Valentina Pergher
Brookline
Profilo professionale
Esperto nella gestione di trial clinici con competenze in analisi dati (MATLAB, SPSS) e collaborazione interfunzionale. Successi nella ricerca sui disturbi neuroevolutivi e sviluppo di biomarcatori, con forte capacità di comunicazione scientifica.
Panoramica
1
1
Certification
7
7
years of professional experience
Esperienza lavorativa
Senior Clinical Research Associate
Ulysses Neuroscience Ltd.
Dublin
2025.09 - ad oggi
- Provide clinical research oversight and operational support for international clinical research activities.
- Ensure compliance with ICH-GCP, protocols, regulatory requirements, and quality standards.
- Support site management, monitoring activities, data review, issue resolution, and study documentation.
- Collaborate with investigators, clinical teams, data management, and scientific stakeholders.
- Contribute to biomarker-driven research strategies in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Clinical Biomarker Team Leader
Ulysses Neuroscience Ltd.
Dublin
2025.03 - 2025.08
- Lead biomarker-focused research activities in developmental neurogenetic disorders.
- Support study design, implementation, and scientific interpretation of clinical outcomes.
- Study and client management.
- Regulatory and quality excellence.
- Data-driven scientific communication.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Simon Fraser University
Canada
2022.01 - 2025.01
- Neurocognitive assessment to evaluate executive functions and cognitive decline in clinical populations.
- Executive function analysis, mapping behavioral outcomes against neurophysiological markers.
- Complex dataset interpretation.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard University
Boston
2019.01 - 2023.01
- Design and administration of safe and compliant transcranial electrical stimulation for high-frequency intervention studies targeting clinical and healthy cohorts.
- Investigation of mechanisms of cortical neuroplasticity and offline learning to identify novel therapeutic avenues for cognitive enhancement.
- Led biomarker-driven neuroplasticity research using integrated neuroimaging techniques (EEG/ERP).
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School & Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston
2021.01 - 2022.01
- Acquisition and process of high-density EEG and ERP data to identify early neural markers of cognitive development and executive function.
- Integration of eye-tracking technology into experimental paradigms to quantify visual attention, engagement, and cognitive processing speed.
- Data analysis and data-driven scientific communication.
Istruzione
PhD - Biomedical Science
KU Leuven
Belgium2019
Master’s Degree - Clinical-Dynamic Psychology
University of Padua
2014
Bachelor’s Degree - Developmental Psychology
University of Padua
2013
Competenze
- Clinical trial management and oversight
- ICH-GCP and regulatory compliance
- Site monitoring and stakeholder management
- Biomarker development
- Neurodevelopmental disorders research
- EEG, ERP, fMRI, eye-tracking
- Neuropsychological assessment
- Scientific writing and communication
- Data analysis (MATLAB, SPSS)
- Cross-functional collaboration
Certificazioni
- ICH-GCP (Good Clinical Practice) Certificate
- Licensed Psychologist (Italy, 2016)
- Basic Life Support & Defibrillation (BLS-D) Provider (2023)
LANGUAGES
Italian – Native
Esperto
English – Fluent
Esperto
German – Proficient
Base
REFERENCES
Available upon request
Cronologia
Senior Clinical Research Associate
Ulysses Neuroscience Ltd.
2025.09 - ad oggi
Clinical Biomarker Team Leader
Ulysses Neuroscience Ltd.
2025.03 - 2025.08
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Simon Fraser University
2022.01 - 2025.01
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School & Boston Children’s Hospital
2021.01 - 2022.01
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard University
2019.01 - 2023.01
PhD - Biomedical Science
KU Leuven
Master’s Degree - Clinical-Dynamic Psychology
University of Padua
Bachelor’s Degree - Developmental Psychology
University of Padua