Broman;Naomichi Matsumoto;Vladimiro Calvari

  • Disruption of the ProSAP2 Gene in a t(12;22)(q24.1;q13.3) Is Associated with the 22q13.3 Deletion Syndrome

    Maria Clara Bonaglia;Roberto Giorda;Renato Borgatti;Giorgio Felisari

  • CNGA3 Mutations in Hereditary Cone Photoreceptor Disorders

    Bernd Wissinger;Daphne Gamer;Herbert Jägle;Roberto Giorda

  • NKR-P1, a signal transduction molecule on natural killer cells

    Roberto Giorda;William A. Rudert;Carla Vavassori;William H. Chambers

  • Constitutive Expression and Role of the TNF Family Ligands in Apoptotic Killing of Tumor Cells by Human NK Cells

    Yoshiro Kashii;Roberto Giorda;Ronald B. Herberman;Theresa L. Whiteside

  • Identification of a recurrent breakpoint within the SHANK3 gene in the 22q13.3 deletion syndrome

    Maria Clara Bonaglia;Roberto Giorda;Elisa Mani;Giuseppe Aceti

  • Heterozygous Submicroscopic Inversions Involving Olfactory Receptor–Gene Clusters Mediate the Recurrent t(4;8)(p16;p23) Translocation

    Sabrina Giglio;Vladimiro Calvari;Giuliana Gregato;Giorgio Gimelli

  • Influence of the serotonin transporter promoter gene and shyness on children's cerebral responses to facial expressions

    Marco Battaglia;Anna Ogliari;Annalisa Zanoni;Alessandra Citterio

  • Molecular Mechanisms Generating and Stabilizing Terminal 22q13 Deletions in 44 Subjects with Phelan/McDermid Syndrome.

    Maria Clara Bonaglia;Roberto Giorda;Silvana Beri;Cristina De Agostini

  • Mouse NKR-P1. A family of genes selectively coexpressed in adherent lymphokine-activated killer cells.

    R Giorda;M Trucco

  • Silencer elements as possible inhibitors of pseudoexon splicing

    Manuela Sironi;Giorgia Menozzi;Laura Riva;Rachele Cagliani

  • SLC6A4 methylation as an epigenetic marker of life adversity exposures in humans: A systematic review of literature.

    Livio Provenzi;Roberto Giorda;Silvana Beri;Rosario Montirosso

  • Neocentromeres in 15q24-26 Map to Duplicons Which Flanked an Ancestral Centromere in 15q25

    Mario Ventura;Jonathan M. Mudge;Valeria Palumbo;Sally Burn

  • Overexpression of the C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is associated with overgrowth and bone anomalies in an individual with balanced t(2;7) translocation.

    Renata Bocciardi;Roberto Giorda;Jens Buttgereit;Jens Buttgereit;Stefania Gimelli

  • A family-based association study does not support DYX1C1 on 15q21.3 as a candidate gene in developmental dyslexia.

    Cecilia Marino;Roberto Giorda;Maria Luisa Lorusso;Laura Vanzin

  • Rare familial 16q21 microdeletions under a linkage peak implicate cadherin 8 (CDH8) in susceptibility to autism and learning disability

    Pagnamenta At;Khan H;Walker S;Gerrelli D

  • Analysis of the Structure and Expression of the Augmenter of Liver Regeneration (ALR) Gene

    Roberto Giorda;Michio Hagiya;Tatsuya Seki;Manabu Shimonishi

  • Association of short-term memory with a variant within DYX1C1 in developmental dyslexia

    Cecilia Marino;Alessandra Citterio;Roberto Giorda;Andrea Facoetti

  • Heterozygous submicroscopic inversions involving olfactory receptor-gene clusters mediate the recurrent t(4;8)(p16;p23) translocation.

    S Giglio;Calvari;G Gregato;G Gimelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Orsetta Zuffardi
Orsetta Zuffardi University of Pavia
Massimo Molteni
Massimo Molteni University of Padua
Maria Nobile
Maria Nobile Eugenio Medea
Marco Battaglia
Marco Battaglia Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Rosario Montirosso
Rosario Montirosso Eugenio Medea
Massimo Trucco
Massimo Trucco Carnegie Mellon University
Nereo Bresolin
Nereo Bresolin University of Milan
Mariano Rocchi
Mariano Rocchi University of Bari Aldo Moro
Giacomo P. Comi
Giacomo P. Comi University of Milan
Manuela Sironi
Manuela Sironi University of Turin

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