Benedetta Pongiglione is a researcher in Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment (HTA) at the Knowledge Area Government, Health and Not for Profit of SDA Bocconi. Since 2018, she has been part of the Research Center on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS).
Her primary research interests focus on studying the socio-structural determinants of health inequalities and the aging process, as well as understanding their causes and consequences. Her research activities employ demographic, statistical, epidemiological, and health economic approaches. Currently, she serves as the Principal Investigator for the DIFF project "Deploying Intersectionality Framework to study inequality among Frail older population," funded by Fondazione Cariplo. This project examines intersectionality to understand how various individual characteristics in the adult population lead to multiple vulnerabilities. She also collaborates on the PNRR Age-It project, specifically investigating the gap between the needs of the aging population and institutional responses.
Her research also extends to digital healthcare, particularly telemedicine and its effectiveness in treatment adherence, the use of mobile applications, and the assessment of their impact on the management of chronic conditions.
At SDA Bocconi, Benedetta has been involved in various research projects, including the European project COMED focused on evaluating medical devices and the use of real-world data for cost and effectiveness analysis. She has also worked on the TELIOT project funded by Fondazione Cariplo on telemedicine and adherence, and a Sanofi-funded project on the hospital impact of influenza. Author of numerous scientific articles, her works have been published in journals such as Social Science & Medicine, the International Journal of Epidemiology, the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, PlosOne, Population Studies, Population Space and Place.
Benedetta received the 'Bradford-Hill Prize' for the best Ph.D. thesis in methodological research in epidemiology or biostatistics. Her study published in the International Journal of Health Technology Assessment (2021) on real-world data for evaluating medical devices received the Egon Jonsson Award in 2022. She has obtained the national scientific qualification for an associate professorship in Demography and Social Statistics since 2021.
Benedetta got her Master's degree in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University, participated in the European Doctoral School of Demography program, and obtained a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Population Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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