Department

Responsibility for Research and Third Mission activities, as well as for its quality, remains with the Manager of the Department.

The Departments must guarantee a constant commitment to continuous improvement of Research and Third Mission goals, in terms of the ability to aim for results of ever greater value, setting objectives aligned with the best national and international practices.

It is the Department's task to define and implement procedures to achieve the objectives and monitor them periodically.

It is the responsibility of the Department Manager:

• to draw up the SUA-RD
• to draw up the Departmental Three-Year Plan (definition of objectives, identification and implementation of actions that allow their achievement)
• to monitor the achievement of the objectives.

Review Group

The Research Review Group of the Department comprises: 

• Teachers: prof. Marisa Gariglio, prof. Elena Grossini
• TA Staff: dott.ssa Anna Rapa

Single annual report of departmental research (SUA-RD)

The SUA-RD is a public computerized file that can be consulted online, within which each Department collects information on its activities.

It contains a definition of the Department's Research lines and Third Mission activity and is necessary for the Self-Assessment and Review, and for Periodic Evaluation and Accreditation.

The contents of the SUA-RD are divided into three sections.

Part I - objectives, resources and management of the Department

• research goals of the Management System Department
• human resources and infrastructure.

Part II – research results

• scientific output - Internationalisation
• teachers without scientific output for the year in question
• projects acquired through Calls
• responsibility and scientific acknowledgments

Part III – Third Mission

Contains information relating to the following activities:

• intellectual property and spin-offs
• third party activities
• public engagement
• cultural heritage
• health and safety protection
• continuous training
• brokerage structures.

For each of the objectives defined in Part I, an operational plan must identify:

actions to be taken, responsibility for achieving the goal, methods of achievement, necessary or assigned resources, definition of the indicator or indicators and corresponding objectives, deadlines for achieving them and any progress, associated risks.

A Research and Third Mission management system must also be defined which clearly identifies:

• organisational structure of the Department
• research groups
• Department QA policy
• planning of the departmental research review activity.

The PQA, through the Support Office, ensures that all the data necessary for compiling the SUA-RD are provided.

SUA-RD 2013

• Part I – Objectives, resources and management of the Department
• Part II – Research results
• Part III – Third Mission

Quality Manager for the Department - Research (RQDR)

The Quality Manager of the Research Department (RQDR) is Professor Guido Valente

The RQDR ensures the link between the PQA and the Department and provides support, advice and supervision in the field of Research and the Third Mission.

The RQDR performs the following tasks:

• monitoring of the performance of the activities included in the three-year plans and of the research review activities
• advice and support to the Director of the Department for the drafting of SUA-RD
• QA training activities for Department staff.

Third mission

Alongside the two fundamental objectives of training and research, the University pursues a third mission, which is to promote the enhancement and use of knowledge to contribute to the social, cultural and economic development of society.

In this perspective, each structure within the University is committed to communicating and disseminating knowledge through a direct relationship with the territory and its stakeholders.

As part of the Third Mission activities, numerous initiatives have been activated, some of which have taken on a stable and structural nature in the Department's activities.

Worthy of note:

Maxi-Emergency drill - year 2016

As part of the Master in Disaster Medicine, the Maxi-Emergency Drill is organized annually in May, which took place in 2016 at the Cavalli Barracks in Novara, and in which Crimedim collaborated, 1st Health Department of "Torino", and the National Department of Civil Protection.

Food, Sport and Health Conference - 2015

In November 2015, the Department organized the Conference on "Food, Sport and Human Health", in collaboration with the Municipality of Novara and with the University Sports Centre of Eastern Piedmont.

Numerous high school students participated, as well as athletes, coaches and managers of local sports clubs.