Meet the italian Team

Accademia del Paziente Esperto EUPATI Team

Nicola Merlin

President

Established lawyer, since 2015 National President of the association Feder-A.I.P.A. ODV and member of the Ictus Italia Observatory. Active in the Third Sector for more than 20 years. Patient Advocacy Manager. EUPATI Patient Expert in drug research and development. Since 2019 he has been a member of the CD of ADPEE and from the end of November 2022 he is its President.

Dominique Van Doorne

Treasurer

Medical Endocrinologist. Since 2008 she has been the AME (Association of Medical Endocrinologists) contact person for Patient Associations. Since 2014, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of ADPEE – the EUPATI Expert Patient Academy – and has served as its President since 2019. She currently holds the position of Treasurer.

Andrea Marcellusi

Vice President

Health economist and researcher at the University of Milan, with extensive academic experience in Italy and abroad. He/she works on economic evaluations, HTA, and health policy, participating in national and international projects. For years, he/she has collaborated with patient associations, contributing to the dissemination of the culture of evidence-based healthcare.

Silvia Starita

Fund Raising Manager- ADPEE

Patient representative. For 20 years engaged in projects involving patient associations. For the last 9 years, she has been responsible for the management and coordination of activities for the implementation of the EUPATI project in Italy.

Alessandra Costa

Administrative Manager

ADP Servizi Staff – Worked for several years in the non-profit sector, coordinating secretarial activities and organising promotional events. Currently in charge of secretarial and administrative activities at Adp Servizi

M.Gabriella Pergamo

Communication Manager

Staff ADP Servizi- Degree in Political Science, specialising in Web Marketing. Freelance journalist. She has always been involved in marketing and communication, in particular, thro

Fabiana Ruggiero

Fundraising

Daniela Cavallaro

Board Secretary

EUPATI Patient Expert. Since 2023 she has been Vice President of AMAF (Italian Association for Autoimmune Liver Diseases), where she has served since 2018 as the contact person for listening to patients and their families. She facilitates self-help and mutual support groups and, as an expert patient, has been part of the Clinical Trials working group since 2021.

Ylenia Paleari

Board Member

Researcher by training, with over 15 years of experience in R&D. For about six years she has been working in the field of Patient Engagement, in both the private and public sectors. She is involved in a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting collaboration among all stakeholders in healthcare, with the ultimate goal of achieving real change in the global ecosystem.

Ylenia also serves on the Board of the association “Nevalelapena”, which is dedicated to fundraising for research on rare sarcomas.

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