Gabriella Pravettoni

MS in Experimental Psychology, 1991, University of Padova
PhD in Cognitive Science, 1995, University of Pavia

Gabriella Pravettoni is full professor of Cognitive Science at the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Decision Making Processes (IRIDe) and Director of the Applied Research Unit for Cognitive and Psychological Science at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan.

She is Coordinator of the Master Degree Program in Cognitive Sciences and Decision Making at the University of Milan, Professor of Psychology of Decision Making at European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM) in Milan, Professor of Psychology of Economical Behavior at the University Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples and Visiting Professor at Guy's Hospital, King's College of London.  

She is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice and of eCancermedicalscience.

Pravettoni trains Italian physicians and health insurance brokers in decision making and understanding errors, risks and uncertainties.
Her research interests focus principally on Health Psychology and  Personalized Medicine, with her main  publications edited in these areas, with particular attention to rumination, shared decision making, patient empowerment and prevention of human error.