Ethics and Biomedical Engineering - Maccaro, Alessia; Stavrianou, Kallirroi; Pecchia, Leandro
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This book is about the interaction between biomedical engineering and ethics during emergencies, such as Low Resource Settings and Covid-19 pandemic. It addresses the issues between the universalism of human rights, ethical principles, regulatory standards of biomedical devices and the particular contextualism of emergency contexts.

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This book is about the interaction between biomedical engineering and ethics during emergencies, such as Low Resource Settings and Covid-19 pandemic. It addresses the issues between the universalism of human rights, ethical principles, regulatory standards of biomedical devices and the particular contextualism of emergency contexts.
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Autorenporträt
Prof. Leandro Pecchia is Chair of Biomedical Engineering at the University Campus Bio-Medico in Rome, Italy and the Rector Delegate for Internationalization and Sustainable Development Goals. In 2021, the Italian Minister of Health appointed him as one of the three medical device experts of the Technical and Clinical Committee of the Ministry of Health. From 2020 to September 2023, he worked as Innovation Manager for the World Health Organization (WHO), Emergency program (WHE) Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) unit. Prof. Pecchia has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in journals, books and conferences in the fields of artificial intelligence, medical devices, biomedical signal processing, health technology assessment, Internet of Things and machine learning applied to active and healthy ageing and management of chronic diseases. Prof. Pecchia is the Secretary General of the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering, an NGO with official relations with the WHO, and the Past President of the European Scientific Society of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Alessia Maccaro is Research Fellow in Moral Philosophy and Bioethics for the School of Engineering of the University of Warwick, UK. She is an expert in interdisciplinary research in the ethical and regulatory aspects of healthcare technologies, in particular in low resource settings and in emergency situations such as pandemics. Currently she co-leads a work package on the pilot management for the Horizon 2020 ODIN Project on Smart Hospitals. She obtained the National Academic Qualification as Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy for the SS M-FIL/03 in 2020. She is member of several professional bodies, including the Italian Society of Moral Philosophy (SIFM) and Interuniversity Center of Bioethical Research (CIRB - University of Naples Federico II), and she is member of Scientific Advisory Board of the Laboratory "Ethics, Bioethics and Citizenship" (EBC), University of Naples Federico II. Dr. Kallirroi Stavrianou is an experienced Postdoctoral Researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry and skilled in medical devices, health technology assessment and health technology management. She is a strong research professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and MSc focused on Clinical Engineering and a Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Patras. She is the manager of the Global Clinical Engineering Alliance and Global Clinical Engineering Journal, board member of the Clinical Engineering Division of IFMBE, former member of the Health Technology Assessment Division of IFMBE and chairs the IFMBE Publicity Committee. Dr. Stavrianou is also a member of the Hellenic Society for Biomedical Technology (ELEVIT).