The Bianca Ballabio Foundation was established to remember Bianca, who passed away prematurely, and to bring to life the dreams she did not have time to realize.
Mission
Training those who care for others and supporting local healthcare, through targeted and traceable projects.
Bianca, a passionate student of Medicine, enthusiastically cultivated her desire to become a doctor and was deeply interested in travel and cultural exchanges, experiences that she had already begun to experience despite her young age.
Scholarships abroad
The Foundation therefore aims to promote cross-cultural educational exchanges in the field of Medical Sciences, offering financial and organizational support to Medical students, young doctors, residents and researchers.
Through annual scholarships, selected candidates will be able to further their education at Universities, Hospitals or Research Institutes abroad.
Selection will take place through an annual call for applications evaluated by a committee, which will identify deserving applicants on the basis of their resumes, with attention to the applicants’ economic conditions. The winners, if not unable, will publicly share the results of their journey, presenting them during an annual event dedicated to Bianca’s memory, where her values and commitment will be celebrated.
Projects in the community
In addition to this initiative, the Foundation develops a capillary and rigorously planned medical and social intervention model: each project is selected based on scientific and territorial impact criteria, and entrusted to local partners – university research centers, hospital facilities and specialized training hubs – chosen for their proven management transparency.
Funding is tied to specific objectives: upgrading of university laboratories, initiation of specialized training pathways, purchase of diagnostic or training equipment.
Scholarships
every year, to train abroad
Selection
by open call and committee
Funding
tied to specific objectives
Partners
chosen for transparency
In this way, each and every donated euro is not dispersed to large, generic entities, but arrives directly in targeted projects, ensuring concreteness, traceability and tangible impact, in an effort to best honor Bianca’s memory.
Vision
Supporting medical students and physicians.
The Bianca Ballabio Foundation is committed to supporting those who assist us every day with dedication and sacrifice: medical students and physicians.
Our vocation is to offer concrete opportunities to enhance excellence in the medical field, through elite educational experiences for those who practice or will practice this noble profession, and through initiatives to strengthen our medical and scientific institutions.
Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.
Albert Camus
Monitoring Organisation
Who leads the Foundation.
President
Massimo Ballabio
Vice President
Michela Bonzi
Scientific Committee
The doctors who assess projects and applications.
Prof. Andrea Imperatori
Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery. Head of the Center of Thoracic Surgery, Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria.
Dott. Fabio Ceriani
Head of General Surgery, Multimedica Santa Maria Castellanza Hospital.
Dott. Ernesto Morlacchi
Specialist in Vascular Surgery, Multimedica Santa Maria Castellanza Hospital.