Valentina Rao

development of mobile app to track and counteract negative thoughts

Interaction designer interested in gamification and playful design - lately I focus on visualisation issues and emotional design, making it playful or engaging is the most important thing for me

User experience and interaction of a platform (web, mobile, back office) offering a self help program to depressive patients

developed the concept for a social network for people with depression in a hackathon (third price), presented it at Health 2.0 Berlin 2012, and spent some time through 2012 and 2013 to see how to make it into a company - it didn't work out, but it was a very intense learning experience

Phd candidate, behaviour change strategies in video games for health Presented at most of the relevant conferences in the field, several articles in peer-reviews journals

Designer, consultant and lecturer, cross media narratives and games - presentations in Mechelen university, Mediamatic Amsterdam, published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals web development (www.flora.it, www.scarpemariotti.it)

production assistant/casting for shooting the Italian part of the DVD Profiles in Aspiration, 2004

Wrote reviews and articles for italian film magazines, Vertigo, Premiere, Duel, Film, and online review website www.mymovies.com

Behaviour Change through video games, development of heuristics for efficacy evaluation

Thesis about Imax filmmaking techniques and psychology of the viewer

Thesis and documentary about the renewal of traditional arts and music by young people in the south of Italy (Naples area)