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11a Giornata della Ricerca e dell’Innovazione in Medicina Umana della Svizzera italiana

3 June 2022

The Clinical Trial Unit (CTU) EOC, the Academic Education, Research and Innovation Area (AFRI) EOC and the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) would like to thank all the participants of the

11a Giornata della Ricerca e dell’Innovazione in Medicina Umana della Svizzera italiana which was held on

June 3, 2022 in hybrid mode

 

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    Below the FINAL PROGRAM of the

    11a GIORNATA DELLA RICERCA E DELL’INNOVAZIONE IN MEDICINA UMANA DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA
    which took place on FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2022 in hybrid mode

    • 08h00

      Welcome and Registration

      Welcome Coffee

    • 08h30

      Opening and special thanks

      11a Giornata della Ricerca e dell’Innovazione in Medicina Umana della Svizzera italiana
      Greta Guarda, Chair Scientific committee 2022
      Giorgio Treglia, Chair Scientific committee 2022

      Glauco Martinetti, EOC Director
      Giovanni Pedrazzini,  USI Dean Faculty of Biomedical Sciences

      Special thanks to:

      Dr. Fabrizio Barazzoni, Prof. Mario Bianchetti, Prof. Michele Ghielmini, Prof. Giovanni Pedrazzini and to the Member of the Scientific Committee until 2021:
      Prof. Andrea Alimonti
      Inf. MSc Annette Biegger
      Prof. Alain Kaelin
      Prof. Paolo Paganetti
      Dr. Alessandra Spitale
      Prof. Mariagrazia Uguccioni
      Inf. MSC Yvonne Willems Cavalli

    • 08h30

      Opening E-Poster session

      Virtual session

    • 08h55

      Keynote Lecture 1:

      Discussant: Prof. Dr. med. Giovanni Pedrazzini
         The role of philanthropy in Biomedical Research: opportunities and challenges in Ticino
         Prof. Henry Peter, Professor at the Law School and Head of the Geneva Centre for Philanthropy,    University of Geneva

    • 09h20

      SESSION 1:  INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND IMMUNOLOGY

      Chair: Prof. Dr.ssa med. Giandomenica Iezzi

      5 Oral presentations (Presentation 8 min + Discussion 4 min)

      Enos Bernasconi (Niklaus Labhardt) – Post-exposure Lopinavir-Ritonavir Prophylaxis versus Surveillance for Individuals Exposed to SARS-CoV-2: The COPEP Trial.

      Valentina Cecchinato – Monocyte Profiling During Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

      Giulio Disanto – Influence of multiple sclerosis treatments on longitudinal humoral and memory B responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.

      Emiliano Albanese (Miao Jiang) – Prevalence of frailty in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Corona Immunitas Ticino study.

      Elena Corina Luca – Nursing care in response to the care needs of patients with COVID-19: a mixed-methods study.

    • 10h20

      COFFEE BREAK

    • 10h50

      Keynote Lecture 2:

      Discussant: Prof. Dr. med. Alessandro Ceschi
         How to make clinical research
         Prof. Dr. med. Marco Valgimigli

    • 11h15

      SESSION 2: ONCOLOGY

      Chair: Anastasios Stathis

      5 Oral presentations (Presentation 8 min + Discussion 4 min)

      Maria Luisa Gasparri – Axillary surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients: a prospective international study (AXSANA-EUBREAST).

      Maria Pirosa – A phase-II trial of clarithromycin and lenalidomide in relapsed/refractory MALT lymphomas: IELSG40.

      Samantha Epistolio (Raffaello Roesel) – A pilot, prospective, observational study to investigate the value of NGS Liquid Biopsies to predict tumor response after neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced Rectal Cancer: the LiBReCa study.

      Giulio Sartori – The GPCR OR13A1 is important for lymphoma cells.

      Tommaso Virgilio – IL-1α secreted by macrophages promotes melanoma metastases in the sentinel lymph node by upregulating STAT3 signaling in the tumor.

