Dr Stefania Maggi received her degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Padua, Italy in 1983. She also attended the Graduate School of Geriatrics and Gerontology from the same University until 1987, and in 1988 she received her Master in Public Health from John Hopkins University in Baltimore (USA). Dr Maggi also holds a PhD in Clinical Pathophysiology from the University of Padua, which she received in 2000.
A geriatrician and epidemiologist with specific interest in the epidemiology of healthy ageing, she leads national and international research projects on nutrition, vaccines and lifestyle, and is based at the National Research Council’s Institute of Neuroscience in Italy.
Dr Maggi is past-President of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) and currently active in several EuGMS working groups. She is Vice-President of the European Interdisciplinary Council on Ageing (EICA), member of the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors and Member (ex-officio) of the ESCEO Board. Since 2016, she has been a member of the Accademia Galileiana.
Dr Maggi is Editor in Chief of Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research (Springer) and has authored more than 500 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and many book chapters. She is President of the European Interdisciplinary Council on Ageing (EICA) and is a board member of ESWI.
