Valentina Gazzaniga

Valentina Gazzaniga is a Full Professor at the Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome. Her research spans interdisciplinary intersections between history, medicine, and bioethics, focusing on ancient and medieval medical practices.

• Department: Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies
• Email: valentina.gazzaniga@uniroma1.it

Research interests include:

• Historical analysis of ancient gynecology and female pathophysiology
• Transmission of medical knowledge from antiquity to early modern period
• Medical ethics and deontology origins
• Osteoarchaeology for reconstructing ancient lifestyles
• Disability studies in childhood history
• Medical humanities and modern health equity

Publications demonstrate expertise in topics ranging from pediatric suffering in antiquity to tuberculosis ethics, medieval women's health, and historical medical technologies. Her work often bridges archaeological evidence with contemporary bioethical debates.

Research leadership highlights:

• Head of "Biotechnology at the service of reconstructing ancient lifestyles" research group
• Research project: "Sapienza invisible cultural heritage: a virtual museological prototype on lifestyles and health conditions of a Medieval population"
• Project: "Children in the History of Medicine: New Transdisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Disease, Lifestyle, and Child Labor"