Phone: +39-051-6366062
E-mail address: manila.boarini@ior.it
Manila Boarini, Psychologist
CV
Date of Birth
10/03/1979
Qualification
Clinical Psychologist - Psychotherapist
Current assignment
Research assistant
Title of qualification awarded
- 2010: Post Graduate Certification in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- 2006: MSc in Psychotraumatology
- 2004: MSc in Clinical and Community Psychology.
Other qualifications awarded
- 2010: Registered Psychotherapist
- 2006: Registered Clinical Psychologist
- 2006: Licensed Psychologist.
Positions held
- From 2014: Research Assistant at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute - Department of Rare Skeletal Disorders & CLIBI Laboratory. Collaboration with national and international patients associations; development of modules and datasets for Rare Disease Registries according to ontologies/dictionaries (HPO, ORDO, HGVS) and national/international regulations and laws (e.g., GDPR) in strict collaboration with the software provider for the development of IT tools; data collection activities, including subject recruitment for research studies and study monitoring; monitoring of data quality control to ensure adherence to study protocol; conduction of literature searches and fact-finding research to support project development; performing research data analysis and interpretation and drafting of statistical reports on the data using statistical software (SPSS); drafting of protocols, informed consent forms, amendments and other necessary documents for review by the IRB; assistance to the study Principal Investigator in developing, submitting, and providing content for grants, abstracts, manuscripts, and designing presentations
- 2009-14: Consultant Clinical Psychologist (apprenticeship) at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute - Department of Medical Genetics and Rare Orthopaedic Diseases. Psychological support to rare disease outpatients and inpatients and their relatives during the genetic counselling visit; creation and development of collaboration with patients associations; assisting genetic counsellors in disseminating post-counselling documentation to patients and clinicians; definition and improvement of treatment strategies for rare disease patients within multidisciplinary teams
- 2008-09: Junior Researches at the University of Bologna - Department of Psychology, Cesena (Italy). Participation in the design of a research study regarding conversational analysis on telephone interactions during emergency among rescue workers and people, to define best practices to manage the emergency; direct communication to participants regarding the research study; conduction of quantitative (SPSS) and qualitative content analysis (Conversational Analysis); transcription and coding of audiotapes for use in qualitative studies; monitoring of data quality control to ensure adherence to study protocols; conducting literature searches and fact-finding research to support project development.
Languages
- Italian: mother language
- English: fluent.
Technologies
- Statistical interpretation and data analysis using statistical software (SPSS)
- Database/Registry management
- Knowledge of ontologies, dictionaries and thesauri.
Scientific activities
- Patients engagement for research studies
- Quality of life in people affected by rare skeletal diseases
- Development and management of IT platforms for patients affected by rare diseases
- Data collection, management and quality.
Clinical and/or Scientific interests
- Medical Genetics and Rare Diseases
- Quality of Life
- Psychotraumatology
- Mood Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Addictions
- Personality Disorders
- Mental Health
- Health Psychology.