CURRICULUM VITAE 2013
Amelia Compagni
EXPERIENCE
Since September 2009: Assistant Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management, Bocconi
University, Milan, Italy
February 2008-August 2009: Research fellow (Assegnista di Ricerca), Department of Policy Analysis and
Public Management, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
March 2006-January 2008: Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Health and Social care Management
(CERGAS), Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
January-February 2006: Internship at Crest, Mental health charity, London, UK
June-October 2005: Internship at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, US
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington DC, USA (part of the Master’s Degree in
International Healthcare Management, Policy and Economics, Bocconi University)
November 2000-August 2004: Senior Researcher at Cancer Research UK (CR-UK), Research Charity, London,
UK
EDUCATION
September 2004-September 2005: Master Course of International Healthcare Management, Economics and
Policy, School of Management, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy; final grade: 110/110 with distinction
September 1995-February 2000: PhD in Genetics, International PhD Program, Institute of Molecular
Pathology (IMP) in conjunction with the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; final grade: distinction
September 1990- July 1995: Degree in Biology; five-year course with specialization in molecular biology,
University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; final grade: 110/110 with distinction 2
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Since 2006: At the Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management, Bocconi University
Research interests:
Interplay between policy and management in the field of healthcare (health policy reforms, evidence-based
policy, governance arrangements and institutional design in the governing of healthcare issues)
Management of relations among healthcare professionals and with technology (impact of health policies
and organizational design on intra and inter-professional collaboration, interaction of professionals with
technologies and processes of skill acquisition, organizational decision-making processes related to
technologies)
2005-2007: At (and in collaboration with) SAMHSA, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington
DC, USA
Research activities:
Impact of new developments in human genetics on mental health care and services
Analysis of trends in patient-operated services in mental health
Comparative analysis of mental health policies for system-wide reforms in seven countries (2006-2007). In
collaboration with the California Institute for Mental Health and the University of Cincinnati, USA
TEACHING AND COORDINATION ACTIVITIES
Executive education level
• Teaching in the areas of health technologies and their assessment (School of Management, Bocconi
University)
• Module on “Technology policy and evaluation”, Donau University, Austria, MBA in Pharmaceutical and
Biotech Management
Post-experience master education level
• Teaching and coordination of the course “Policy, regulation and entrepreneurship in the biotechnology
sector” (in English), Master Course of International Healthcare Management, Policy and Economics
(MIHMEP), School of Management, Bocconi University
• Teaching in the course “Health systems and policy” (in English), coordinated by Prof. G. Fattore, MIHMEP,
SDA Bocconi, Bocconi University
• Edition 2008-2009: Coordinator of the Master Course of International Healthcare Management, Policy
and Economics, SDA Bocconi, Bocconi University
Master (MSc) and undergraduate levels
• Teaching in the MSc course “Life Sciences Management” (in English), coordinated by Prof. A. Gambardella
and Prof. P. Cillo
• Teaching in the areas of public administration/public management (undergraduate module in “Economics
and Management of Public Administrations”; in Italian, coordinated by Prof. E. Borgonovi) and government
(MSc module in “Institutions, Government and Society”; in Italian and English, coordinated by Prof. G.
