Cavazzana, Anna

Seminar Title: 

Seminar CL2 - Medical device vigilance (20th Congress of the EAHP)

Affiliation: 

University Hospital of Verona

Country: 

Italy

1. Current Status, Position

Hospital Pharmacist, Collaborator.

2. Education

  • 2013: Seminary on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pathways, Gimbe, Bologna, Italy;
  • 2011-2012: Post-graduate Academic Master course in “Health Technology Assessment”, University of Padua, Italy;
  • 2011: Seminary in “Heath Technology Assessment”, Italian Network for Health Technology Assessment (RIHTA), Rome, Italy;
  • 2010-2011: Advanced Academic course in Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis, Istituto Mario Negri, Milan, Italy;
  • 2010: Training in Health Technology Assessment, Region Veneto Program, Hospital of Padua, Italy;
  • 2008-2010: Academic Specialization in Hospital Pharmacy, University of Padua, Italy;
  • 2004-2006: PhD in Experimental and Clinical Rheumatology and Geriatrics in collaboration between two universities: Faculty of Medicine, University of Padua, Italy and Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, Switzerland;
  • 1996 - 2002: Pharmacy Master’s degree; University of Padua, Italy.

3. Research Area

  • Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on medical devices: analysis of the efficacy, safety, economic and organizational implications of medical devices and pharmaceuticals;
  • Regional level: HTA reports production for the Regional Commission on Medical Devices of the Region Veneto;
  • National level: Collaboration in the Italian Network for Health Technology Assessment (RIHTA) coordinated by the National Agency for the Health Care System (Agenas) by the production of HTA reports and by answering to questionnaires on specific topics;
  • European level: Collaboration in the European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA): Rapid Relative Effectiveness Assessments (REA) on Pharmaceuticals, Work Package 5 and  Common Core Protocol production for Additional Evidence Generation, Work Package 7 (work in progress);
  • Collaboration in monitoring the regional medical device vigilance system;
  • Other passed activities: Collaborator as drug preparer in research projects and clinical trials, Hospital of Padua and drug supply at the hospital level, Hospital of Piove di Sacco, Padua and Hospital of Dolo, Venice.

Conflict of interest: None