Alice Josephine Fauci, PhD
Social-anthropologist and Researcher for Italian National Institute of Health
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Researcher of the Italian National Institute of Health since 2003, is a sinologist and socio-anthropologist, with experience in public health, training and research on health systems and services.
She received her first degree in Chinese Language and Culture from the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, her M.A. in Social Anthropology of Development from the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London and a PhD in Public Health at La Sapienza University of Rome.
In her professional experience, she has developed expertise in the design and implementation of quali-quantitative studies applied to the management of health services at national level and internationally; design, facilitation and evaluation of training modules in the area of research on health services, both residential and e-learning and with Problem Based Learning (PBL) methodology; scientific and technical support t /public health projects and programs and clinical trial on CAM.
As for the specific reaserch area of Traditional Chinese Medicine, she is currently Scientific Director of the Joint Sino-Italian Laboratory on Traditional Chinese Medicine and as such she has followed the conduction of several studies and is author of several scientific articles.
It follows a selection of articles related to TCM:
1. Facco E,. Liguori A, Petti F, Fauci AJ, Cavallin F, Zanette G. Acupuncture versus valproic acid in the prophylaxis of migraine without aura: a prospective controlled study. Minerva Anestesiologica June 2013;79(6): 636-642.
2. Shufei Fu, Junhua Zhang, Francesca Menniti-Ippolito, Xiumei Gao, Francesca Galeotti; Marco Massari, Limin Hu, Boli Zhang, Rita Ferrelli, Alice Fauci, Fabio Firenzuoli, Hongcai Shang, Ranieri Guerra, Roberto Raschetti. "Huangqi injection (a traditional Chinese patent medicine) for chronic heart failure: a systematic review" PLoS ONE (articolo accettato in data 1/4/2011)
3. Zhang Junhua, Francesca Menniti-Ippolito, Gao Xiumei, Fabio Firenzuoli, Zhang Boli, Marco Massari, Shang Hongcai, Huang Yuhong, Rita Ferrelli, Hu Limin, Alice Fauci, Ranieri Guerra, Roberto Raschetti. "Complex traditional Chinese medicine for post-stroke motor dysfunction: a systematic review". Stroke 2009 Aug;40(8):2797-804. Epub 2009 Jun 25 (http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/40/... )
4. Zhang J, Menniti-Ippolito F, Gao X, Firenzuoli F, Zhang B, Z, Massari M, Shang H, Huang Y, Ferrelli R, Hu L, Fauci A, Guerra R, Raschetti R. "International collaboration: a shortcut to improve the quality of research in Traditional Chinese Medicine". Stroke. 2009;40:e643-e644 (http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/40/... )
5. Fauci A. "Il Laboratorio Congiunto Italo-Cinese sulla Medicina Tradizionale Cinese: un approccio evidence based" Notiziario dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2011;24(2):10 http://www.iss.it/binary/publ/cont/feb2011.pdf
6. Fauci A., Menniti-Ippolito F. "Recensione del volume FARMACOLOGIA CINESE, quinto volume del Trattato di Agopuntura e Medicina Cinese, a cura di Lucio Sotte, C.E.A. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2010. Annali Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2010;46(4):459-464 (http://www.iss.it/binary/publ/cont/ANN_10_04_recen...)
7. Ferrelli R., Fauci A., Guerra R. "ll laboratorio congiunto italo-cinese per una migliore evidenza scientifica della medicina tradizionale cinese" Notiziario dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Volume 22, Numero 10, Ottobre 2009. (http://www.iss.it/binary/publ/cont/newONLINEott.pd...)
8. Fauci A., Menniti-Ippolito F. "Recensione del volume Le Medicine Non Convenzionali in Italia – Storie, problemi e prospettive di integrazione – Giarelli G. Roberti di Sarsina P., Silvestrini B. (ed.) Milano: Franco Angeli 2007" Annali Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2007 vol. 43, no. 3: 302-305.
9. Fauci A., "Il sistema sanitario in Cina: dallo statalismo egualitario alla scomparsa del Welfare State" Comunità Cinesi in Italia e Accesso ai Servizi Socio-Sanitari: analizzare i bisogni e progettare gli interventi in rete. ETS Pisa, 2006.