(ANSA) – ROME, JUL 20 – The infectious disease specialist Petrosillo and the head of Civil Protection Curcio are among the five personalities of civil society, scientific research, journalism, art and television, who received the awards today awarded by the Medicina e Frontiere cultural association.
The Medicina e Frontiere association, born in 2019 from an idea by Michele Guarino, to promote social solidarity, training and research in the medical sector, has “followed the fight against Covid with passion and interest, rewarding personalities in the last two years that have made their work an important mission for people’s health “, explains Massimo Ciccozzi, head of the Medical Statistics and Molecular Epidemiology Unit. One of the areas of interest of the association is the Medical Humanities, that is the area in which medicine strengthens the relationship with the social sciences and establishes a dialogue with the arts and philosophy. To receive the award, during the ceremony at the Luigi Sturzo Institute in Rome, the Head of Civil Protection, Fabrizio Curcio for the operational commitment, the organizational capacity demonstrated during the coronavirus health emergency; Nicola Petrosillo, Head of Infection Control and Infectious Diseases of the Bio Medico Campus, for the intense scientific research activity; Alice Tomassini, indicated by Forbes magazine among the thirty most influential young people in the communication sector in Europe; to Luca Bernabei, CEO of Lux-Vide for the high artistic level of his fiction; to journalist Daniel Della Seta, for his expertise in dealing with scientific issues.
“After the dramatic experience with a pandemic – explained Paola Binetti, president of the Scientific Committee of the Association – talking about Medical Humanities means having in mind the fragility of the man who suffers and the passionate search for those who would like to put end, but he flounders in front of so many things that still escape him “. (HANDLE).
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