Ornella Corazza PhD

Ornella Corazza, Ph.D., is a Professor in Addiction Science at the Department of Clinical, Biological, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, where she leads multidisciplinary research in the field of drug and other behavioral addictions. Results of her work have been presented in over a hundred peer-reviewed publications, seven books (two award-winning), including the recent "Emerging Drugs in Sport (Springer 2021), "Novel Psychoactive Substances: Policy, Economics, and Drug Regulations" (Springer 2017), "The Handbook of Novel Psychoactive Substances" (Routledge 2018) and numerous invited lectures and media appearances.

Much of her time is spent lecturing at conferences and teaching medical postgraduate students, psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health professionals, and others about behavioral addictions, internet addiction disorder, the neurobiology of addiction, and body image disorders. She currently supervises five Ph.D. students with a record of 16 successful completions. Her academic achievements have been recognized with various prizes and award nominations, including the prestigious European Health Award 2013.

Prof Corazza is the President of the International Society for the Study of Emerging Drugs (ISSED), which aims to unite the world’s multidisciplinary leaders in the field of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS). She serves as an expert advisor for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), among other national and international agencies. The main theme of her research is to find new strategies to improve health and well-being while promoting innovative approaches and international cooperation for a major global impact.