Maria Caiata Zufferey

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Maria Caiata Zufferey

Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care

  • Professoressa ordinaria in sociologia dei problemi socio-sanitari / Responsabile Centro di competenza, Centro competenze cura, salute e società, Ricerca e innovazione

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Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care
Via Violino
CH-6928 Manno

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PhD in Social Sciences, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
Previously:
- Teaching and Research Assistant, Chair of Social Work and Social Policies, University of Fribourg
- Visiting Fellow, Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Department of Social Science and Medicine, Imperial College, London
- Visiting Fellow, Centre de recherche Psychotropes, Santé mentale, Société (CESAMES), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris
- Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Institute of Communication and Health, University of Lugano
- Recipient of the grant Ambizione from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), University of Geneva
Qualitative research methods applied to the sociology of deviance, health and risk. Main research interests: management of genetic risk of cancer, addictive behaviors, doctor-patient interaction in the age of individual responsibility, and more in general agency in the context of uncertainty.
Best PhD thesis award (Prix Vigener), Faculty of Arts for the year 2004, University of Fribourg
Best poster award 2010 at the Get Together conference, hosted by the Swiss Association for the Study of Pain, Basel

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Acceptability and Usability of the Family Gene Toolkit for Swiss and Korean Families Harboring BRCA1/BRAC2 Pathogenic Variants: A Web-Based Platform for Cascade Genetic Testing

Vasiliki Baroutsou, Vu Duong, Alice Signorini, Ramon Saccilotto, Florina M. Ciorba, Nicole Bürki, Maria Caiata-Zufferey, Jai Min Ryu, Sung Won Kim, Myong Cheol Lim, Christian Monnerat, Ursina Zürrer-Härdi, Jisun Kim, Karl Heinimann, Rossella Graffeo, Ji Soo Park, Manuela Rabaglio, Pierre Olivier Chappuis, Sue Kim, Maria C. Katapodi

Cancers, pp. -

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