Maria Gabriella Verso

Designation:

Aggregate Professor

Department:

Health Promotion Sciences

University:

University of Palermo

Email:

mariagabriv@tiscali.it

Country:

Italy

Journal Associated: Journal of Gynecological Research and Obstetrics Biography:

Maria Gabriella Verso was born in Palermo on April 14th 1967. She graduated in Medicine and Surgery with honours on November 1991 at the University of Palermo (Italy) and specialized in Occupational Health with honours on December 1995. She obtained Clinical ETG certificate (Italian Ultrasound Society) on September 1995. From 1996 to 2016 she worked as specialist in many national and international firms to protect workers' health. Since 2004 she is Researcher in Occupational Health (Scientific sector MED/44) at the School of Medicine of the University of Palermo (Italy) and confirmed Researcher-Assistant Professor from December 2007. Currently, she is teacher of Occupational Health in the Degrees Courses in Medicine, Odontoiatry, Health Care Science and in several Specialization Schools (Occupational health, Hygiene and Legal Medicine).

Since 2019 is Director of Operative Unit of Occupational Health of the Universitary Hospital of Palermo.

From January 2015 to December 2018 she was an elected member of the Executive Board of the Italian Society of Occupational Medicine (S.I.M.L.).

Since 2016 she is a member of the Italian Society of Occupational Medicine Commission on: "Occupational Medicine and gender aspects" and member of the S.I.M.L. scientific board for the drafting of guidelines on the subject of: "Management and prevention of tuberculosis in the workplace".

From 2017 to 2019 was member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Healthcare and Hygiene.

She is author and coauthor of 133 scientific publications.

Palermo, January 19, 2022

Research Interest: work related diseases, biological hazard in healthcare workers