De Luca Federico

PHD CANDIDATE | 36th PHD CYCLE

Short Profile outline

Researcher and designer specializing in Service Design, healthcare innovation management, and co-design methodologies Focused on facilitating co-production processes for patient- and community-centered care models. Passionate about social innovation and strategic design. Entrepreneur in the tourism and hospitality services sector.

Master of Science: Product Service System Design , Politecnico di Milano.

Bachelor of Science: Product Design, Politecnico di Milano.

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Research

Research projects: Oct 2024 - Present: Research on the integration of artificial intelligence into service design processes, with a focus on its implications for decision-making, collaboration, value creation, and educational outcomes. Dec 2024 – Present: Research supporting the definition of guidelines for patients’ and organizations’ involvement in clinical oncology research protocols (Health Big Data project, in collaboration with FAVO and IRCCS). Sept 2023 – Present: Innovation of services for families of hospitalized pediatric patients (in collaboration with ABIO Milano and RMHC Foundation). Mar 2023 – Apr 2025: Study on the development, positioning, and future perspectives of the model of Family Center (in collaboration with the Brescia Family Center and ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia). May 2022 – Sept 2023: Analysis of integration models between formal and informal care networks in Community Psychiatry Territorial Labs (in collaboration with CoLab Torre Cimabue and ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia). Jan 2021 – Feb 2023: Development of organizational and social guidelines for the Community Health Centers (Case di Comunità) model in the province of Piacenza (Polisocial interdisciplinary project). Sept 2020 – Sept 2021: Qualitative research with Humanitas Milano to improve oncology patient experience using PREMS tools.

Supervisor: Proff. Cristina Masella and Daniela Sangiorgi

Grants, Awards and Honours

  • 1rst Prize From Idea to Startup for Postour (Teamwork) - Tongji University | Shanghai, China

Accreditations, Rankings & Memberships

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