Italy 2020: Giovanna Zoccoli / Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna

Delegate: Giovanna Zoccoli

Affiliations: Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Italy

Short Bio: Associate Professor of Physiology, University of Bologna, Italy

Education
1987 MD (University of Bologna) (cum laude)
1991 Board certified in Neurology (University of Bologna) (cum laude)
1995 PhD in “Experimental and Clinical Pathophysiology” (University of Bologna).

Academic career
1995 Assistant Professor, University of Bologna.
2004 Associate Professor, University of Bologna

Duties in Scientific Societies
2013-present Member of the Committee for scientific research of the Italian Association for Sleep Medicine (AIMS)
2016-2018: Scientific Committee European Sleep Research Society
2018-2020: Co-Chair of Scientific Committee European Sleep Research Society

Activity: Television broadcast entitled “Sleep well to live better” by TeleRomagna, which explained the meaning of World Sleep Day, the structure and function of sleep, and the negative physical and mental effects of insufficient or disturbed sleep.

Prof Giovanna Zoccoli, Prof Roberto Amici and Prof Giuseppe Plazzi, all members of ESRS, participate.

Location: TeleRomagna is a television broadcaster active in Emilia Romagna, a region in northern Italy, about 5 million inhabitants

Date of Activity: March 11, 10 p.m.; March 14, 2 p.m. and 6.30 p.m; March 15, 9.15 a.m. and 8.30 p.m..

Submitted By: Giovanna Zoccoli