"Lino Rossi"
Research Center
for the study and prevention of the unexpected perinatal death and the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
News
On February 28, 2025, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., on MSTeams, at the Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences of the Milan University will be hold the "2nd International Conference on Gender Equality Research at the Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Science"; Moderators: Prof.ssa Paola Muti, Prof.ssa Francesca Sisto; Organizer: Prof. Giulia Ottaviani.
“In recent years, the Department of Biomedical, Surgical, and Dental Science at the Università degli Studi di Milano has been at the forefront of proposing an inclusive and equitable academic environment. Recognizing the importance of gender equality in the fields of Medicine and Dentistry, the Department is proud to host the 3rd International Conference on Gender Equality Research.
The Conference aligns with the institution’s commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. It serves as a platform to address pertinent issues and explore innovative solutions in the context of Gender Equality within academic and professional spheres.
The event coincides with the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, emphasizing the global significance of advancing Gender Equality in scientific fields. The presentations span a range of crucial topics, from workforce re-starting grants for young mothers to recognizing and reducing barriers to diversity and inclusion in Pathology.
Among various topics, the recruitment of women into the workforce and their career progression will be discussed. To exclude an entire gender simply because we have an unstated tradition of exclusion is a waste of national resources. As doctors and scientists, we say we want the best resources available to our patients. We hope we can all recognize as peers that some of the best in our field are actually persons who are not our gender.
Someday, it may happen that we will be patients ourselves and we will want the best treatment for ourselves and our family members. For example, when your child is sick, you would not care if the best pathologist is a man or a woman, or in addition to being woman, that she might be disabled. We have found times that show that maybe the best physicians or pathologists were not available because of our own systemic bias. In conclusion, we hold this Conference to ask the attendants to be open to the benefits that inclusionary policies may bring to our institution and country as a whole.
The Publisher MDPI has published the Special Issue "Autopsy for Medical Diagnostics.2" edited by Giulia Ottaviani and Simone Gusmao Ramos.
The Publisher MDPI in collaboration with the Centro Lino Rossi has published two Special Collections of scientific contributions:
1) "Special Issue" for the journal Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418) entitled "Autopsy for Medical Diagnostics", edited by Giulia Ottaviani, Anna Maria Lavezzi and Simone Gusmao Ramos; 2) Special Issue for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601) entitled "Human Exposure to Environmental Contaminants and Health Implications", edited by Anna Maria Lavezzi, and Malarvannan Govindan.
Latest publications
Mitochondrial DNA content: a new potential biomarker for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Involvement of the Superior Colliculus in SIDS Pathogenesis.
Acute Heart Failure, 90-Day Mortality, and Gravitational Ischemia in the Brain.
Harmful Effect of Intrauterine Smoke Exposure on Neuronal Control of "Fetal Breathing System" in Stillbirths.
Novel chemical-physical autopsy investigation in sudden infant death and sudden intrauterine unexplained death syndromes.
Why Should Clinical Autopsies Continue to Exist?
Sudden Unexpected Death Associated with Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: Study of the Cardiac Conduction System.
Editorial: Updates on the Neuropathology of Sudden Unexplained Perinatal Death and Other Neurodevelopmental Disordersin the fetal brain - New perspectives in understanding the pathogenesis of unexplained stillbirths.