Malnutrition, undernutrition and obesity are global issues: we discussed food sustainability with Professor Maria Rosaria Gualano, lecturer in Hygiene at UniCamillus. Today, 16 October 2023, FAO celebrates its 78th anniversary, and to honour this date and the noble intention of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Food Day was established. In...Read More

Stanford University has compiled a list of the world’s most cited scientists: 6 of them are UniCamillus lectures UniCamillus is listed six times in the 2023 ranking of the top 2% of the world’s best scientists, compiled by Stanford University and published on October 4th by Elsevier, the Dutch publisher specialising in medical and scientific fields....Read More

On Monday, October 16th, the new UniHall building will officially open its doors to students. This additional facility, joining the already existing structures of the Rectorate, UniCongres, and UniLabs, and soon to be joined by the Auditorium, marks UniCamillus’s continued growth journey to accommodate an increasing number of students. It provides new spaces and tools,...Read More

Alongside the fight against cancer, there is another disease that cancer patients frequently find themselves having to deal with. This is malnutrition, a real disorder affecting 30% of individuals undergoing cancer treatment and having a significant impact on the national health system. Underestimating the importance of nutrition for an oncology patient can have detrimental effects...Read More

The 2023 theme is “Mental Health is a Universal Human Right”. Comments from Professor Chiappini 10 October 2023 will mark the 31st World Mental Health Day, established in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health. The aim is to raise awareness of the challenging issue of mental health problems, promoting collective consciousness, in order to...Read More

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between UniCamillus and the University of Salvador in Buenos Aires to promote mobility of teachers and students through cultural exchange programmes. On September 19th, the Rector of the International Medical University of Rome, Gianni Profita, met with his Argentinian counterpart, Carlos Ignacio Salvadores de Arzuaga, to share the...Read More

From the 2nd to 8th October the focus is on dyslexia and related issues. Professor Acciarino tells us about the UniCamillus Specific Learning Disabilities service National Dyslexia Week (from 2nd to 8th October), organised by AID (Associazione Italiana Dislessia) coincides with European Dyslexia Awareness Week, promoted by EDA (European Dyslexia Association). This initiative is now in...Read More

The innovation of mRNA vaccines lies not in using inactive parts of the virus but in giving the body instructions to fight it. The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó and US immunologist Drew Weissman for developing the mRNA vaccine against COVID-19. mRNA-based vaccines had been...Read More

The discourse surrounding medical pedagogy has finally found its place at UniCamillus. For some time now the medical and scientific community has been discussing and comparing diverse methodologies employed in imparting medical knowledge and educating healthcare professionals at large. On 29th of September, in the UniCamillus’ UniLabs lecture theatre, several pre- and post-graduate training methodologies and...Read More