Maurizio Marceca

Associated Professor of Epidemiology, Hygiene and Public Health (scientific disciplinary sector MED/42 – General and Applied Hygiene) at Sapienza University of Rome (Pharmacy and Medicine Faculty). Medical Doctor, Specialized in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology and Public Health). He teaches in several University courses: undergraduate course in ‘Medicine and Surgery’; undergraduate courses in ‘Obstetrics’ and ‘Social Work’; post-graduate course in ‘Rehabilitation Sciences’; School of Specialty in: ‘Hygiene and Preventive Medicine’ and in 'Community Medicine and Primary Care'. In the past he taught in: undergraduate courses in ‘Nursing’ and in ‘Obstetrics’; School of Specialty in ‘Life Course Psichology’; II and then I Level Master in ”Migration and Development”. Moreover, he is occupied with elective teaching activities on “Global Health and Equity in Health”. He’s also involved in Continuing Medical Education courses for health care personnel. He is currently the Director of the post graduate medical school in 'Community Medicine and Primary Care'. Former President of the Degree in Social Work interfaculty Course (Class) for the academic period 2012-13/ 2014-15. Member of the PhD in “Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Public Health” of the Sapienza University of Rome. He participated / participates (also as coordinator) in several research projects at international, national and local level publicly funded (European Commission, Italian Ministry of Health / CCM, Umbria Region, Lazio Region, Ministry of Education, University and Research) on issues related to Global Health, to the health of vulnerable population groups (particularly ethnic minorities), with special interest on the training/continuing medical education of social and health care professionals. Since 1996 he has participated / participates in various technical-scientific Committees, and Working groups at international, national and regional level, with particular reference to the themes of 'Health of the immigrant population', 'Global Health' and interventions and health policies related. Former President of the ‘Italian Society of Migration Medicine’ (Società Italiana di Medicina delle Migrazioni, SIMM) for the period 2016-2020. Member of the board of the following scientific associations: Italian Society of Medical Pedagogy (SIPEM) and Italian Society of Human Sciences in Medicine. Member of the: Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (SItI) (coordinator of the Working group on 'Inequalities in Health Group'); European Public Health Association (EUPHA); Association of Italian Network for the Teaching of Global Health (RIISG). He is an honored member of the Italian Association of Epistemology and Systematic Methodology (Associazione Italiana di Epistemologia e Metodologia Sistemica, AIEMS). Author / co-author of about 200 published scientific works (including textbook chapters, articles in national and international journals, communications, abstracts and posters) in the field of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Public Health and Global Health.