Monica Consolandi
Monica Consolandi is a researcher focused on the ethical and linguistic aspects of communication between healthcare professionals and patients/families. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan. She is a researcher consultant for the Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican City, on topics including beginning/end of life and the ethics of technologies. She collaborates with several Italian institutions, including Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, the University of Milan, and Bambin Gesù Hospital; as well as international institutions, such as NOVA University, Lisbon (Portugal), NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering, Basel (Swiss), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City (USA), and Stony Brook University, New York (USA). Her ongoing research explores the implicit dimension of language and misunderstandings, applied (but not limited) to intelligent supportive systems.
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October 3, 2025AI and health: between innovation and ethical stringencyFrom maternal health solutions to neurotechnology supporting individuals with paralysis, the conversation highlighted key challenges, emerging opportunities, and the importance of strong ethical standards. The common goal? That AI becomes a reliable, integrative and understandable tool for citizens, doctors and the media. -
September 29, 2025Wired Next Fest 2025 TrentinoFondazione Bruno Kessler will be one of the key participants at WIRED Next Fest Trentino 2025, taking place in Rovereto October 2 through 5. The Foundation's events will explore topics such as green hydrogen and the energy transition, citizen science, digital justice, AI in medicine, complex systems, human-machine interaction, and intelligent robotics. -
January 11, 2024Clinical ethics and new technologies: open issues in healthcareA public conference to take stock of clinical ethics and new technologies was held on December 14 and 15, 2023. Organized by FBK through the interdisciplinary collaboration between the Digital Health & Wellbeing and the Religious Studies centers, in cooperation with Interdisciplinary Group of Clinical Bioethics and Ethical Counseling in Health Care, Italian Society for Health Technology Assessment and Pontifical Academy for Life.