Centre for Research and Studies on Procreative Health (CeRiSSaP)

Podcast 2026

Anderson Fabry disease

Anderson-Fabry disease is a rare genetic condition characterized by an extremely variable clinical picture. To investigate this hereditary genetic disease, the School of Specialization in Medical Genetics and the Center for Research and Studies on Procreative Health (CeRISSaP) of Università Cattolica have promoted a conference on the Rome campus together with the Paul VI International Scientific Institute and the Italian Anderson Fabry Association.

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AVVENIRE - 16 December 2025

Maternal and child health in Africa

"Università Cattolica di Roma takes stock of educational, scientific and clinical cooperation on maternal and child health: a frontier that speaks of hope. First of all to us"

Read the article: Italy-Africa, alliance in the name of motherhood

CONFERENCE 2025

Cannabis and fertility

A conference in the name of research and awareness

A multi-voice discussion on scientific and socio-political issues promoted by the Center for Research and Studies on Procreative Health (CeRiSSaP) and the Paul VI International Scientific Institute (ISI). Watch the interview with Prof. Maria Luisa Di Pietro and H.E. Msgr. Claudio Giuliodori

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Presentation

The research center on procreative health

CeRiSSaP's attention is mainly focused on three areas: promotion of procreative health in its various forms (enhancement of preconceptional health, promotion of appropriate lifestyles, health education), clinical research on fertility (factors that influence fertility, preservation of fertility in the presence of oncological diseases) and prevention and containment of food insecurity (malnutrition, access to food resources, prevention of nutrition-related chronic diseases). The Centre is engaged in intensive research, clinical consultancy and training, both nationally and internationally.

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WEB SERIES

5 minutes of preconception health

Promoting preconceptional health and preventing risk factors for fertility is now not only a duty, but also a necessity. There are 40 episodes of the web series, in which professors and experts from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and other universities participated

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Web series: 5 minutes of preconception health

The episodes of the web series, in which professors and experts from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and other universities participated, address in 5 minutes the themes, among others, of the beauty of human sexuality

and procreation the genetic causes of male and female infertility, the impact of environmental pollution on preconception health, obesity and adolescent diseases, welfare and birth rates in Italy, lifestyles, the relationship between fertility, vaccines and the Covid-19 pandemic. FIND OUT MORE