    • 12h20

      Keynote Lecture 3:

      Discussant: Prof. Greta Guarda PhD
         Basic research hot topic
         Francesca Granucci, Head of Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences
         Full Professor of General Pathology, University of Milano-Bicocca

    • 12h40

      LUNCH BREAK

    • 12h40

      Poster session

      Exibition printed poster (in presence)

    • 13h40

      Keynote Lecture 4:

      Discussant: Prof. Dr. med. Emiliano Albanese
        Ethics in Research
        Prof. Samia Hurst, Director Institute for Ethics, History, and the Humanities, University of Geneva

    • 14h05

      SESSION 3: NEUROLOGY, MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHIATRY

      Chair: Prof. Dr. Chiara Zecca

      6 Oral presentations (Presentation 8 min + Discussion 4 min)

      Anne-Linda Camerini – The impact of screen time and green time on mental health in underage during COVID-19

      Giuliana Monachino – Automatic sleep scoring: the relationship between age and sleep

      Roberta Noseda – Safety profile of erenumab, galcanezumab and fremanezumab in pregnancy: Updated analysis in VigiBase®.

      Silvia Riccardi – Sleep and Sleep Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum: The Life-ON Cohort Study.

      Emiliano Soldini – Cost-effectiveness of Crisis Resolution Home Treatment for acute psychiatric crises management in Ticino.

      Daniela Latorre (Lenka Súkeniková) – Characterization of autoreactive T cells in Guillain-Barré syndrome.

    • 14h05

      New Technologies: PARALLEL SESSION

      Chair: Alessandro Puiatti and Prof. Marco Barbero SUPSI

    • 14h05

      Nursing Research: PARALLEL SESSION 1

      Chair: Sarah Liptrott, PhD, RN

    • 15h20

      COFFEE BREAK

    • 15h50

      SESSION 4: CARDIOLOGY AND MISCELLANEOUS

      Chair: Dr. Sandro Bonetti

      6 Oral presentations (Presentation 8 min + Discussion 4 min)

      Maria Luce Caputo – Impact of gender and role of coronary artery disease in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest presenting with shockable rhythm.

      Laurie Corna – Evolution of anti-SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among residents and staff of long-term care homes in southern Switzerland.

      Emanuele Pravatà (Lucia Danieli) – Non-lesional sources of contrast enhancement on post-Gadolinium “black-blood” 3D-T1-SPACE images in patients with multiple sclerosis.

      Anne-Linda Camerini (Marta Fadda) – Why vaccinate against COVID-19? A population-based survey in Switzerland.

      Elia Rigamonti (Alberto Maria Lanzone) – Clinical and echocardiographic outcomes after percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: a single centre experience.

      Mariacarla Valli (Dario Valcarenghi) – Mepitel Film vs standard treatment for preventing radiotherapy skin toxicity: phase III study.

    • 15h50

      Nursing Research: PARALLEL SESSION 2

      Chair: Michele Villa, RN

    • 15h50

    • 17h10

      AWARD DECISION BY THE JURY

    • 17h30

      Awards Cerimony

      Chairs: Prof. Greta Guarda and Prof. Giorgio Treglia

       

      • Best oral presentation clinical or epidemiological research*
      • Best oral basic, translational or computational research*
      • Best oral presentation nursing research*

       

      • Best poster clinical or epidemiological research*
      • Best poster basic, translational or computational research*

       

      *These awards are assigned during the event by the Jury, composed by:

      Loris Bonetti, RN PhD Member Scientific Committee 2022
      Dr. Arianna Calcinotto, PhD Member Scientific Committee 2022
      Prof. Dr. Michele Ghielmini, Chair Scientific Committee 2021
      Prof. Greta Guarda, PhD, Chair Scientific Committee 2022
      Prof. Dr. Giovanni Pedrazzini, Chair Scientific Committee 2021
      Prof. Dr. Giorgio Treglia, Chair Scientific Committee 2022

    • 17h45

      Closing

      Prof. Greta Guarda and Prof. Giorgio Treglia

    • 17h50

      Aperitif

    E-POSTER SESSION
    VIRTUAL SESSION

     

    BASIC TRANSLATIONAL OR COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH

    Claudia Altomare – A dynamic clamping approach using in silico IK1 current for discrimination of chamber-specific hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes

    Carolina Balbi – Cardiomyocytes (CM) derived small Extracellular Vesicles (sEV) plays an important role in heart development

    Linda Bernasconi – Characterization of air bubbles generated by perfusionist maneuvers during cardiopulmonary bypass

    Jonathan Besomi – Automatic classification of diseases using deep learning approaches

    Adalgisa Condoluci – Evaluation of the different stratification models for POD24 prediction in patients with follicular lymphoma

