recently interviewed Founder and President, Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., on the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in clinical settings such as oncology and obstetrics.

“Creating a virtual reality experience that lowered anxiety and stress in patients that undergo chemotherapy was our goal,” says Giordano. He also describes how the VR headsets were used to support a patient experiencing pain during labor and childbirth. 

 

 

About the Sbarro Health Research Organization

The Sbarro Health Research Organization () is non-profit charity committed to funding excellence in basic genetic research to cure and diagnose cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and other chronic illnesses and to foster the training of young doctors in a spirit of professionalism and humanism. To learn more about the SHRO please visit