Expertise/research field:

Chiara is a doctoral student and research assistant at the Institute for Biomedical Ethics (IBMB). Her research interests focus on medical ethics and the ethical and social implications of emerging technologies in healthcare, with particular interests in active implantable medical devices (AIMDs), and chronic and neurodegenerative diseases.
She worked as an Ethics Assistant at the Post-COVID Network Netherlands, supporting the ethical oversight of research and patient care across a national consortium. At IQ healthcare (Radboudumc, NL), she completed two research internships: one examining the ethical and societal implications of brain biomarkerisation, and another, conducted in collaboration with the Neurology Department, exploring the concept of health in digital endpoints for Parkinson’s disease trials.
She has also contributed to interdisciplinary teaching at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour as a Teaching Assistant for the course Societal Impact of Artificial Intelligence.
She holds a Research Master’s in Philosophy (cum laude) with a specialisation in Ethics and Political Philosophy from Radboud University. Her thesis, The Biologisation of Parkinson’s Disease and Its New Ethical and Phenomenological Challenges for (Potential) Patients, was developed in collaboration with the European Parkinson Therapy Centre (Boario Terme, IT), where she conducted qualitative research. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Milan and took part in Erasmus exchanges at the University of Humanistic Studies (Utrecht, NL) and the University of Zielona Góra (PL).

Stations of work:

Chiara is currently working on the SNSF-funded project Towards EQUIty in MEDtech - Reducing Gender and Sex Bias in Active Implantable Medical Devices (EQUIMED).
The project investigates why women and gender minorities experience more adverse effects from implantable devices, and aims to reduce inequalities by integrating ethical, clinical, and social perspectives.