Eleonora joined the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London in 2025 as a PhD student funded by the NIHR Maudsley BRC and the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 

Her PhD builds on the emerging field of precision psychiatry and aims to develop prediction models for the course of affective disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions in young people. This work integrates clinical, neurobiological, environmental, and genetic data using advanced statistical and machine learning methods.

She is supervised by Dr Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo, Professor Katya Rubia, and Professor Johnny Downs.

After completing an MSc in Mental Health at Queen Mary University of London, Eleonora gained extensive research experience across several labs, investigating innovative approaches to mental health, including psychedelic-assisted therapies for individuals with eating disorders, depression, PTSD, and other conditions.

Her research interests broadly centre on developing and translating novel, evidence-based interventions that inform clinical practice and improve mental health outcomes across the lifespan.

Research interests

• Child and adolescent psychiatry
• Precision psychiatry
• Translational mental health research
• Prediction models
• Machine learning
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
• Psychedelics