    Vincenzo De Rosa – In-hospital development and implementation of 3D personalised custom-made cut guides for pediatric limb malalignement

    Nicolò Formaggio – Identifying New Targets Involved in Androgen Receptor Expression Loss in Advanced Prostate Cancer

    Jacopo Galafassi – The role of gut microbiome in anastomotic leakage after colorectal cancer surgery (MicrobAL)

    Francesca Guidetti – Targeting IRAK4 in marginal zone lymphoma models with secondary resistance to PI3K and BTK inhibitors

    Anaïs Lamouline – Biofabrication of a bone marrow model for breast cancer bone metastasis personalized medicine

    Claudia Magrin – A Tau-dependent mechanism of epigenetic modulation of gene expression

    Laura Marciano – The use of mobile assessments for monitoring mental health in youth: An umbrella review

    Federico Menor Fusaro – 3D planned ACL reconstruction in pediatric knees. The Ticino experience

    Hassan Mohsin – The absence of intestinal microbiota impairs the activity of the Cre-lox system in a mouse model of conditional Paneth cell depletion

    Ester Piovesana – Patient-Derived Fibroblasts and Induced Neurons (iNS) for the Study of Cellular Pathways Involved in Neurodegeneration and Lysosomal Storage Disorders

    Matin Salehi – Fragmentome profiling reveals distinct molecular subgroups of Classic Hodgkin lymphoma

    Elena Vacchi – Altered immune activity of plasmatic extracellular vesicles derived from Parkinsons Disease patients


    CLINICAL OR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH 

    Jacopo Albanese – Joint arthroplasty after intra-articular steroid injections: the risk of post-operative infections

    Michele Bedulli – CPR/DNR conversations with patients in the internal medicine ward: Physician-reported practices in Ticino

    Matteo Beretta-Piccoli – Muscle Fiber Conduction Velocity Correlates With the Age at Onset in Mild FSHD Cases

    Marco Bongiovanni – Twenty kilometers is a World away: impact of COVID-19 on multi-resistant, hospital-acquired, bacterial infections in Italy

    Luca Bonomo – Grade 1 and 2 Chest Wall Chondrosarcomas: CT Imaging Features and Review of the Literature

    Davide Brucato – Complications of Non-Permanent Facial Fillers: A Literature Review

    Maria Caiata Zufferey – Home Treatment for acute mental disorders: challenges and opportunities for patients, families, and healthcare providers

    Christian Candrian – Volar Locking Plate VS Cast Immobilization for Distal Radius Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Serena Caverzasio – Impairment of sleep homeostasis in cervical dystonia patients

    Giacomo Chiaro – Skin Biopsy has a high Diagnostic Yield in Sistemic Amyloidosis and Polyneuropathy

    Giulio Conte – Atrioventricular block of unknown etiology in young adults with pacemaker implantation: an epidemiological and genetic study

    Laura De Pellegrin – Effects of NPWTi-d versus NPWT or Standard of Care in Orthoplastic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Dea Degabriel – Patient experience of communication with the medical team of the emergency department

    Marco Delcogliano – Randomized controlled study of the ligamentization process and graft integration in the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament with or without detachment of the tibial insertion of the semitendinosus and Gracilis tendons of the knee: intermediate analysis

    Andrea Demarchi – Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return: An international multicenter registry and a literature review

    Pietro Feltri – Platelet-Rich Plasma Does not Improve Clinical Results in Patients with Rotator Cuff Disorders but Reduces the Retear Rate. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Anna Folli – Evaluating the extent of pain in adolescents: preliminary results on test-retest reliability

    Alessandra Franzetti-Pellanda – Perceptions, opinions and feelings of cancer patients during COVID 19 pandemic

    Eleonora Garosi – Clinical evolution and therapeutic implications in patients with TIR1C nodules according to ICCRTC: a retrospective analysis

    Pietro Giacopelli – Covid-free surgical pathways for acute cholecystectomy

    Martina Iattoni – Effect of structured briefing prior to patient arrival on interprofessional communication and collaboration in the trauma team

    Viviana Lo Cicero – Cartilage Microtissues (CARTIBEADSTM) for therapeutic applications: towards a FIM clinical trial

    Qianfeng Lu – Preparing of advanced end-of-life care planning in Switzerland: the potentials of patient-centered healthcare

    Francesca Mangili – Risk models for perinatal depression based on the life-on study

