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Professor Ornella Corazza, Ph.D holds the Chair in Addiction Science at the Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, where she leads multidisciplinary research in the field of drug and other behavioural addictions. Results of her work have been presented in over hundred peer-reviewed publications, seven books, including the recent Novel Psychoactive Substances: Policy, Economics and Drug Regulations (Springer 2017) The Handbook of Novel Psychoactive Substances (Routledge 2018), Emerging Drugs in Sport (Springer 2021), 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 behavioural addictions, internet addiction disorder, the neurobiology of addiction, body image-disorders. She currently supervises five PhD 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. Professor Corazza is the President of the International Society for the Study of Emerging Drugs (ISSED) and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health (Elsevier). She is a co-opted member of the Internet-Facilitated Drug Markets Working Group for the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and serves as an expert advisor for national policy makers as well as international organisations (United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime; European Monitoring Agency for Drug and Drug Addictions, World Anti-Doping Agency). The basic theme of her research is to find out new strategies to overcome addictions in society, while promoting multidisciplinary approaches and international cooperation for a major global impact on citizens’ health and security.
External positions
Visiting Professor, Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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Bootstrap: Boosting Societal Adaptation and Mental Health in a Rapidly Digitalising, Post-Pandemic Europe
Fineberg, N., Wellsted, D., Trivedi, D., Jones, J., Pellegrini, L., Corazza, O. & Hall, N.
1/07/23 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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Unlicensed Covid-19 vaccines and test certificates on the net: Identifying and preventing harms
Corazza, O. & McSweeney, T.
1/07/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Collaboration with National Institute of Health Sciences on addictions
Corazza, O. & Negri, A.
12/06/19 → 19/06/19
Project: Other
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Digital pathways to Doping: an innovative netnographic approach on the use of untested supplements
15/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Other
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Ozempic (Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist) in Social Media Posts: Unveiling User Perspectives through Reddit Topic Modeling
Fong, S., Carollo, A., Lazuras, L., Corazza, O. & Esposito, G., 31 Dec 2024, In: Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions and Health. 4, 7 p., 100157.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the factor structure and measurement invariance of the 20-item short version of the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale across multiple countries, languages, and gender identities
Fournier, L., Bőthe, B., Demetrovics, Z., Koós, M., Kraus, S. W., Nagy, L., Potenza, M. N., Ballester-Arnal, R., Batthyány, D., Bergeron, S., Briken, P., Burkauskas, J., Cárdenas-López, G., Carvalho, J., Castro-Calvo, J., Chen, L., Ciocca, G., Corazza, O., Csako, R. I., Fernandez, D. P., & 48 others , 26 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Assessment. p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Problematic use of Internet in a sample of psychiatric outpatients: preliminary observations from the “real world”
Prevete, E., Minotti, G., Gnagnarella, C., Ciambella, M., Valcovich, G., Sarno, F., Corazza, O., Simione, L. & Bersani, G., 1 Jul 2024, In: Rivista di Psichiatria. 59, 4, p. 147-156 10 p., 43055.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Profiling and assessing the risks of image- and performance-enhancing drugs use during the COVID-19 lockdown
De Luca, I., Di Carlo, F., Burkauskas, J., Dores, A. R., Carvalho, I. P., Gómez-Martínez, M. Á., Szabo, A., Fujiwara, H., Barbosa, C. M., Di Nicola, M., Mazza, M., Sani, G., Luciani, D., Pettorruso, M., di Giannantonio, M., Cataldo, I., Esposito, G., Martinotti, G., Zandonai, T., Rabin, O., & 1 others , 19 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Frontiers in Public Health. 12, p. 1-12 12 p., 1386721.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The short version of the Sexual Distress Scale (SDS-3): Measurement invariance across countries, gender identities, and sexual orientations
Lin, C-Y., Tsai, M-C., Koós, M., Nagy, L., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., Ballester-Arnal, R., Batthyány, D., Bergeron, S., Billieux, J., Briken, P., Cárdenas-López, G., Carvalho, J., Castro-Calvo, J., Chen, L., Ciocca, G., Corazza, O., Csako, R. I., Fernandez, D. P., & 48 others , 4 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology. 24, 2, p. 1-10 10 p., 100461.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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