Dr. Cristina Curreli received a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pisa and worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Biomechanics Lab of the University of Bologna. She joined the Medical Technology Lab at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute as a visiting researcher in April 2019 and as a healthcare researcher in September 2023. Her research activities mainly focus on the development and validation of in silico methodologies to support clinical decisions for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and to provide additional insights into assessing the safety and/or efficacy of new medical products.