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Team & Advisory Board

Interdisciplinarity is the term that most characterizes the Viper's team, is in fact made up of scientists, doctors and professionals, with different backgrounds and a common vision.

Working group

Team & Advisory Board

Luca Mesin

Luca Mesin

CEO

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering e Head of the Research Group called Mathematical Biology & Physiology of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications of the Polytechnic of Turin. His research interests focus on simulation of physiological systems and image and signal processing biomedical. He has about 90 publications in international journals, 6 monographs and 4 patents.

Piero Policastro

CTO

D. in Biomedical Engineering (E-health), he carried out his thesis project at the Department of Informatics of the Polytechnic of Turin, with the objective of deep learning analysis (Bayesian Networks) of histopathological images. He is currently a PhD student in Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino. His research focuses on the analysis of venous pulsatility through ultrasound scans and biomedical devices.

Silvestro Roatta

CdA Member

Silvestro Roatta is an Associate Professor at the Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini" of the University of Turin (UNITO). His area of specialization is physiology. He has published numerous scientific articles in international journals, dealing with topics such as the rapid vasodilatory response to muscle contraction and pulse wave velocity in veins. Additionally, Roatta is involved in several teaching and research programs at UNITO, including the Master's Degree Course in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics and the MD-PhD program of the School of Medicine.

Advisory Board

Prof. Paolo Bardella
Paolo Bardella is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications at the Polytechnic University of Turin. He obtained his degree in Electronic Engineering in 2002 and his PhD in Electronics and Telecommunications in 2005, both from the Polytechnic University of Turin. Bardella has received numerous awards, including the Best Paper Award from the IEEE International Conference on Photonics.

Ing. PhD Giovanni Chiarion
Giovanni Chiarion obtained his PhD from the Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin. His research focuses on the analysis of functional connectivity in the brain and biomedical devices.

Clinical Members

Dott. Alberto Giannoni
Alberto Giannoni is an Associate Professor at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa and a Cardiologist at the Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio. His research focuses on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of heart failure, cardiorespiratory interactions, echocardiography, and sudden cardiac death. He is the author of over 150 scientific articles and has contributed to numerous book chapters.

Dott. Andrea Grillo
Dr. Andrea Grillo is a researcher at the Department of Medical, Surgical, and Health Sciences of the University of Trieste. His research mainly focuses on cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and internal medicine. He has published numerous scientific articles on these topics and has collaborated with several international researchers.

Dott. Antonio De Luca
Cardiologist. PhD candidate at the Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy.

Dott. Bruno Fabris

Dott. Bruno Fabris
Bruno Fabris is a doctor and researcher at the University of Trieste. Director of the complex structure of clinical medicine - Assistant Professor at the Giuliano Isontina University Health Authority (ASU GI) - Trieste

Dott. Francesco Antonini-Canterin
Francesco Antonini Canterin is a cardiologist specializing in non-invasive cardiac diagnostics. Currently, he is the Director of the Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Unit at the High Specialization Rehabilitation Hospital of Motta di Livenza and a contract Professor of Echocardiography at the University of Verona. He is also the President of the Italian Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI).