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Bio

I am a geriatrician and epidemiologist studying healthy aging, longevity, and the preservation of function across adulthood.

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, and obtained a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the same year.

From August 2024 to December 2025, I worked as an attending physician at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, combining inpatient care in an acute geriatric medicine ward with outpatient activities focused on the prevention of age-related diseases and the promotion of healthy longevity.

Working across acute care and prevention made me increasingly interested in a question that still guides my research: how can we preserve function, rather than simply treat disease, as people age?

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 undertaking a PhD by Prior Publication in Medicine at University College Cork.

A central focus of my work is intrinsic capacity, a core component of the World Health Organization healthy aging framework that describes the physical and mental capacities people can draw on in daily life. I study its determinants, clinical relevance, and relationship with functional outcomes across different aging trajectories.

My experience in community-based prevention has also led to a broader interest in population health and in the biological, behavioral, social, environmental, and policy factors that influence healthy aging and longevity.

I also serve as an Editor for BMC Geriatrics.