Just the Woman I Am 2025

As every year, JUST THE WOMAN I AM returns, a key event in the Turin calendar held in conjunction with International Women's Day. This 5 km run/walk is open to everyone and raises funds for university cancer research while promoting prevention, healthy lifestyles, inclusion, and gender equality. For the twelfth edition, the Politecnico di Torino will once again be present alongside the University of Turin and the CUS - Centro Universitario Sportivo Torinese.

Starting from March 7, 2025, numerous activities and events will take place, culminating in the run/walk on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 3:30 PM, departing from Parco del Valentino (Viale Virgilio, corner of Corso Pier Andrea Mattioli) and finishing at Piazza Castello.
JUST THE WOMAN I AM 2025 is more than just a 5-kilometer run or walk. It is also a Prevention and Health Village, offering free health check-ups, consultations, conferences, and educational webinars throughout the three-day event. It serves as a physical and digital platform for non-profit organizations to promote their initiatives and provides an opportunity for academia, the excellence of Italian healthcare, citizens, and schools to connect, engage in dialogue, and celebrate together.

The PoliTO stand will be located in Piazzetta Reale, hosting Politecnico di Torino’s research groups and offering free activities open to the entire community.

Politecnico di Torino’s Scheduled Activities:

Friday, March 7, 2025

• 9:30 AM - Auditorium of the Aldo Moro Complex (Via Giuseppe Verdi, corner of Via Sant’Ottavio, Floor -1)
  "Innovation in Sports: The Student Teams of Politecnico di Torino"
  Speakers:
  Professor Massimiliana Carello, PoliTO Student Teams Coordinator
  H2politO Team
  Policumbent Team
  PoliTO Sailing Team
• 11:30 AM - Piazza Castello Meeting Space
  Opening Ceremony
  Institutional greetings by professor Tania Cerquitelli

PoliTO Stand in Piazzetta Reale – Research Groups Present:

• A Nano Trojan Horse to Deceive and Defeat Cancer Cells – Research by TNHlab, led by professor Valentina Cauda from DISAT
• Squadra Corse Driverless PoliTO
• Policumbent Team
• Squadra Corse PoliTO
• Women in STEM – with researcher Mariya Shcherbyna, JTWIA Research Fellow
• RESET: Rethinking Femoral Artery Stents for the Treatment of Lower-Limb Peripheral Artery Disease – Research by Solid and Fluid Biomechanics Group, led by professor Claudio Chiastra from DIMEAS.
• WeAreHERe – PoliTO’s initiative to encourage female enrollment in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) university courses, presented by the WeAreHERe student group.
• Mimicking Tumor Microenvironment to Model Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC) Patient-Derived Organoids Dynamics – Research by Giulia Mesiano from DISAT
• Skin Cancer Detection System Using Explainable AI and Machine Learning Models – Research by Polito BioMedLab-M3B, led by professor Marco Deriu from DIMES
• Biomaterials for Health @GLANCE Group – Research by GLANCE Group, led by professor Enrica Verné from DISAT

Saturday, March 8, 2025

• 4:00 PM - Piazza Castello Meeting Space
  "PhD Talks: A Journey into the Connections of Research at UniTO & PoliTO"
  A discussion led by UniTO and PoliTO PhD students presenting their research. For Politecnico di Torino, PhD student Martina Oria from DET will present her study.

PoliTO Stand in Piazzetta Reale – Research Groups Present:

• Policumbent Team
• A Nano Trojan Horse to Deceive and Defeat Cancer Cells – Research by TNHlab, led by Prof. Valentina Cauda from DISAT
• Squadra Corse PoliTO
• STRADA – A globally recognized leadership program for women in the manufacturing sector, led by Prof. Elisabetta Raguseo from DIGEP
• United in Research! with SMILIES – Research by SMILIES Group, led by Prof. Gabriella Olmo and Prof. Stefano Di Carlo from DAUIN
• WeAreHERe – PoliTO’s initiative to encourage female enrollment in STEM university courses, presented by the WeAreHERe student group.
• Shedding Light on Hidden Cells: New Frontiers in Optical Imaging for Breast Cancer – Research by Prof. Filippo Molinari from DET
• PULSE – Harnessing the Power of Digital Twins for Cardiovascular Health: From Principles to Clinical Applications and Device Optimization – Research by the Solid and Fluid Biomechanics Group, led by Giuseppe De Nisco DIMEAS
• Engineered Organ Models: Technology at the Service of Diagnosis and Treatment – Research by BIOINSIDE LAB, led by Prof. Chiara Tonda-Turo from DISAT

Find the full event program and all useful information on the Just the Woman I Am website.