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Prof. Leandro Pecchia

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BIOGRAFIA

Leandro Pecchia is Chair of Biomedical Engineering at the University Campus Bio-Medico (UCBM) in Rome, Italy, which according to the Times High Education World University Ranking (THE WUR) is among the top 15% for Research. At UCBM, he is the Rector Delegate for Internationalization and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and directs the “Intelligent technologies for health and wellbeing”. Since December 2021, the Italian Minister of Health appointed Prof Leandro Pecchia as one of the three medical device experts of the Technical and Clinical Committee of the Ministry of Health.

From 2020 to September 2023, he worked as Innovation Manager for the World Health Organization (WHO), Emergency program (WHE) Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) unit.

Since September 2013, he has been professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Warwick, UK, where he still co-direct the Applied Biomedical Signal Processing and Intelligent eHealth Lab (ABSPIE). From 2010 to 2013, he worked with the University of Sheffield and the University of Nottingham, in the UK.

Prof Pecchia is a leading partner in several European research projects focusing on IA and IoT for healthcare remote monitoring (e.g., Large Scale Pilot Manager of the GATEKEEPEP project) and the use of AI and robots to improve hospital efficiency and safety (e.g., Pilot Manager of the ODIN project). Since he moved in Italy in 2022, he was involved in National projects on medical robots (Fit4MedRob) and on the use of AI for rare diseases (heart, eye and cancer).

Prof Pecchia authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers on journals, books and conferences in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, medical devices, biomedical signal processing, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Internet of Things and machine learning applied to active and healthy ageing and management of chronic diseases.

Prof Pecchia is the Secretary General of the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), and NGO in official relations with the WHO, and the Past President of the European scientific society of biomedical engineering (EAMBES). In the past, he served the international community of biomedical engineers as Secretary General (2018-22) of the International scientific society of medical physics and biomedical engineering (IUPESM), Treasurer (2018-25) of the IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division, and IFMBE Healthcare Technology Assessment Division Chair (2015-18) and Treasurer (2012-15).

CURRICULUM

 

Projects and Grants

  • Leveraging AI based technology to transform the future of health care delivery in Leading Hospitals in Europe (ODIN), Funded by: H2020 , Smart Hosptial and AI call (H2020-DT-2020-1), Project Start Date 01-03-2021 – Project End Date 31-08-2024
  • Nocturnal Hypoglycaemia detection via ECG and Artificial Intelligence in diabetic patients, Funded by: Wellcome Trust Translational Partnership, Project Start Date 01-06-2020 – Project End Date 31-03-2022
  • GATEKEEPER: Smart living homes – whole interventions demonstrator for people at health and social risks, Funded by: Horizon2020, Project Start Date 01-10-2019 – Project End Date 31-03-2023 Link
  • HTA of medical devices relying on AI algorithms, Funded by: private funding , Project Start Date 01-05-2021 – Project End Date 31-12-2021
  • Hypoglycaemia detection via ECG and Artificial Intelligence in diabetic patients, Funded by: EPSRC IAA, Project Start Date 01-08-2020 – Project End Date 31-12-2021
  • Covid-19 pandemic Social and Healthcare dynamic impact in Benin, Funded by: Warwick Global Research Priority on Health and Technology, Project Start Date 01-05-2020 – Project End Date 31-12-2020 
  • EPSRC Cyclops Grand Challenge Workshop, Funded by: EPSRC, Project Start Date 01-05-2018 – Project End Date 31-07-2019
  • Supporting the harmonisation of regulations on medical devices and medical locations among Sub-Saharan African Regions and Europe, Funded by: CGRF, Project Start Date 03-09-2018 – Project End Date 31-03-2020
  • Health Technology Assessment of Medical Devices in low and middle income countries, Funded by: EPSRC IAA, Project Start Date 01-03-2017 – Project End Date 31-03-2020
  • European network for innovative uses of EMFs in biomedical applications (EMF-MED) Action BM1309 Funded by: European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), Project Start Date 15-11-2013 – Project End Date 14-11-2017
  • Sleep quality, Centre-of-Pressure sway and standing hypotension to estimate the risk of falling and predict accidental falls, Funded by: Royal Society, Project Start Date 10-03-2015 – Project End Date 09-03-2016

PUBBLICAZIONI

 

Selected Publications

Journal papers published in 2022

  1. On the universality of Medical Device Regulations: the case of Benin, BMC Health Services Research, (accepted 29 Apr 2022).
  2. COVID-19 preparedness and social dynamics in a Sub-Saharan Africa country, Benin, Health Promotion International (accepted 4 Apr 2022).
  3. 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 (accepted March 2022).
  4. (2022). Predictors of adverse events after endoscopic ultrasound through-the-needle biopsy of pancreatic cysts: a recursive partitioning analysis. Endoscopy, Endoscopy 2022; 54(S 01): S87-S88, https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1744769
  5. (2022) Biomedical engineering in low- and middle-income settings: analysis of current state, challenges and best practices. Health Technol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-022-00657-8
  6. (2022) Use of technology to prevent, detect, manage and control hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic reviewBMJ Open 2022;12:e058840. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058840
  7. (2022). Personalized Training via Serious Game to Improve Daily Living Skills in Pediatric Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (J-BHI). https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2022.3155367
  8. (2022). Toward a Symbolic AI Approach to the WHO/ACSM Physical Activity & Sedentary Behavior Guidelines. Applied Sciences, 12(4), 1776. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12041776
  9. (2022). POSB52 Exploring the Misalignment on the Value of Further Research between Payers and Manufacturers: A Case Study on a Novel Total Artificial Heart. Value in Health, 25(1), S70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2021.11.325
  10. (2022) 3D-printed activated charcoal inlet filters for oxygen concentrators: a circular economy approach. Development Engineering 7 (2022) 100094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.deveng.2022.100094 
  11. (2022) The use of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Diagnosis of Pneumonia via signs and symptoms: a systematic review. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. Volume 72, Part A, February 2022, 103325, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2021.103325
  12. (2022). From Syndemic Lesson after COVID-19 Pandemic to a “Systemic Clinical Risk Management” Proposal in the Perspective of the Ethics of Job Well Done. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010015

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