Research

The EMBRACE network currently includes more than 40 centers worldwide. My everyday work is in close contact with different professionals (oncologists, medical physicists, phycologists, data scientists) and different nationalities. Here are my main partners within the EMBRACE network and beyond:

Denmark (Home): Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University (Department of Math)

Austria: Medical University of Vienna

The Netherlands: Erasmus Medical Center (Rotterdam)

Italy: S. Raffaele Institute and National Cancer Institute (Milano)

India: Tata Memorial Center (Mumbai)

Canada: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (Toronto) and University of Calgary

Research grants:

Nominal grant for a 3-year post-doc position awarded by the Danish Cancer Society, year 2020 (2.309.000 DKK = 310.362 €). Project title: “Proton therapy combined with brachytherapy to reduce toxicity in locally advanced cervical cancer treatment: towards proEMBRACE”.

Co-investigator for a grant awarded by the Danish Cancer Society (2.5 year post-doc position), year 2021 (1.735.000 DKK = 233.192 €). Project title: “Engaging the patient’s perspective in clinical trials design by introducing total toxicity burden as endpoint”.

Travel grants:

European Society Radiation Oncology (ESTRO) Technology Transfer Grant (1.500 €) to attend the AMEE (Association for Medical Education in Europe) Conference, Vienna, 24-28 August 2019.

Danish Cancer Society travel grant (5.382 DKK = 723 €) to attend the 2nd European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP), Copenhagen, 23-25 August 2018.

Hede Nielsen Fond travel grant (5.000 DKK = 627 €) to attend the European Society Radiation Oncology (ESTRO) Annual Congress, Milano, 26-30 April 2019.

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Best young Italian Researcher in Denmark (BIRD) Award 2023: awarded by the Italian Embassy in Copenhagen to Italian researchers operating in Denmark who received part of their education in Italy, in recognition of innovative research.

ESTRO Varian Research Award: awarded to a radiotherapy professional for research in the field of radiobiology, radiation physics, clinical radiotherapy or radiation technology, during the European Society Radiation Oncology (ESTRO) Annual Congress (online, 28 November - 02 December 2020).

Best Oral Communication: awarded during the 2nd European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP) for the work entitled “Contouring and dose reporting for lower urinary tract sub-structures in cervix cancer” (Copenhagen, 23-25 August 2018).

Premio Adele Rinaldi, Best Oral Presentation under 32: awarded during the X Congresso Nazionale AIFM (Italian Association of Medical Physics) for the work entitled “Functional sub-structures of lower urinary tract in cervix cancer: contouring and dose distribution” (Bari, 12-15 April 2018).

Active member of the European Society Radiation Oncology (ESTRO) from 2017 and the Italian Association of Medical Physics (AIFM) from 2013. Member of the Groupe Européen de Curiethérapie- ESTRO Gynaecology (GEC-ESTRO Gyn) network from 2017. Member of the Women in ESTRO Medical Physicists (WESTRO) group from 2019. Member of the ESTRO Physics Working Groups “Biological Modelling for Precision Medicine” and “Artificial Intelligence in Radiation Oncology” from 2022.

3 Minute Thesis” competition: PhD students present their research project in three minutes for an audience of non-specialists with only one static slide.

Interview for the "Best Oral Communication" at the 2nd ECMP 2018 (pp.19-20 of the EFOMP Newsletter).

Interview for the “ESTRO Varian Research Award” (ESTRO Annual Congress 2020). 

Presentation video of the DCPT as an international researcher in Denmark. 

Organizer of ESTRO GynSMART (Gyn Network Series on Modern Applied RadioTherapy): a quarterly appointment of 1-hour webinars focused on practical aspects of gynecological radiotherapy.

Member of organizing committees for conferences and events promoting Physics applied to Cultural Heritage.