Giulia Villa is nurse manager in the Urology Department at San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy. Giulia attended her PhD in 2019. In 2017 she started her work in urology setting and now she is principally committed in activities such as nurse staffing, nursing care and research in nursing urology. From 2008 she is also a lecturer teaching Research Methodology and Evidence Based Practice at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan. She involves in developing several research projects in Urology and she published a number of articles in self-care and quality of life of ostomy patients, sex-related difference in ostomy patients, nutrition in urinary stones and in bladder cancer patients, urinary tract infection. Giulia is a member of the board of Italian European Association of Urology Nurses and Association of Urology Nurses. She is also a member of the board of European Oncology Nursing Society, European Council of Enterostomal Therapist, Italian Delegate for World Council of Enterostomal Therapist. Her research and quality improvement interest include self-care, quality of life, ostomy, bladder and prostate cancer, urinary diversion, urinary tract infection, nutrition, fast track surgery, robotic surgery.

Giulia Villa has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Bbraun, EONS and Ipsen.