Fattore)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2012 International Award “Vivisalute” for academic research in the field of healthcare (sponsored by the
Provincial Government of Milan, Milan, Italy)
2010 Award for best teacher, Specialist Master Courses (School of Management, Bocconi University, Milan,
Italy
2008 Research fellowship - Assegno di Ricerca, (Bocconi University, Milan, Italy)
2006 Federal Executive Alumni Association Fellowship (SAMHSA, USA)
2002-4 European Molecular Biology Organization long-term fellowship
2001 Marie Curie Fellowship (renounced)
2000 Cancer Research UK Postdoctoral Fellowship (London, UK)
1990-5 Collegio “Ghislieri” Fellowship (Pavia, Italy)
1990 “Franchetti” Foundation Award (Mantova, Italy)
MEMBERSHIPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
From 2010-2012 Member of the Bocconi Equal Opportunity Board
Reviewer for the OMT and Healthcare Divisions, Academy of Management
Member of the GENISAP Network (Genomics in Public Health), Italian network of experts in the field of
genetic testing, healthcare and health policy
Member of the European Group on Health Policy
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in progress
1. Compagni, A., Mele. V, Ravasi D. HOW EARLY IMPLEMENTATIONS INFLUENCE LATER ADOPTIONS OF
INNOVATION: SOCIAL POSITIONING AND SKILL REPRODUCTION IN THE DIFFUSION OF ROBOTIC
SURGERY Submitted to Academy of Management Journal; under second round of revisions
2. Tasselli S., Compagni A., Tediosi F. Bridging hospital and community-based services: institutional
entrepreneurship and isomorphism in the adoption of intermediate and transitional care. Submitted to
Medical Care Review
3. Compagni A., Melegaro A. Tarricone R. Genetic screening for the predisposition to venous
thromboembolism : a cost-utility analysis of clinical practice in the Italian healthcare system. Submitted
to Value in Health; under second round of revisions
4. Armeni, P., Compagni A., S. Ghislandi, F. Longo. Peer and interprofessional collaboration in primary
care: how much can we force general practitioners to behave? In preparation, to be submitted to
Health Services Research
Published articles
1. Mele. V, Compagni, A., Cavazza M. Evidence as a policy instrument: governing technological innovation
in healthcare. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory in press
2. Borgonovi E., Compagni A. Health systems in a global environment: theories, policies and practices of
sustainability. Value in Health (Supplement) 2013 16: S34-S38.
3. Compagni, A. and Tediosi, F. Implementing performance-based funding for health research: when
governance and procedural fairness matter. Public Administration 2012 90: 313-334.
4. Compagni A., A. Melegaro, R. Tarricone. Systematic review of the economic literature on genetic
testing for the prevention of venous thromboembolism. Italian Journal of Public Health 2012;9:s36-s45
5. Fantini, M.P., Compagni, A.; Rucci, P.; Mimmi, S.; Longo, F. General practitioners’ adherence to
evidence-based guidelines: A multilevel analysis. (2012) Health Care Management Review, 37: 67–76.
[M.P Fantini, Rucci, P. and Mimmi, S. are at the School of Public Health, University of Bologna, Italy]
6. Compagni A, Gerzeli S, Bergamaschi M. The interplay between policy guidelines and local dynamics in
shaping the scope of networks: the experience of the Italian Departments of Mental Health. (2011)
Health Services Management Research, 24(1):45-54. [Gerzeli S. is at the Department of Applied
Statistics, University of Pavia, Italy; M. Bergamaschi is at the Department of Economics, University of
Bergamo, Italy]
7. Mele V., and Compagni A. Explaining the unexpected success of the smoking ban in Italy: political
strategy and transition to practice (2000-2005) (2010) Public Administration, 88: 819–835.
8. Villa S., Compagni A., Reich M. Orphan drug legislation: Lessons for neglected tropical diseases” (2009)
International Journal of Healthcare Planning and Management 24 (1): 27-42. [M. Reich is Professor of
International Health Policy at Harvard School of Public Health]
9. Adams N., Daniels A., Compagni A. International pathways to mental health transformation (2009)
International Journal of Mental Health 38 (1):30-45. [Adams N. is responsible for International Projects
at the California Institute for Mental Health, USA; Daniels A. is Professor of Psychiatry, University of
Cincinnati, USA]
10. Compagni A., Bartoli S., Buehrlen B., Fattore G., Ibarreta D., Gutierrez-Mesa E. Avoiding adverse drug
reactions by pharmacogenetic testing: a systematic review of the economic evidence in the case of
TPMT and AZA-induced side-effects. (2008) International Journal of Technology Assessment in
Healthcare 24 (3): 1-9. [Buehrlen B. is at the Fraunhofer Institute, Germany; Ibarreta D., Gutierrez-Mesa
E are at Institute of Prospective Technological Studies, EU Commission, Spain]
11. Compagni A., Cavalli L., Jommi C., Pharmaceutical companies and Italian Regional Governments:
Managing relationships in an increasing institutional complexity (2008) Health Policy, 87: 333-341.
