Davide Piaggio
Using a Delphi study approach in academic research with Assistant Professor Davide Piaggio
Davide Piaggio
Dr Davide Piaggio was born in Imperia Link opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window(Liguria, Italy), where he attended Liceo Classico E. De Amicis (2006-2011). He then received his BSc and MSc in Biomedical engineering at the University of GenoaLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window (2014) and at the Polytechnic University of TurinLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window (2017), respectively. Davide received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering with a specific focus on medical devices, regulations and low-resource settings from the University of Warwick (2022), where he is currently Assistant Professor and co-director of the Applied Biomedical Signal Processing and Intelligent eHealth Lab (ABSPIELink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window) since 2022. Since the start of his PhD he has been involved in several teaching and research related jobs, including graduate teaching assistant, research assistant, teaching fellow, and research fellow.
His main areas of expertise are medical device design and regulatory affairs, CAD design, 3D printing, signal processing and App design (Android). He has authored or co-authored about 30 journal/conference papers and book chapters. He also contributed with writing the definitions of 10 lemmas for the Encyclopaedia of Medical PhysicsLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window (ISBN 9781138592148).
Davide is Secretary General for EAMBES, IFMBE HTAD and IFMBE Africa Biomedical Engineering Working Group collaborator and IFMBE publicity committee member, academic co-lead for the Society&Culture Spotlight, Link opens in a new windowLink opens in a new windowsteering committee member for WICID, Link opens in a new windowLink opens in a new windowexecutive team member for the Biomedical Engineering Institute, and Convenor for the Biomedical and Biotechnology Research cluster at the University of Warwick.
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More on Davide Piaggio's work available below:
Piaggio D, Zarro M, Pagliara S, Andellini M, Almuhini A, Maccaro A, Pecchia L. The use of Smart Environments and Robots for Infection Prevention Control: a systematic literature review. American Journal of Infection Control. 2023 Mar 15.
Maccaro A, Piaggio D, Oronti IB, Vignigbé M, Gbokli A, Houngnihin R, Pecchia L. Social Engagement in the Fight Against COVID-19 in the Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Cotonou (Benin, Sub-saharan Africa): Acceptability of the Vaccination and Tracking Program. Frontiers in Medicine. 2022;9.
Maccaro A, Piaggio D, Dodaro CA, Pecchia L. Biomedical engineering and ethics: reflections on medical devices and PPE during the first wave of COVID-19. BMC Medical Ethics. 2021 Dec;22(1):1-7.