Alessandro is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. During his psychiatry training, he studied at the Section of Evidence-Based Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Technical University of Munich under Professor Stefan Leucht and Irene Bighelli. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience at the University of Catania, Italy, with clinical activities at the University Hospital "G. Rodolico" in Catania. His research focuses on systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and network meta-analyses for schizophrenia treatment.
Since October 2020, he has been Associate Editor of the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group.