Role
Associate Professor of Sports Methods and Teaching at the Faculty of Education at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan and head of the Exercise and Sport Sciences Laboratory.
Bio
After earning a Diploma in Physical Education from the Higher Institute of Physical Education at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Christel Galvani earned a Licence from the UFRSTAPS in Nice and a Diplôme d'Étude Approfondie in STAPS from the University of Marseille. In 2008, she earned a PhD in STAPS from the University of Rennes 2.
From 1996 to 2002, she worked in the private sector at the Technogym Research and Study Center, where she was responsible for the design and development of industrial products, training protocols, and applied research programs. In 2002, she began her academic career at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, initially as a researcher and subsequently as an associate professor.
Her research focuses on exercise physiology, functional assessment, adapted physical exercise, health promotion, active aging, obesity, and exercise as a therapeutic support for chronic diseases, with a particular focus on oncology. She coordinates national research projects dedicated to prevention and quality of life through physical activity, such as the ERICE project – Effect and efficacy of Rowing in breast CancEr survivors , which aims to study the effects and therapeutic efficacy of an adapted physical exercise and rowing program in women undergoing breast cancer surgery.