Conference Speakers
Cultural Speakers
Cultural practices, beliefs, and norms play a very important role not only in delivering health care to clients and patients, but also in how that health care is received and what outcomes are possible. Diversity within those beliefs and practices, and as a result of available resources or social economic/demographic circumstances, must be fully understood in order for health care professionals to provide the best care possible no matter where they are in the world, or what culture they are practicing within.
At GOLD Perinatal Care, we understand the importance of Culture and Diversity in health care, and we are working hard to bring you speakers and presentations from around the world that will help you understand the patients and clients you are working with. Discovering how health care is provided and received in other countries and cultures around the world can have a positive impact on our own professional practice. Given that culture is defined by much more than political borders, GOLD Perinatal Care invites speakers to share their knowledge and expertise about perinatal health care from a geographically-based focus or a people-group focus from within a particular set of beliefs, lifestyle or minority. This year, our Culture and Diversity speakers will be presenting on:
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Annet Mulder first became interested in breastfeeding in the year 2000, when she became a mother for the first time. During and because of her own breastfeeding experiences, in 2002 she became a volunteer with the Dutch breastfeeding Organization and in 2008 sat for and passed the exam administered by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. As an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, she now
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Department of Oncology, University of Turin
Head, Medical Oncology, Mauriziano Hospital, Turin
Massimo Di Maio is associate professor of Medical Oncology at Department of Oncology, University of Turin, Italy, since 2014, and director of Medical Oncology at Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, since 2016.
In 1999, he obtained degree cum laude in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Napoli “Federico II”, Italy. Four years later, in 2003, he graduated from the Specialty School in Oncology at the same University.
From 2000 to 2006 and from 2008 to 2014 he worked at the Clinical Trials Unit of the National Cancer Institute “G.Pascale” Foundation, in Naples, Italy, where he was involved in the planning, conducting and analysis of clinical trials.
His main areas of interest are:
• methodology of clinical trials in oncology,
• conduction of meta-analyses based on individual patients’ data
• patient-reported outcomes in clinical research and in clinical practice.
Prof Di Maio has been invited as speaker at many national and international meetings and has authored nearly 300 publications in international peer-reviewed journals (H-Index June 2021: 45 according to Scopus, 45 according to Web of Science).
Additionally, Prof. Di Maio is an active member of the Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Medica (Italian Society of Medical Oncology, AIOM) and the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO).
Between 2009 and 2013, Prof. Di Maio acted as national coordinator of the AIOM Young Oncologists Working Group. Between 2013 and 2017, he was councillor (member of the National Board) of AIOM. Since October 2019, he is AIOM National Secretary.
