Biografie

Jade Bonanno is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Family Medicine, University of Fribourg, with a strong research focus on implementation science in healthcare. She holds a Master of Science in Applied Psychology and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Geneva, with a focus on the design and planning of behavior change interventions grounded in evidence-based psychological theories and techniques. She also holds a diploma in Nutrition from the École de Nutrition Holistique in Geneva.

Her doctoral research, initiated in 2025, examines advance care planning in primary care for community-dwelling adults using an implementation science perspective. As part of her thesis, she is conducting a narrative review of existing interventions, with particular attention to implementation strategies and contextual barriers and facilitators in primary care settings.

Her recent research has focused on the implementation of integrative medicine in clinical settings, including geriatric units (Morges Hospital and HUG) and an oncology department. She is also the coordinator of the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Medicine for the University of Fribourg. 

Previously, she worked as a scientific collaborator in Research and Development at HESAV (Lausanne), where she contributed to a project aimed at understanding and improving sustainability in operating rooms at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), with a focus on implementation processes within complex healthcare systems.

Across her academic training and research activities, her work is consistently centred on implementation science and the translation of evidence into routine healthcare practice.