LUDOVICA DE PANFILIS
Healthcare Researcher and Clinical Bioethicist, currently Head of the Bioethics Unit at the Reggio Emilia provincial healthcare authority and President of the Clinical Ethics Committee for Reggio Emilia. In 2010, she graduated in Philosophical Sciences, in 2013 she obtained a first level Master’s degree in Palliative Medicine and, in 2016, a PhD in Law and New Technologies, Bioethics Curriculum, at the University of Bologna (Italy). She is the author of numerous publications in international peer-reviewed journals, a lecturer for various university master’s degrees (first and second level) and higher education courses. In 2022 she obtained the National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in the MED/ 02 – History of Medicine and Bioethics sector. Her main areas of research are empirical bioethics applied to healthcare contexts, palliative care, ethics of care provision, shared care planning and advance treatment orders, patient engagement, ethical decision-making processes and ethics consultancy.