Dr. Valentina Danesi earned her Master's in Biomedical Engineering in 2009 from the University of Bologna (Italy), and she was awarded recognition by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano during the International competition for Master's degree theses in 2011 in Florence. From 2009 to 2017, she worked as a Junior Researcher for the Department of Industrial Engineering in Bologna, and she was based at the Laboratory of Medical Technology (Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna, Italy). She earned her PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Bologna in 2016. Since 2017, she has been a Researcher at IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori, Meldola, Italy. Her research activities center around the outcomes of the structure and process of the healthcare system, focusing on real-world studies.