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Bio

  • Visiting PhD Student at Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • PhD Candidate and Research Collaborator at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Interdisciplinary Center for Health Science
Formerly:
  • Research Collaborator at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Psychology, EngageMinds HUB Research Center
  • Research Fellow at Politecnico di Milano, School of Management, Health and Social Care Research Group
  • Teaching Assistant and Lecturer at Politecnico di Milano, Courses: Economics and Business Organization for Bachelor's degrees in Management and Biomedical Engineering
M.Sc. in Management Engineering for Sustainability and Social Innovation at Politecnico di Milano

Ricerca

Nicola's research focuses on community capacity and engagement in health promotion and prevention, particularly in rural areas. He is especially interested in the social resources and mechanisms that empower local communities to take responsibility for their own care, enabling sustainable healthcare delivery despite increasing demands and strained resources. Nicola is also passionate about patient, user, and citizen-reported measures, including preferences, experiences, satisfaction, and outcomes, to enhance the quality and people-centeredness of public services.

Pubblicazioni

  • Spezia, N., De Rosis, S., & Nuti, S. (2024). Sense of Community in the context of disease prevention and health promotion: A scoping review of the literature. BMC Public Health. Nov 8;24(1):3090. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20515-8
  • Spezia, N., Barello, S., Torri, C., Celano, A., & Graffigna, G. (2023). Patient Experience of Integrated Care: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study Involving People with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases. International Journal of Integrated Care. Apr;23(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.6616
  • Spezia, N., Soncin, M., Masella, C., & Agasisti, T. (2022). Studying the Experience of Care Through Latent Class Analysis: An Application to Italian Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Journal of patient experience, 9, 23743735221107231. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735221107231
  • Spezia, N., Sica, E., Dhima, S., Bolognini, M., Beretta., G., Masella, C., Razza, S., Cocozza, D., Dossi, M., Parravicini, G., De Candia, A., & Cristofari, E. (2022). A global overview on deafness: experiences and perspectives of citizens, patients, caregivers, voluntary associations, and health professionals. Findings from the Varese GOOD surveys. Italian Journal of Audiology and Phoniatrics, 7(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.14658/pupj-ijap-2022-1-2
  • Lettieri, E., Marone, L., Spezia, N., Gheno, I., Mambretti, C., & Andreoni, G. (2022). The Market Access of Innovation in Healthcare: Insights from EC-funded Research. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-08-2020-0400
  • Lettieri, E., Marone, L., Spezia, N., & Gheno, I. (2021). Exploitation, Dissemination, and Communication: An Integrated Framework in EU Research. In Digital Health Technology for Better Aging (pp. 273-297). Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72663-8_17
  • Artese, C., Cavicchioli, P., Ceccatelli, M., Masella, C., Montirosso, R., Paterlini, G., Simeone, N., & Spezia, N. (2021). Care: strumenti per la presa in carico del neonato e della sua famiglia [Care: tools for taking care of the newborn and the family]. In Standard Organizzativi per l’Assistenza Perinatale [Organizational Standards for Perinatal Care] (pp. 210-221). iDea congress S.r.l. [In Italian] Available at: https://www.sin-neonatologia.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Standard-Organizzativi-per-lAssistenza-Perinatale_DIGITALE_21-10.pdf