Marina Picillo, MD, has authored 40 papers, and her research interests include: biomarkers of progression of movement disorders, with particular regard to Parkinson's disease, and genetics of parkinsonism. She has contributed to both interventional and observational clinical trials on Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism. Her contributions in clinical research have been focused on both clinical and genetics of movement disorders, especially related to motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Recently, she contributed to the discovery of a novel form of young-onset parkinsonism.