Senior Research Fellow
CurrentHealth Systems, Policy & Communication Unit Person Centered Health Care & Health Communication Group
Oct 2019 - Present
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Senior Research Fellow at Swiss Paraplegic Research and Lecturer at University of Lucerne
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Senior Research Fellow at Swiss Paraplegic Research and Lecturer at University of Lucerne
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Lucerne Metropolitan Area, Switzerland
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Nicola Diviani is listed as Senior Research Fellow at Swiss Paraplegic Research and Lecturer at University of Lucerne at Swiss Paraplegic Research, based in Lucerne Metropolitan Area, Switzerland. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Nicola Diviani.
Nicola Diviani previously worked as Senior Research Fellow at Swiss Paraplegic Research and Associate Researcher at Swiss Paraplegic Research. Nicola Diviani holds Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Communication from Università Della Svizzera Italiana (Usi).
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I am a Senior Research Fellow at Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), within the Human Functioning Unit, Person-Centered Health Care & Health Communication Group, and a Lecturer at the University of Lucerne, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine. Over the years, I have co-led several pivotal projects, including a three-year initiative funded by the Swiss Cancer League focusing on the discourse around palliative care in Switzerland and a two-year project on institutional communication around COVID-19 funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation under their Special Call on Coronaviruses. Currrently, I am leading a four-year project exploring the existential dimension of self-management for individuals newly diagnosed with spinal cord injuries, also funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.In addition to these projects, I am engaged in various research endeavors aimed at understanding health behavior and its correlates. Since 2017, I have served as a consultant for the World Health Organization’s "Make Listening Safe" program. Furthermore, I represent Switzerland on the Advisory Committee of the International Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH).I hold a PhD in Communication Sciences from the University of Lugano. My research interests span health behavior, health literacy, self-management, online health information seeking, health empowerment, eHealth, and mHealth. I am particularly passionate about studying the impact of limited digital literacy on health behaviors, such as cancer prevention and vaccination uptake, and developing strategies to address these challenges. My research journey has included significant stints at the Institute of Communication and Health at the University of Lugano, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Amsterdam School of Communication Research.
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Associate Researcher
Human Functioning UnitPerson Centered Health Care & Health Communication Group
May 2016 - Sep 2019
Lecturer
CurrentFaculty of Health Sciences and MedicineMaster in Health SciencesClasses: Health Communication - Health Communication II - Scientific Communication - Evidence-Informed Policy and Stakeholder Dialogue - Infodemic Management
Oct 2016 - Present
Snsf Ambizione Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Health Sciences & Health Policy
Oct 2016 - Sep 2019
Academic Editor
Current
Plos One
Mar 2023 - Present
Scientific Advisor
Current
2016 - Present
~10 yrs 7 mos
2022 - Present
~4 yrs 7 mos
Advisory Board Member
Current
Associazione Creiamoci
Sep 2022 - Present
Advisory Board Member
Current
Sep 2020 - Present
Postdoctoral Researcher
I have been working as a postdoctoral researcher within the Program group Persuasive Communication on a project titled “Judging the credibility of online health information: the interaction between user health literacy and website quality”. The project - funded by a postdoc mobility fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation - had the aim to get a clearer understanding of how low literate people judge and evaluate the quality of the health information they find on the web and to identify effective communication strategies to increase their ability to assess it.
Nov 2013 - Apr 2016
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute Of Communication And Health
I have been working on several research projects aiming mainly at understanding the role played by people’s health literacy, psychological empowerment and (online) health information seeking in explaining a wide range of health behaviors (e.g., cancer prevention or MMR vaccination).
Nov 2011 - Oct 2013
Phd Student And Scientific Collaborator
Institute Of Communication And Health
I have been working on several research projects aiming mainly at understanding the role played by people’s health literacy, psychological empowerment and (online) health information seeking in explaining a wide range of health behaviors (e.g., cancer prevention or MMR vaccination). The main focus of my PhD research was the development and empirical validation of a concept of health literacy in the field of cancer prevention (Cancer Literacy).
Mar 2008 - Nov 2011
Visiting Researcher
Before obtaining my PhD in 2011, I spent one year at Viswanath Lab at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Harvard School of Public Health in Boston where I had the opportunity to get more insights into the topic of health disparities and communication inequalities.
Sep 2010 - Aug 2011
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Nicola Diviani education
Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Communication
Msc, Health Communication
Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Communication Science
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Nicola Diviani works for Swiss Paraplegic Research.
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Nicola Diviani is listed as Senior Research Fellow at Swiss Paraplegic Research and Lecturer at University of Lucerne at Swiss Paraplegic Research.
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Nicola Diviani is based in Lucerne Metropolitan Area, Switzerland while working with Swiss Paraplegic Research.
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Nicola Diviani has worked for Swiss Paraplegic Research, University Of Lucerne, Plos One, World Health Organization, and Center For Rehabilitation In Global Health Systems - University Of Lucerne.
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Nicola Diviani holds Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Communication from Università Della Svizzera Italiana (Usi).
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