Research/Professional Activities/Memberships/Visiting positions
· 2022- Participant, Research Unit on food insecurity and health inequalities in Europe, Workpackage 6, University of Perugia, Italy.
· 2021: Participant to the Sant'Anna Advanced school (Pisa - IT) Research Project on Evaluating equity in Healthcare Performance in LMICs, the project is sposored by CUAMM (Medici con l'Africa)
· 2021: Affiliate Professor at Sant'Anna Advanced school (Pisa - IT) Department of Management
· 2020: Participant for the University of Perugia. Project: “Cambridge Core Blog on Italy’s response to Coronavirus pandemic” (https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2020/04/16/italys-response-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic/)
· 2020-Present: Participant for the University of Perugia to the Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia (Italy) Foundation Project: “Developing a web platform for promoting access to lung cancer preventive health care services in Perugia (Italia)”.
· 2019- 2020 Responsible for Italy’s Health Care strand (www.mipex.eu). Project: “Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX)” for the IOM – International Organization for Migration
· 2014 – 2020: Founding Member of SHIP - Ideas in Motion srls - Spin-Off of the University of Perugia. From the research conducted on health and immigration, the ideation and production of the "Health for Migrants" web platform (see www.hfm.unipg.it )
· 2018 – 2019 Research in collaboration with CHEPA at McMaster University. The research focuses on socioeconomic determinants of health and dental care access and use and equity in Canada.
· 2018: Member of the scientific organization committee of the Conference “Metodi di allocazione delle risorse pubbliche in sanità: esperienze a confronto (Resource allocation methods in public health care: international comparisons) with the participation and collaboration of Prof. Gwyn Bevan (LSE-UK), University of Perugia – Department of Medicine, Italy, Perugia Jun 8th 2018.
· Jan 2013 – Jun 2018: Scientific coordinator of Research Unit n.1 at the Dipartimento di Economia dell'Universita' di Perugia. Research project: " Analysis of public health care funding mechanisms based on the determination of Standard Costs for regional health services in Italy" Sponsored by Umbria Region, Italy.
· Jul – Aug 2014: Visiting Researcher (without scholarship) at LSE (The London School of Economics) LSE-Health.
· 2014 – 2015: IOM – International Organization for Migration – Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) for Health Care Project, responsible for Italy’s Health Care strand of the Index (www.mipex.eu).
· 2014: Refereeing for IOM on Italy Assessment of health situation at EU Southern borders: Migrant health, occupational health, and public health Situational Analysis Report.
· 2012 – 2014: COST (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Working Group research) - Action IS1103 - "Adapting European health systems to diversity"(ADAPT) - Working Group member.
· 2014: Director of the University Master course in Nursery management at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Perugia (IT).
· 2013: Participant to a the research project “Equity Standards in Health Care” of the WHO-HPH Task Force on Migrant Friendly and Culturally Competent Health Care – Activity: defining preliminary standards for assessing equity in health care MFH (Migrant Friendly Hospitals and Health Services).
· 2012 – 2014: Scientific coordinator of a research project equity in health and health care utilisation for migrants and other fragile population groups in a context of economic crisis commissioned by Umbria Region (PEHRG - Poverty and Equity in Health Research Group - Project).
· 2013 – 2014: Scientific coordinator of PEHRG- “HFM” sub-project (Health For Migrants) aiming at developing a website and a mobile telephone application for improving migrants access to public Italian health care services in Italy (IT) (www.hfm.unipg.it).
· Jan 2011 – Present: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Review: Italian Magazine Italian System Health Education and Health Promotion already Health Education e Health Promotion ISSN 2280-0166
· 2008 – 2011: Scientific coordinator of a research project on developing performance indicators in terms of equity in access to health care commissioned by Umbria Region (PEHRG - Poverty and Equity in Health Research Group - Project).
· 2008 – 2011: Scientific coordinator of a research project on “Social and health care residential and ambulatory costs and outcomes of disabled patients in Umbria Region” commissioned by Umbria Region.
· 2008 – 2011: Scientific coordinator of a research project on “Migrants health inequalities” commissioned by INMP-Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie della Poverta’ e dei Migranti- Rome.
· 2010 – 2011: Scientific coordinator of a research project on “new criteria for health care funding in Tuscany region“ commissioned by Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa.
· 2005-20012 Participation as a national expert for Italy at the yearly reports “Health and Living conditions in the EU” coordinated by the London School of Economics (LSE-Health, U.K.) sponsored by the European Commission.
· 2006 – 2007: Participation in the research project “Complementary Health Insurance forms of health care services coverage in Italy and Umbria Region”, financed by the Italian Ministry of Health research funds and the Umbria Region.
· 2005: Scientific coordinator Research project: Equita’ nella distribuzione e accesso ai servizi sanitari (equity in the delivery and access to health care) – Umbria Region.
· 2005 Scientific coordinator Research project: MATTONI SSN – Metodi di misurazione della performance per centri di riferimento Italiani (Performance measurement in Italian Hospital care) – Italian Ministry of Health.
· 2004: Coordinator of the research project at the Dept of Economics: “Bilanciamento costi-qualita’ in sanità” – National Agency for Regional Health Care Services (ASSR) and Umbria Region (ongoing).
· 2004: Responsible for the economic evaluation for the creation of a new Research Foundation Institute for Transplant Biotechnology in Umbria, appointed by the Regional Health Authorities of Umbria Region and the University of Perugia (Italy).
· 2004: Scientific coordinator of a research project on methods for the development of efficiency and effectiveness indicators for the Umbria Local Health Care Units coordinated by The National Agency for Regional Health Care Services (ASSR).
· 2004: Participating in a research project for the development of an empirical model for Italian Municipal fiscal policies coordinated by the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and sponsored by the Italian Association of Municipalities (ANCI-CNC).
· 2003: Participating as a national expert in a study on user charges in the European Union coordinated by the London School of Economics (LSE-Health, U.K.) sponsored by the European Commission.
· 2002 – 2003: Development of need-based Health Care Resource Allocation Formula for distributing Regional Revenues of Italian Regions with an application to Umbria Region (commissioned by The National Agency for Regional Health Care Services to the Department of Economics of the University of Perugia).
· 2002: Participating as a national expert for Italy to the Research project “Voluntary Health Insurance in the EU” coordinated by the London School of Economics (LSE-Health) for the European Commission.
· 1999 – 2000: Consultant for the National Agency of Health Care Regional Services (ASSR) for monitoring Italian regional public expenditure for drugs (econometric modeling) and for the assessment of the fiscal impact of the 1999 health care reform of supplementary private health insurance in Italy.
· 1998: Member of the scientific committee for the organization of the X Convention of IAHP (International Association of Health Policy) “Equity in health across the world: neo-liberalism or new welfare policies?”, Perugia, Italy, 23-26 September 1998.
· 1997: Participating in the organization of “Workshop in Economia sanitaria”, Umbria Region, in collaboration with the University of Perugia (Prof. G. Pisauro) and the University of York (Prof. A.Jones).
· 1996: Lecturer of Health Economics in several Professional Health Care Management Courses in Italy.
· 1996 – 1999: Scientific coordinator and Lecturer in Pharmacoeconomics for the Post-graduate Course in Pharmacoeconomics – Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Perugia.
· 1997: Scientific coordinator of a series of Workshop in Health Economics for the Regional Health Authorities of Umbria Region, in collaboration with the University of York (U.K.).