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FRANCESCO PAGNINI is Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Milan and Associate at Harvard University.
He has completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Bergamo. His primary interest is focused on the relationship between mind and body; in particular, he tries to use psychological knowledge and techniques to change the impact of some chronic diseases, both at the level of psychological well-being and of development of the disease. He’s a renowned expert of mindfulness and relaxation techniques, and in this field he collaborates with NASA and the European Space Agency. He was Visiting Professor at Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) and Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge (UK). He’s author of more than 100 scientific articles and speaker at numerous international conferences.