    Francesco Martucci – Fast thermoradiation therapy: a new approach available at the Radiation Oncology Clinic, IOSI

    Anna Messina – Weathering the storm in seeking support: a qualitative study with caregivers of people with dementia

    Eleonora Maddalena Minerva – Rural-urban disparities in lung cancer surgical treatment pathway: the paradox of a rich, small region

    Caterina Mollica – Augmented Reality navigation during percutaneous pedicle screw placement: clinical results from a prospective multicenter study

    Francesco Mongelli – Reoperative bariatric surgery after primary laparoscopic gastric plication for morbid obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Andrea Stefano Monteleone – Patients with Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy Present a Psychological Impairment, not only a Functional Deficit. A Systematic Review

    Susanna Morlino – Applying the Health Belief Model to explain cybersecurity behaviors of hospital employees

    Astrid Navarra – Reimbursement policies of Swiss insurance companies for reduction mammaplasty for treatment of symptomatic breast hypertrophy

    Lorenzo Massimo Oldrini – Proximal Humerus Fractures: Delto-Pectoral ORIF vs Delto-Split MIPO. What is the Best Surgical Approach?

    Deborah Pacifico – Subjective cognitive decline and its associations with psycho-affective symptoms and disability: a cross-sectional study

    Georgios Popeskou Sotirios – Bowel recovery after intra vs extracorporeal anastomosis for oncologic laparoscopic right hemicolectomy within an ERAS protocol: a retrospective study

    Giulia Pretelli – An integrated immune-metabolic score predicts outcome in advanced lung carcinoma patients treated with immunotherapy

    Giorgio Raia – CT-Derived Body Composition and Complications After Pneumonectomy in Lung Cancer: Time for a Sex-Related Analysis?

    Stefania Maria Rita Rizzo – O-RADS Stratification System in Pelvic MRI: a Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Performance and Misclassification Rates

    Alessandro Schneebeli – Intra-rater reliability of a shear wave tensiometer in the evaluation of Achielles tendon mechanical properties

    Sebastiano Spampatti – Three-points mesh fixation in robot-assisted transabdominal preperitoneal (R-TAPP) repair of 208 inguinal hernias: Short and long-term results

    Elena Trevisi – Genetic Counseling and Germline Testing for Men with Prostate Cancer: A Two-Year IOSI Experience

    Fabio Turco – Preliminary results from SIESTA, a Pilot Observational Study Investigating Sleep Quality in Prostate Cancer Patients


    NURSING RESEARCH

    Alex Alamo Nottaris – L’Impatto Mentale Della Pandemia Covid-19 Sugli Infermieri Di Medicina Intensiva: Una Ricerca Qualitativa

    Ilaria Bordin – Prospettiva infermieristica sull’ottimizzazione del time to therapy nell’ictus iperacuto presso l’Ospedale Regionale di Lugano

    Lidia Braga – Sensibilizzazione interattiva nella camera degli errori rivolta al personale infermieristico con focus sul processo farmacologico

    Alexa Calisto Maia – Ex-tubo” La disfagia postestubazione: il ruolo dell’infermiere di medicina intensiva nella sua valutazione e prevenzione

    Daiana Campani – Validazione transfrontaliera di uno strumento per il reporting delle cadute a domicilio

    Mara Catena – Triage Avanzato Medico Infermieristico al Pronto Soccorso Ospedale Civico Lugano

    Omar Consonni – Leadership models compared with new generations of healthcare employees

    Sena Pasic – Percorso formativo infermieristico: “Gestire con competenze esperte il paziente sottoposto a chirurgia toracica

    Claudio Speroni – The perception of Shared Governance among the nursing staff

    POSTER SESSION
    EXHIBITION PRINTED POSTER (IN PRESENCE)


    BASIC TRANSLATIONAL OR COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH

    6B. Antoine Buetti-Dinh – Mining the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database: the case of proteasome genes and exportin-1

    9B. Maria Vittoria Colombo – Engineering the process of Endochondral Ossification to study Ewing Sarcoma

    Paolo Conflitti – Coarse-graining of Funnel-Metadynamics calculations: an ultra-fast approach for estimation of ligand binding free energies

    15B. Angela Elia – Tumour-associated early neutrophil progenitors specifically infiltrate Luminal-B breast cancer biopsies

    16B. Giuseppe Vassalli (Maximilian Emmert) – Intracoronary delivery of cardiac-derived exosomes is beneficial in a translational model of acute myocardial infarction

    19B. Riccardo Francescato – Mesofluidic platform for the skeletal muscle fibrosis modeling.

