Senior Fellow of Global Health at Johns Hopkins University, Ilaria Capua has directed Italian and international research laboratories and developed the concept of Circular Health.

Member of the European Academy of Sciences, author of books for adults and children and columnist for the Corriere della Sera.

One of the most influential Italian scientists at international level, Ilaria Capua has for over thirty years led research groups in Italy and abroad dedicated to viral infections transmitted from animals to humans and their pandemic potential.

Appointed Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic in 2012, from 2013 to 2016 she was a member of the Italian Parliament at the invitation of then-Prime Minister Mario Monti.

From 2016 to 2023 he directed the "One Health" center of excellence at the University of Florida, where he developed the concept of Circular Health that promotes the advancement of health as an integrated system through interdisciplinary approaches.

She is also an essayist and author of highly successful books. From his professional history were taken some documentaries and in 2021 the film "I trafficante di virus" interpreted by Anna Foglietta.

It has won countless awards, including the 2008 Scientific American 50 Award, awarded to the world’s top 50 researchers, and in 2021 the Hypatia Prize for Life Sciences awarded by the European Academy of Sciences.

In 2023 she was awarded the Honorary Master’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery by the University of Palermo and was awarded the Assiobiotec Award.

We will listen to his reflections in the splendid setting of the Lorena Granary.

Tickets available on: https://www.ticketone.it/event/ilaria-capua-incontro-granaio-lorenese-20228342/

https://granaio.adarte.18tickets.it/event/20840

Price: € 8 + 1.50 prev.

Location: Lorenese Granary

Hours: 19.00