Dr. Simona Giordano

Biography

Simona Giordano is a Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester, where she leads research in the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy. She has been active in the field since 1997, focusing on psychiatric ethics, bioethics, eating disorders, and gender identity. Giordano graduated cum laude in Philosophy from the University 'La Sapienza' in Rome in 1996, specializing in bioethics a year later. She completed her PhD in psychiatric ethics in 2000 and was a Marie Curie Fellow from 2002 to 2004, conducting research on ageism and ethics in health care distribution. Her teaching involves medical humanities and she supervises both Master's and PhD students. Giordano has published extensively, including works on gender identity disorder and eating disorders, contributing to various prominent academic discussions and conferences. She has received several prestigious awards, including the Gender Identity Research Education Society Prize in 2007 and the University of Manchester's Faculty of Humanities Researcher of the Year in 2006. Her recent research projects focus on medical treatment for transgender minors and addressing legal concerns related to this field.

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