    21B. Lia Gander – Fast Characterization of Inducible Regions of Atrial Fibrillation Models with Multi-Fidelity Gaussian Process Classification

    30B. Sebastiano Marinelli – 5-ALA induced Protoporphyrin (PpIX) fluorescence quantification for glioblastoma surgical resection

    36B. Siddhartha Mukherjee – Tumour-infiltrating immature myeloid cells impair homologous DNA repair in hormone-dependent breast cancers promoting sensitivity to PARP-inhibition

    37B. Nicolo Pernigoni – Commensal bacteria promote endocrine resistance in prostate cancer through androgen biosynthesis

    39B. Simone Pezzuto – Learning cardiac activation maps from 12-lead ECG with multi-fidelity Bayesian optimization on manifolds

    41B. Alessio Bruscaggin (Maria Pirosa) – Circulating tumor DNA improves interim PET accuracy in classic Hodgkin lymphoma

    46B. Mikhail Rudinskiy – Quantitative steady-state and time-resolved analyses of protein and organelle delivery to endolysosomes using HaloTag-GFP Reporter

    51B. Martina Sola – Tau as a Novel Modulator of the Oncosuppressor Protein P53

    52B. Elisa Sorrenti – Interplay between gut microbiota, specific IgA and tumor-associated neutrophils in human colorectal cancer

    55B. Arianna Vallerga – Decoding Post-Translational Modifications of Prostate Cancer Progression

    56B. Pedro Ventura – Concomitant deletion of Shp-1 and Shp-2 in T cells fails to improve anticancer responses

     

    CLINICAL OR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

    1C. Pamela Agazzi – Longitudinal kinetics and prognostic power of serum neurofilament light after cardiac arrest.

    5C. Lorenzo Bernardi – Robotic versus laparoscopic liver resection: propensity matched comparison of two-center experience

    6C. Enos Bernasconi (Katharina Kusejko) – Integrated phylogenetic analysis of Austrian and Swiss HIV-1 sequences reveal differences in transmission patterns of the local HIV-1 epidemics

    13C. Chiara Camponovo – One single calcitonin testing in thyroid nodule to detect or exclude medullary carcinoma

    17C. Samantha Epistolio (Marco Cefalì) – KRAS mutational status may predict immune checkpoint inhibitors efficacy in NSCLC showing PD-L1 overexpression (TPS≥50%)

    21C. Ruggero Cresta – Out-of-hospital management and outcome of ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes in Swiss Canton Ticino: 10 years of the preH-ACS registry

    22C. Alessandra Cristaudi (Lorenzo Bernardi) – Introducing minimally invasive liver surgery in a tertiary center of Southern Switzerland: reappraisal of the first 100 consecutive cases

    23C. Marco Barbero (Cinzia Cruder) – Risk factors of playing-related disorders among European music students. Results of the Risk of Music Students (RISMUS) longitudinal multicentre study

    37C. Elia Rigamonti (Pietro Gianella) – Clinical, radiological and functional outcomes in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a prospective observational study

    45C. Tanja Fusi-Schmidhauser (Marco Marando) – 1-year radiological, functional and quality-of-life outcomes in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia – A prospective observational study

    46C. Francesco Marbach – Sling vs Brace after Surgery for Supraspinatus Tears: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    47C. Francesco Marchi – Prevalence of Localized Amyloid in Ligamentum Flavum of Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

    50C. Silvia Miano – Clinical and genetic characteristic of narcolepsy type I patients with HLA negative

    60C. Flavia Piciacchia – General practitioner management of patients with inherited arrhyhtmia syndromes: a canton ticino statewide survey

    64C. Silvia Pozza – The validity and tolerability of awake calibration of the TOF Watch SX® monitor: An interventional prospective multicenter study

    68C. Greta Rizzi – COVID-19 effects on cognition: a case-control study in adults and older adults from Ticino.

