Antonella Gagliano is a medical doctor, specialist in Child Neuropsychiatry and PhD in Neuropsychopathology of developmental learning processes “. She is author of numerous scientific publications, in international and national journals, concerning different topics related to her discipline. She has gained a long clinical and research experience on neurodevelopmental disorders and developmental psychopathology. She was responsible for the Sicilian Regional Reference Center for ADHD, Autism and SLD.

She directed the Complex Operational Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry of the University Hospital Policlinico “G. Martino” of Messina and the Degree Course in Neuro and Psychomotor Therapy at the University of Messina. From November 2018 to April 2022, she was Associate Professor of Child Neuropsychiatry at the University of Cagliari and practiced her clinical activity at the pediatric division hospital in Cagliari. Since March 2025, is Full Professor of Child Neuropsychiatry at the University of Enna and Director of the IRCCS-OC Neuropsychiatry Unit of the Oasi Maria SS. ONLUS
Association, Troina (EN).