Dr. Laura-Ann Petitto, received a "Visiting Research Scientist" invitation from the Universita D'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara Italy.

Dr. Petitto accepted the six month residency in Professor Arcangelo Merla's Neuroscience Laboratory initially from July 2019 to February 2021, and which has now continued. Professor Merla’s lab is located in the Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia at the Universita D’Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Italy.