    74C. Davide Sparasci – Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements during Sleep in Multiple Sclerosis

    75C. Ledingham N. Susan, Bernardi Lorenzo (Alessandro Torre) – Opioid-free anesthesia in bariatric surgery: a propensity score-matched analysis

    80C. Yael Van der Geest – Outcome of patients with lacunar strokes in the era of thrombectomy: an analysis of the swiss stroke registry

    14h05
    New Technologies: PARALLEL SESSION

    Chair: Eng. Alessandro Puiatti and Prof. Marco Barbero

    6 Oral presentations (Presentation 8 min + Discussion 4 min)

    Chiara Arrigoni (Daniele D’Arrigo) – Development of a patient-matched microfluidic arthritic joint model as a tool for personalized therapies.

    Simone Bersini (Valerio Mainardi) – A novel mesoscale human muscle-tendon-bone interface model for the study of musculoskeletal diseases.

    Dalila Petta – Towards a bone-on-a-chip with physiological trabecular structure by combining biomimetic coating and high-resolution 3d printing.

    Diego Ulisse Pizzagalli – A trajectomics approach to manage complications of advanced chronic liver disease.

    Pietro Luca Ratti – Wrist actigraphy can detect REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson’s disease.

    Gianna Riccitelli (Leonardo Sacco) – Effects of rTMS treatment on social cognition abilities in mild cognitive impairment: preliminary results.

    14h05
    Nursing Research: PARALLEL SESSION 1

    Chair: Sarah Liptrott

    6 Oral presentations (Presentation 8 min + Discussion 4 min)

    Monica Bianchi – The COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland: the experience of middle management nurses.

    Loris Bonetti – Nurse-led interventions to promote patient engagement in cancer care: a systematic review of the literature.

    Anduena Saliquni – Nurse performed bladder ultrasound: indications and impact on nursing care.

    Alessia Sartorio – Interventions for preventing and solve bullying in nursing: a scoping review.

    Laura Maria Steiner – You always think the worst… “Caregivers’ experiences during the COVID-19 emergency: a phenomenological study.

    Angela Tolotti – Nursing intervention strategies to promote patient engagement (PE) in cancer patients: a qualitative study.

    14h05
    Basic, translational or computational research: PARALLEL SESSION 1

    Chair: Dr. Luca Varani

    6 Oral presentations (Presentation 8 min + Discussion 4 min)

    Giandomenica Iezzi (Camilla Basso) – Impact of gut microbiota composition on effectiveness of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.

    Jacopo Burrello – Machine learning approach to stratify cardiovascular risk of patients according to an extracellular vesicle signature.

    Ettore Limido – Ischemic musculocutaneous flap tissue is protected from necrosis by perioperative intermittent fasting.

    Valentina Cecchinato (Veronica Martini) – The role of CD8+CCR4+ in Ankylosing Spondylitis.

    Angel Azucena Rendon – Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection susceptibility in human cardiomyocytes.

    Beatrice Zanchi – Brugada syndrome identification based on P-wave characteristics: a Machine Learning approach.

    15h50
    Nursing Research: PARALLEL SESSION 2

    Chair: Michele Villa

    5 Oral presentations (Presentation 8 min + Discussion 4 min)

    Sergio Calzari – La narrazione in terapia intensiva: utilità del diario paziente come strumento di cura.

    Sabine Caminada – Van Den Bosch – Nurse led follow-up in a Breast Cancer Centre (BCC).

    Cristian Fusi – A review on feasibility and safety of awake prone position.

    Massimo Le Pera – Quality of Abstracts in Randomized Controlled Trials Published in Leading Critical Care Nursing Journals.

    Sarah Jayne Liptrott – Living and managing the pandemic: the experience of nursing leaders. A narrative inquiry.

    15h50
    Base, translational or computational research: PARALLEL SESSION 2

    Chair: Dr. Arianna Calcinotto

    6 Oral presentations (Presentation 8 min + Discussion 4 min)

    Julija Djordjevic – Characterization of T cell responses to commensal gut bacteria in healthy donors and colorectal cancer patients.

    Berenice Fischer – Loss of Rfx7 promotes the development of lymphoma.

    Jessica Guerra – NLRC5 interacts with UTX to regulate MHCI transcription.

    Marika Kucinska – Involvement of ER-phagy in nuclear envelop dynamics.

    Giorgia Melli – Tau concentration in skin biopsy differentiates tauopathies from alpha-synucleinopathies: a novel peripheral biomarker.

    Stefano Scafa (Yohann Thenaisie) – Principles of gait encoding in the subthalamic nucleus of people with Parkinson’s disease.

