Gianluca Giavaresi's credentials include a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Bologna (1990), a licence to practise medicine from the University of Bologna School of Medicine (1990), registration in the Bologna Order of Surgeons Register (1991), a Master's degree in biostatistics at Level II from the University of Bologna (2016), and a specialty in emergency and emergency surgery from the University of Bologna (1995). He is the author and co-author of scientific articles and abstracts presented at conferences and book chapters. Of these, 351 (SCOPUS) of these articles are indexed by Index Medicus and/or SCI. Its H-index is 59. His fields of interest are regenerative and reparative medicine, oncology, and prosthetic surgery. Since 2014, he has been coordinating research activities at the Omics Scientific Platform for Personalised Orthopaedics, and since July 2022, he has been the acting director of Surgical Science and Technology, both facilities of the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli based in Bologna, Italy.
Francesca Salamanna received a Ph.D. from the University of Bologna and a license to practice the profession of Biologist from the University of Bologna. She works at the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli where she was promoted from Contract Researcher to Health Researcher. She is the author of several articles in international impacted journals, the scientific reviewer for international impacted journals, and a lead guest editor for BioMed Research International. Her clinical and/or scientific interests include preclinical research activities directed to the scientific industry as well as in vitro and in vivo preclinical evaluations on biocompatibility, biofunctionality, bioactivity, and therapeutic efficacy of biomaterials, scaffolds, implants, and biomedical devices according to ISO 10993. A systematic approach to the biological evaluation of medical devices for industries and research centers for commercialization and clinical transfer. Her main responsibilities are the management of research projects, performing specific activities for research projects, and relationships with customers.
