Biography & Research:
MD, PhD, associate professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Bologna, Member of the Board of InterDem (a pan-european network of researchers and accademics on psychosoical interventions in dementia care) and partners in several european projects (FP/ programme, JPND, Erasmus) on the topic of dementia care. Main ongoing research interest is on influencce of social health on onset and progression of dementia; dementia care in higher education; dance, movement and dementia; implementation of the meetingcenter support programme for people with dementia and their caregivers across Europe). I am also interested in developping and validating outcomes measures for psychosocial interventions in dementia.