Country of Residence
Discipline(s)
Institution
Università del Piemonte Orientale
Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale (DIMET), Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid And Global Health (CRIMEDIM)
Via Lanino 1, Italy
Research Interests
Disaster medicine, Prehospital response, Technology in disasters, Access to care, Humanitarian
Topics to speak on:
Disasster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid, Global Health
Biography
Medical doctor graduated from Università del Piemonte Orientale in Novara, Italy (2014), specialized in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (2020), PhD in Global Health, Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Medicine (CRIMEDIM-UPO & VUB).
My experience combines clinical pratice with international project management. Recently, I have served as user coordinator for the EU-funded resaerch project NIGHTINGALE – Novel Integrated Toolkit for Enhanced Pre-Hospital Life Support and Triage in Challenging and Large Emergencies. I am also engaged in several disaster medicine educational activities and served as the project coordinator of the international Training Disaster Medicine Trainers (TdmT) course and as the training manager for the NEMS – National Emergency Medical Service in Sierra Leone. At present, I am a member of the Strategic Management Board of the European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM).
My research activity encompasses also projects in low resource settings and war zones, such as Uganda, Iraq, and Sierra Leone.