Maddalena Buffoli

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About Maddalena Buffoli

Maddalena BuffoliArchitect, PhD, Associate Professor in Urban Health and Healthy BuildingsSchool of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering (AUIC)Politecnico di MilanoMaddalena Buffoli is an architect, PhD, and Associate Professor in Urban Health and Healthy Buildings at the School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering (AUIC), Politecnico di Milano.She is a lecturer for the "City and Health" course at the School of Specialization in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine at the University of Milan (La Statale); the PhD course "Urban Health: Strategies to Improve Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Contemporary Cities with a Salutogenic Approach" at the ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano; and several master’s and advanced training programs, including the university master's degree in "Planning, Programming, and Design of Hospitals and Socio-Health Systems" at Politecnico di Milano.She is a member of the Design & Health LAB of the ABC Department (Politecnico di Milano), the Lombard Academy of Public Health (ALSP), the Building Hygiene Working Group of the Italian Society of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (SItI), and the Urban Public Health Section of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA).At the institutional level, she currently serves as a member of the PhD Board (Collegio di Dottorato) of the ABC Department at Politecnico di Milano, the Scientific Committee of the same department, and the Commission for the Periodic Review of the Degree Program in Architecture at Politecnico di Milano.Since she has actively participated in numerous research projects, funded grants, and private consultancies at Politecnico di Milano, focusing on Climate Change and Urban Health, Environmental Sustainability Strategies at the Building and Urban Scale, and Hospital Design. On these topics, she has published over 200 articles in specialized journals and has been a speaker at more than 50 national and international conferences and seminars.