Biographical profile
Training
- Degree in Medicine and Surgery obtained at the University of Bologna in 1989
- Specialization in Medical Psychology achieved at the University of Bologna in 992
- Research Doctorate in Psychology obtained at the University of Bologna in 1997
Academic career
- Adjunct professor at the Faculty of Psychology from 1998 to 2000.
- Researcher at the Faculty of Psychology in the disciplinary sector M-PSI/03 since 2001
- Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology since 2005.
- Full Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychology since December 2021
Teaching Career
Since 2001 he has been teaching and teaching assignments relating to the topic of gerontological psychology and clinical psychology in the field of aging. He currently holds the teaching of Methods of Intervention in the distress of the elderly and Psychology of aging in the Master's Degree courses in Applied Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, teaching Wellbeing interventions in clinical Psychology (LM in PAychological wellbeing and social inclusiveness). Holder of clinical psychology courses at the medical specialization schools of Geriatrics and allergology and at the specialization school in Clinical Psychology.
Institutional Assignments
- Member of the Joint Commission of the Faculty of Psychology - Order of Psychologists of Emilia-Romagna of professional training courses (2007-2010)
- Contact person for disability first at the Faculty of Psychology and then at the Department of Psychology since 2008
- Rector's Delegate for Disability from 2011 to 2021
- Coordinator of the LM in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology
Research interests
- Impact of the COVID-19 emergency on people with dementia and their family members in community settings.
- Quality of the copy relationship and oncological and chronic diseases
- Social health in the context of dementia: impact of social health on the cognitive and affective aspects of people with dementia.
- Psychosocial interventions with people with dementia, with family members of people with dementia and with formal carers.
- Implementation and adaptation of psychosocial interventions in dementia
- Analysis and development of tools for evaluating the outcomes of psychosocial interventions in the dementia area
- Use of technologies to carry out physical activities remotely with elderly people at home
- Evaluation of the cognitive and quality of life impact of health interventions in elderly people
