Navigating the Future in Healthcare Science

Dal 3 al 5 maggio 2023, presso il centro congressi "Le Benedettine" a Pisa, si terrà il convegno "Navigating the Future in Healthcare Science", promosso dall'Università di Pisa come osservatorio sulle prospettive future delle scienze della salute e sulla loro integrazione con l'intelligenza artificiale. L'evento, inizialmente concepito come strumento di formazione e aggiornamento degli allievi dei corsi di dottorato di area medica in Fisiopatologia Clinica e Scienze Cliniche e Traslazionali, si è arricchito via via di contenuti e relatori nazionali ed europei esperti in diversi settori, tra cui l'area medica clinica e di base, l'area biologica, bioingegneristica, le scienze omiche, l'intelligenza artificiale e il metaverso.

Il convegno, interamente gratuito, prevede sessioni dedicate alle scienze cliniche, come la medicina di precisione cardiovascolare, endocrinologica e oncologica, la chirurgia robotica e le neuroscienze. Ci saranno anche sessioni dedicate al corpo umano come ecosistema, alle nuove tecnologie digitali e alle loro potenzialità inesplorate nell'ambito della radiomica, della fabbricazione di tessuti e dell'integrazione dei dati sanitari, nonché alla fruibilità dei big data in ambito biomedicale e sanitario. Il convegno comprenderà anche sessioni che illustreranno le opportunità imprenditoriali e accademiche per i giovani dottorati e laureati, nonché il futuro della ricerca italiana ed europea.

Il convegno è stato organizzato dai due coordinatori dei corsi di dottorato, i professori Massimo Chiarugi e Mauro Pistello, coadiuvati dai loro vice-coordinatori, Alessandro Celi e Ugo Faraguna, e dalla professoressa Michela Ferrucci.

L'evento è gratuito e fruibile sia in presenza che da remoto (tramite il link https://www.itlavmeeting.it/Home/Iscrizione/84074534272  Meeting ID 84074534272)

Programma

May 3rd, 2023

08.30 - 09.15 Welcome and opening remarks
Riccardo Zucchi, Rector of the University of Pisa
Emanuele Neri, President of the School of Medicine
Angelo Gemignani, Director of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine
Aldo Paolicchi, Director of Translational Research
Stefano Taddei, Director of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

09.15 - 10.30 Old and novel opportunities after the PhD degree
Chair: Massimo Chiarugi and Mauro Pistello, Coordinators PhD Courses

Outlook on PhD courses
Bernardo Tellini, Pro-Rector of Research Doctorate, University of Pisa

Entrepreneurial opportunities in life science
Federica Draghi, Chief Executive Officer Xgen Venture

Round Table

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 – 13.00 Endocrinology, Metabolism, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Cardiology
Chair Stefano Del Prato and Raffaele De Caterina, University of Pisa

Precision medicine in diabetes
Paul W. Franks, Novo Nordisk Fonden, Hellerup, Denmark

Precision cardiology
Francesco Paneni, Universitätsspital Zürich, Klinik für Kardiologie, Zürich

Precision Medicine in Endocrinology: new insights in the treatment of Graves' orbitopathy
Michele Marinò, University of Pisa

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 16.00 Guided Poster Session

16.00 – 18.00 Bio-Psychology and Neurosciences
Chair: Angelo Gemignani and Gabriele Siciliano, University of Pisa

Psychophysiological correlates of meditation sciences
Andrea Piarulli, Department of of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa

Slow oscillation in sleep as model for neural plasticity
Giulio Bernardi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

Protein folding pathways in neurodegeneration: new avenues across physiology and therapy
Emiliano Biasini, Dept. Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology - CIBIO, University of Trento

Transcriptional derepression as a cause of a genetic disease: the case of Landouzy-Déjèrine’s muscular dystrophy
Davide Gabellini, Gene Expression and Muscular Dystrophy Unit, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele, Milan

May 4th, 2023

08.30 - 10.30 Artificial Intelligence and Metaverse
Chair: Stefano Berrettini and Ugo Faraguna, University of Pisa

Human-centered Artificial Intelligence
Dino Pedreschi, University of Pisa

VR/AR applications for healthcare systems: opportunities and challenges
Lucio Lamberti, Scientific Director Metaverse Marketing Lab – Politecnico di Milano, School of Management

AI and Wearables: A Maturing Field
Luca Foschini - CEO Sage Bionetworks, Founder Evidation Health

Round Table

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 - 13.00 Precision Medicine in Oncology
Chair: Sara Galimberti and Gianluca Masi, University of Pisa

From histology to a novel mutational approach in pathological diagnosis
Gabriella Fontanini - University of Pisa

Precision medicine in the clinic: exploiting the present to drive the future
Caterina Vivaldi - University of Pisa

Digital Innovation in oncology
Daniele Di Ianni - Roche

Digital pathology and artificial intelligence for precision medicine
Albino Eccher - Verona University Hospital

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 16.00 Guided Poster Session,
chairs: Clara Ugolini, Cristian Scatena, Guido Bocci & Emilia Ghelardi, Valentina Dini, Maria Franzini

16.00 - 18.00 Microbiology and Immunology
Chair: Giovanna Batoni and Alessandro Celi, University of Pisa

The human body as an ecosystem
Alessio Mengoni, University of Florence

Person-to-person transmission landscape of the human microbiome
Mireia Valles-Colomer, University of Trento

COVID vaccines: immunological advances and public health
Paola Migliorini, University of Pisa

Vaccine effectiveness
Caterina Rizzo, University of Pisa

May 5th, 2023

08.30 - 10.30 Digital Health
Chair: Emanuele Neri and Lorenzo Ghiadoni, University of Pisa

Big Data in Healthcare
Corrado Priami, University of Pisa

Artificial Intelligence to Process Big Data
Paolo Ferragina and Giuseppe Prencipe, University of Pisa

Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging
Giovanni Donato Aquaro, University of Pisa

Imaging Biobanks
Gayane Aghakhanyan, University of Pisa

Applications of natural language processing in radiology
Lorenzo Faggioni, University of Pisa

Discussion

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 – 13.00 Surgery, Anestesiology, Imaging, Simulation and Planning
Chair: Massimo Chiarugi and Marco Lucchi, University of Pisa

Precision Surgery
Ugo Boggi, University of Pisa

Machine Intelligence Approach in Anaesthesiology
Francesco Forfori, University of Pisa

Future trends in robotic surgery
Arianna Menciassi, Sant’Anna Pisa

In situ Bioprinting: The future of 3D biofabrication inside the human body
Giovanni Vozzi, University of Pisa

Future in Robotic Surgery
Laura Ferro, Surgical Intuitive

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 16.00 Guided Poster Session
Mario Miccoli, Fabio Vistoli, Serena Danti, Fabiola Paiar, Giandomenica Biancofiore, Gabriele Materazzi, Alessandro Celi

16.00 - 17.30 Navigating the Future of Italian and European Research
Chairs: Benedetta Mennucci, Vice-Rector for the Promotion of Research, Giovanni F. Gronchi, Vice-Rector for Cooperation and International Relations, University of Pisa

PNRR and the Italian Research
Rosario Rizzuto, Past-Rector, University of Padua

Horizon Europe, Research and Innovation in the Health Domain
Livio Stefanelli, Former Directorate General Research of the European Commission

Round Table
Moderator
Vittoria Raffa, Delegate for Research Promotion in Life Science, University Pisa

17.30 - 18.00 PhD Awards and Closing Ceremony