Galizia, Roberta

Galizia, Roberta

PhD

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Biography:

Dr. Roberta Galizia is an Italian registered psychologist with an international MSc, a certified sex counselor, and a PhD researcher with honors specializing in couples’ sexual desire and clinical psychology, with international experience across Europe and North America. Dr. Galizia serves as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC), under the supervision of Dr. Lori Brotto. At the UBC Sexual Health Research Lab, she holds a research award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for her work on developing one of the first comprehensive and accessible dyadic treatments for couples experiencing distress related to sexual desire discrepancy, for which she has already successfully secured an additional Research Grant from the European Society for Sexual Medicine. Roberta Galizia is deeply committed to developing accessible and evidence-based treatments aimed at improving the relational and sexual well-being of couples and diverse relational configurations.

Research areas of interest:

Sexual desire discrepancy in couples

Research Themes:

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Website: https://brottolab.med.ubc.ca/about/grad-students/

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