    Below the composition of the SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE of the

    11a GIORNATA DELLA RICERCA E DELL’INNOVAZIONE IN MEDICINA UMANA DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA
    which took place on FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2022 in hybrid mode

     

    Chairs:

    • Prof. Greta Guarda PhD, Vice Decana per la Ricerca, Facoltà di scienze biomediche USI, Lugano e Responsabile del Laboratorio di “Immune Mechanisms”, IRB, Bellinzona
    • Prof. Dr. med. Giorgio Treglia, Responsabile Servizio Ricerca ed Innovazione, Area Formazione accademica, Ricerca e Innovazione, Direzione generale EOC, e Caposervizio di Medicina Nucleare, Istituto di Imaging della Svizzera Italiana, EOC, Bellinzona

    Members:

    • Prof. Dr. med. Emiliano Albanese, Direttore dell’Istituto di Public Health USI e Professore Ordinario Facoltà di scienze biomediche USI, Lugano
    • Prof. Marco Barbero, PhD, Rehabilitation Research Laboratory 2rLab, DEASS-SUPSI, Manno
    • Loris Bonetti, PhD, RN, Responsabile Ricerca infermieristica, EOC, Bellinzona e Docente DEASS-SUPSI, Manno
    • Sandro Bonetti, MD, Internal medicine, Physician, Dongio
    • Dr.ssa Arianna Calcinotto, PhD, Responsabile del Laboratorio di Immunoterapia del cancro, IOR, Bellinzona
    • Prof. Dr. Alessandro Ceschi, MD, MSc, Chief Physician and Medical and scientific director Institute of Pharmacological Sciences of Southern Switzerland, EOC, Deputy Chief Academic Education, Research and Innovation Area General Directorate EOC, and Director Clinical Trial Unit EOC (CTU-EOC), Lugano
    • Prof. Dr.ssa med. Giandomenica Iezzi, Responsabile del Laboratorio di ricerca traslazionale del Dipartimento di chirurgia EOC, Bellinzona
    • Prof. Dr. Vittorio Limongelli, Pharm.D., PhD, Full Professor in Pharmacology, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Euler Institute, USI Lugano
    • Sarah Jayne Liptrott, PhD, RN, Lead for Nursing Research – ORBV, EOC, Bellinzona, and Nurse Researcher – IOSI, EOC, Bellinzona
    • Prof. Dr. med. Giacomo Simonetti, Primario e Direttore medico e scientifico dell’Istituto di Pediatria della Svizzera Italiana e Professore Ordinario Facoltà di scienze biomediche USI, Lugano
    • PD Dr. med Anastasios Stathis, Responsabile medico della Ricerca clinica, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, EOC, Bellinzona
    • Prof. Marco Valgimigli, (MD), PhD, deputy Chief of Cardiology, Cardiocentro Ticino Institute
    • Dr. Luca Varani, PhD, Responsabile del Laboratorio di biologia strutturale IRB, Bellinzona
    • Michele Villa, RN, Responsabile dell’ Unità di Ricerca Infermieristica, Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, EOC, Lugano
    • Prof. Chiara Zecca, Chief of Service, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, EOC and Faculty of biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.

    Event location: USI Campus Est, Settore A, Via la Santa 1, Lugano-Viganello

    BY TRAIN Recommended!
    Reach the Train Station Lugano. From the station, the campus EST of the Università della Svizzera italiana can be reached by bus or on foot.

     

    BY BUS Recommended!
    Take bus 6 (direction “Cornaredo”), which leaves from the square in front of the station; get off at the “University Campus” stop (about an 8-10 minute ride under normal traffic conditions).

    See also the directions on the Map


    ON FOOT Recommended!

    From the station square go to Via Zurigo until you reach Corso Elvezia on the left and continue on Via Madonetta until you reach the bridge, cross it and on the left you will see the EST campus of the Università della Svizzera italiana.

    See also directions on the map.


    BY CAR STRONGLY DISCOURAGED!

    A2 freeway: take the Lugano Nord exit, Lugano North Motorway. Proceed in a southerly direction on Autostrada Lugano Nord
    44 s (800 m), Take Via Besso in the direction of Via S. Gottardo 5 min (1.5 km). Continue on Via S. Gottardo 57 s (450 m). Continue on Via Zurigo. Drive in the direction of Via la Santa 5 min (1.8 km). Arrival at Campus EST USI Via la Santa 1, 6962 Lugano

    Shortly after the traffic lights crossing the bridge, the entrance to the campus underground parking lot is visible on the left.

