Teaching
In 2016 I was appointed Teaching Assistant for Medical Physics at the University of Catania. From that moment I started my long teaching experience, dealing with exercises, lectures, supervision and mentoring of students with different academic backgrounds.
Courses
Teaching assistant for the course “Medical Physics” for medical students, responsible for classroom exercises, meetings with students and exams (University of Catania, year 2016).
Lecturer for the course of “Brachytherapy” for Medical Physics residents, responsible for lectures and practical treatment planning sessions (University of Catania, years 2019 and 2022).
Tutor for the courses “Medical Physics in Radiotherapy” (Master level) and “Introduction to Medical Physics” (Bachelor level) for students in Physics, responsible for practical sessions in radiotherapy treatment planning (Aarhus University, years 2017 and 2018).
Invited lecturer for the course “Multidisciplinary management of gynecological neoplasms: new pharmacological and radiotherapy treatments” (online, 21 November 2020) organized by the National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO).
Invited lecturer for the course “Multidisciplinary management of gynecological neoplasms: new pharmacological and radiotherapy treatments” (available online, year 2021) sponsored by the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM).
Supervision and mentoring
Master’s degree thesis in Physics, University of Catania (IT), year 2016.
Radiochromic Film Dosimetry in Radiology.
Two Master’s degree theses in Medicine, Aarhus University (DK), year 2021.
Persistent physician-assessed and patient-reported urinary symptoms after cervical cancer radiotherapy.
Radiation-induced fibrosis after cervical cancer radiotherapy.
Three research projects in Medicine, Aarhus University (DK), years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Radiation-induced urinary incontinence in young cervical cancer survivors.
Accuracy of different methodologies for morbidity reporting.
Peripheral Neuropathy after chemoradiation in cervical cancer
Bachelor course in Data Science, Aarhus University (DK), years 2021 and 2022.
Impact of side effects on quality of life in cervical cancer survivors
Symptom clustering in long-term cervical cancer survivors.
Erasmus internship (Medical Physics), Danish Center for Particle Therapy, year 2022.
Plausibility and analysis of External Beam Radiotherapy and Brachytherapy dose parameters in the EMBRACE II study.
Research year in Medicine, Aarhus University (DK), year 2023.
Peripheral neuropathy in cervical cancer patients: time patterns and quality of life.
PhD student, Aahurs University, year 2023
Impact of treatment intensity on acute morbidity in cervical cancer patients.