Silvia Lacobelli MD, PhD

Silvia Iacobelli, MD, PhD, full Professor of Pediatrics. Silvia Iacobelli is head of the NICU-PICU-neonatology department and medical coordinator of the Clinical Research and Innovation Structure at La Reunion University Hospital in St. Pierre, France. She is also a clinical research physician at the Center for Perinatal Studies in the Indian Ocean (EA 7388) at the University of Reunion.

Professor Iacobelli received her medical degree from the Bari School of Medicine in Apulia, Italy. Subsequently, she completed residencies in pediatrics at both Bari University Hospital and the University of Strasbourg, France. In 2013, she earned a PhD in epidemiology and public health from the University of Bourgogne, France and became full Professor of Pediatrics in 2017.