Science for longer, healthier lives.

Bio

I am a geriatrician and epidemiologist studying intrinsic capacity within the World Health Organization healthy aging framework.

I trained at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome, where I earned my medical degree in 2021 and completed my residency in Geriatric Medicine in 2025, both with honors. In the same year, I obtained a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

From 2024 to 2025, I worked as an attending physician at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, combining acute geriatric care with outpatient activities focused on chronic disease prevention and healthy longevity.

In January 2026, I joined the Institute on Aging at the University of Florida as a Visiting Research Fellow, supported by the Ermenegildo Zegna Founder’s Scholarship. Since July 2026, I have also been pursuing a PhD by Prior Publication in Medicine at University College Cork.

My research focuses on how intrinsic capacity can be measured across populations, how it changes over time, and how these trajectories relate to mobility, disability, resilience, and other functional outcomes. I am particularly interested in developing measures that are scientifically robust, clinically interpretable, and connected to the biological processes underlying healthy aging.

More broadly, my work explores the biological, behavioral, social, environmental, and policy determinants of healthy aging and longevity.

I also serve as an Editor for BMC Geriatrics.