12. Carroll CD, Manderscheid RW, Daniels A, Compagni A. Convergence of service, policy, and science
toward consumer-driven mental health care. (2006) Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics
9:185-92. [Carroll CD and Manderscheid RW are at the US Department of Health and Human services,
USA; Daniels A as above]
13. Compagni A., and Manderscheid R.W. A neuroscientist-consumer alliance to transform mental health
care (2006) Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research 33: 265-74. [Manderscheid RW as
above]
Articles in Italian:
1. Carbone C., Compagni A., Corsalini E., “Logiche e strumenti per la valutazione dell’integrazione
Territorio-Ospedale- Territorio: un analisi su tre percorsi”, Mecosan, 2012, n.83: 23-43.
2. Bargna, E., Compagni, A., Frisone, E. Team infermieristici di comunità ed empowerment: studio di tre
casi nella realtà italiana (2011) Mecosan, 20: 9-28.
3. Compagni, A., Tediosi, F., Tozzi, V.D. L'integrazione tra ospedale e territorio nelle Aziende Sanitarie.
Rapporto OASI 2010, 519-38.
4. Jommi C., Compagni A., Cavalli L. La gestione del cliente pubblico nelle imprese farmaceutiche: public
affairs regionali e key account manager” (2008) Economia & Management 5: 101-113.
Extended reports and books
1. Tediosi F., Compagni A. Analisi del sistema di finanziamento della ricerca sanitaria in Italia (2010)
Publisher: Franco Angeli
2. Compagni A., Adams N., Daniels, A. International pathways to mental health system transformation:
strategies and challenges” (2007, CiMH Monograph Series)
Articles in the field of genetics and life sciences (for sake of brevity these publications are not indicated)
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES (since 2006)
2012 International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Conference, Rome, Italy (oral
presentation, paper on evidence-base policy, presented by V. Mele)
2012 New Institutionalism Workshop, Barcelona, Spain (participation)
2011 European Group on Organization Studies (EGOS) Workshop, Gothenburg, Sweden (oral presentation,
paper on interplay technology and professions)
2011 PMRA Conference, Syracuse, NY, biannual meeting of the Public Management Research Association
(oral presentation, paper on evidence-base policy, presented by V. Mele)
2011 Academy of Management Annual Meeting “West Meets East: Enlightening, Balancing, and
Transcending”, San Antonio, Texas (oral presentation, paper on bridging hospital and community-based
services in healthcare, presented by S. Tasselli)
2011 European Health Management association (EHMA) Conference “Integration in health and Healthcare”
(oral presentation, paper on collaborative arrangements in primary care, presented by P. Armeni)
2010 SSPA International Conference “Reforming the Public Sector: How to Make the Difference", Rome ,
Italy (oral presentation; paper on governance of performance-based funding)
2010 HTAi conference 2010, Dublin, Ireland (poster)
2008 EHMA Conference “The politics of health”, Athens, Greece (oral presentation)
2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting “The Questions We Ask” , Anaheim, California (oral
presentation, paper on smoking ban in Italy, presented by V. Mele) 7
2007 ISPOR 10th European Congress Compagni A, Bartoli S, Gutierrez de Mesa E, Ibarreta D. “Azathioprine,
TPMT polymorphisms and ADRs: the cost of neutropenia” (poster presented by S. Bartoli)
2007 International workshop in mental health economics and policy, Venice, Italy (oral presentation)
2006 European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation Meeting, Lund, Sweden (oral presentation)
2006 International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership Meeting, Edinburgh, UK (oral presentation and
focus group with national policy-makers from US, England, New Zealand, Scotland, Australia and Canada)
IT SKILLS
Advanced knowledge of Office package (word, excel, power point),
Good knowledge of Atlas.ti for coding and qualitative studies
Basic knowledge of statistical analysis packages