Maurizio Vanelli
was born 57 years ago in Somma Lombardo (VA), Italy; he is full Professor
of Paediatrics at Parma University, where he is in charge of the Regional
Interuniversity Paediatric Diabetology Centre. His professional activity started
in Parma, where he specialised in Paediatrics; subsequently, in Paris, he
deepened his knowledge in the field of Endocrinology, in the Service d’ Endocrinologie
de l’enfant et l’adolescent of Hopital St-Vincent-de-Paul (Prof. JC Job and
Prof. JL Chaussain), and in Diabetology in the Service de Diabétologie infantile
of Prof. H. Lestradet. His chief field of interest is Developmental Diabetes
Mellitus in childhood. He represents Italy in the International Hvidore Study
Group on Diabetes in Childhood, where he investigates, together with 20 colleagues
from Europe, America and Japan, ways of improving the quality of life of children
and teenagers suffering from diabetes. The attainments of his team in the
prevention of ketoacidosis upon the onset of diabetes and in the study of
occasionally detected hyperglycemias have become reference models for many
Diabetology centres in Italy, Europe and North America. He is the author of
414 scientific papers, of a manual on Medical Emergencies in Paediatrics and
of numerous booklets for diabetes self-control education. He edited the Italian
edition of “Le diabète de l‘enfant” by PF Bougnères, J. Jos, J.L. Chaussain,
Flammarion, Paris. In cooperation with Prof. Alberto Munari (J. Piaget’s successor)
and Donata Fabbri from the Faculty of Psychology of Geneva University, he
is investigating the possibility of using children’s drawings to facilitate
communication between doctor and patient in Paediatric Diabetology medical
settings.
Maria
Gugliotta has a university
degree in Psychology and a postgraduate specialisation in Developmental Neuropsychology
and in Psychological Research Methodology. She operates in the field of Clinical
Psychology in the Paediatric Clinics Hospital Unit of Parma University Hospital
Maternal-Infant Department. She is lecturer in “Psychological Research and
Data Analysis Techniques” as part of the Psychology course of studies held
at Parma University. She is a team member of the Regional Interuniversity
Paediatric Diabetology Centre in Parma.
