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Prof Leandro Pecchia

Professor
UniRoma
Participates in 1 Session

Leandro Pecchia is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Electronic and informatics bioengineering (ING-INF/06). He graduated in EEE with specialization in Biomedical Engineering in 2005 at the University “Federico II” of Naples, where he received also the PhD in Biomedical Engineering and Management of Healthcare Services in 2009. After a brief appointment as Post-Doc Research Fellow (PDRA) at UNINA, he moved to the UK, where we joined the University of Sheffield (2008-2009) as Visiting Research Student, then the University of Nottingham as PDRA (2011-2013), and in 2013 the University of Warwick, where he has still a part0time appointment, as Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Since 2014, he directed the Applied Biomedical Signal Processing and Intelligent eHealth Lab (ABSPIE), which focuses on design of medical devices, applications of Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) for Active and Healthy Ageing and for the management of chronic conditions.

Since September 2020, Prof Pecchia is the innovation manager for the non-pharmacological COVID-19 technologies at the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency program (WHE) in the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) unit.

He authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers on journals, books and conferences in the fields of medical devices, biomedical signal processing, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Internet of Things and machine learning and AI applied to active and healthy ageing and management of chronic diseases (Prof Pecchia updated publication list).

Dr Pecchia is a proactive member of several scientific societies and NGOs in official relations with the United Nations.
Currently, he is President (2021-23) of the European scientific society of biomedical engineering (EAMBES), Secretary General (2022-25) of the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE). In the Past he has been the Secretary General (2018-2022) of the International scientific society of medical physics and biomedical engineering (IUPESM), Treasurer (2018-2022) of the IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division, and former IFMBE Healthcare Technology Assessment Division Chair (2015-18) and Treasurer (2012-15).

In 2015, as EAMBES Public Affairs Councillor, he established the first European Parliament Interest Group on Biomedical Engineering (EPIG BME), which is the main forum in the world where BME community and policy makers meet regularly (circa once per year) to discuss relevant topics and inform forthcoming policies in the domain of technologies for health.

Sessions in which Prof Leandro Pecchia participates

الإثنين 17 أبريل, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
9:30 صباحًا
9:30 صباحًا - 10:30 صباحًا | 1 hour
Health and Medical Data Compliance
Regulatory evolutionHealth and medical data 

Sessions in which Prof Leandro Pecchia attends

الإثنين 17 أبريل, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
9:00 صباحًا
9:00 صباحًا - 9:30 صباحًا | 30 minutes
Health and Medical Data Compliance
Health and medical data 
11:00 صباحًا
11:00 صباحًا - 12:00 مساءً | 1 hour
Health and Medical Data Compliance
Health and medical data Data protection in practiceRegulatory evolution
12:00 مساءً
12:00 مساءً - 1:00 مساءً | 1 hour
Health and Medical Data Compliance
Health and medical data Innovative technologies and data protectionData protection in practice
2:00 مساءً
2:00 مساءً - 3:00 مساءً | 1 hour
Health and Medical Data Compliance
Health and medical data Innovative technologies and data protectionData protection in practice
4:00 مساءً
4:00 مساءً - 5:00 مساءً | 1 hour
Research and Innovation

This session will delve deeper into the interactions between privacy and research. It will focus on analysing how research can provide tools and solutions to ensure that privacy and data protection compliance are respected and, similarly, how privacy and data protection compliance can benefit and boost research. 

4:30 مساءً
4:30 مساءً - 5:30 مساءً | 1 hour
Health and Medical Data Compliance
5:30 مساءً
5:30 مساءً - 6:00 مساءً | 30 minutes
Health and Medical Data Compliance
Health and medical data Regulatory evolution

الثّلاثاء 18 أبريل, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
2:00 مساءً
2:00 مساءً - 2:20 مساءً | 20 minutes
Data Protection in Italy
Socio-economic perspectiveSessions available in Italian
2:30 مساءً
2:30 مساءً - 3:30 مساءً | 1 hour
Data Protection in Italy
Sessions available in ItalianInnovative technologies and data protection
3:30 مساءً
3:30 مساءً - 5:00 مساءً | 1 hour 30 minutes
Data Protection in Italy
Regulatory evolutionSessions available in ItalianSocio-economic perspectiveFundamental rights

الأربعاء 19 أبريل, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
9:00 صباحًا