    See directions on the Map.


    IMPORTANT IF YOU CANNOT REACH THE EVENT WITHOUT A CAR

    An alternative parking lot in the immediate vicinity of the campus is the Lugano Italian Hospital parking garage (accessible from Via agli Orti): See directions on the Map.
    At the city of Lugano link below you can find other parking in the area: https://www.lugano.ch/mobilita-sicurezza/parcheggi-e-autosili.html

     

     

    Below is the LIST OF CREDIT REQUESTED for the

    11a GIORNATA DELLA RICERCA E DELL’INNOVAZIONE IN MEDICINA UMANA DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA
    which took place on FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2022 in hybrid mode

    • SIWF FMH ISFM: 8 credits as part of extended continuing education
    • Divisione della salute pubblica – Ufficio del veterinario cantonale – Sperimentazione animale: 0.5 day continuing education
    • GSASA – Swiss Association for Public Health Administration and Hospital Pharmacists: 50 points FPH in hospital pharmacy and 50 points FPH in clinical pharmacy
    • SWaPP Swiss Association of Pharmaceutical Professionals: 7.5 credit points

    We found the following object, do you know to whom does it belong?

    Please contact laura.dipetto@eoc.ch

    In the coming weeks you will receive your personal certificate of attendance from the e-mail address: clinicaltrialunit@eoc.ch.
    If you do not receive your certificate and for further questions, please contact us via the same e-mail.

    Below the PRESS AND MEDIA of the

    11a GIORNATA DELLA RICERCA E DELL’INNOVAZIONE IN MEDICINA UMANA DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA
    which took place on FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2022 in hybrid mode

    Comunicato stampa

    11a Giornata della Ricerca e dell’Innovazione in Medicina Umana della Svizzera italiana e presentazione del Rapporto scientifico EOC 2021.
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    Il Quotidiano

    Giornata della ricerca e dell’innovazione, Il Quotidiano.
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    Ticinonews

    “Una realtà piccola” che favorisce la ricerca.
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    Ticinoscienza

    Sempre più reti e collaborazioni internazionali: così cresce la ricerca biomedica in Ticino.
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    Teleticino

    Ricerca e innovazione tra USI e SUPSI.
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    Special thanks to:

    Prof. Paolo Paganetti
    Prof. Andrea Alimonti
    Dr. stat. Alessandra Spitale
    Inf. MSC Yvonne Willems Cavalli
    Inf. MSc Annette Biegger
    Prof. Giovanni Pedrazzini
    Prof. Alain Kaelin
    Prof. Mario Bianchetti
    Prof. Michele Ghielmini
    Prof. Mariagrazia Uguccioni (assente)
    Dr. Fabrizio Barazzoni (assente)

    AWARDS: basic, translational or computational research

    BEST ORAL PRESENTATION

    Tommaso Virgilio for the abstract entitled:
    IL-1α secreted by macrophages promotes melanoma metastases in the sentinel lymph node by upregulating STAT3 signaling in the tumor

    BEST POSTER

    Riccardo Francescato for the abstract entitled:
    Mesofluidic platform for the skeletal muscle fibrosis modeling

    AWARDS: clinical or epidemiological research

    BEST ORAL PRESENTATION

    Maria Pirosa for the abstract entitled:
    A phase-II trial of clarithromycin and lenalidomide in relapsed/refractory MALT lymphomas: IELSG40

    BEST POSTER

    Francesco Marchi for the abstract entitled:
    Prevalence of Localized Amyloid in Ligamentum Flavum of Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

    AWARDS: nursing research

    BEST ORAL PRESENTATION

    Sabine Caminada Van Den Bosch for the abstract entitled:
    Follow-up clinico infermieristico presso il Centro di Senologia della Svizzera Italiana (CSSI)

    BEST POSTER

    Elena Corina Luca for the abstract entitled:
    Nursing care in response to the care needs of patients with COVID-19: a mixed-methods study

    Details

    Date:
    3 June 2022
    Event Category:
    Website:
    https://www.ctueoc.ch/giornata-della-ricerca/

    Organizers

    AFRI EOC
    CTU-EOC
    USI

    Venue

    Evento Ibrido: USI Lugano, Campus EST e Webinar