Alessia Spina

Alessia is a medical writer and a senior scientific assistant with 10 years’ experience at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, a research hospital specialized in cardiovascular treatments. She has worked as biomedical librarian and scientific event manager, with a prominent aptitude for medical communications, research manuscripts and grant writing. She has a B.S. degree in interpreting and translation, and experience in psychological sciences and techniques with a commitment to therapeutic photography and creative writing. She is exploring the efficacy of psycho-cardiology therapy in patients with rare and congenital heart diseases throughout the direction of two research projects employing art-therapy exercises and environmental psychology experiments.