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I am an independent global health consultant, epidemiologist, and medical writer based in central Italy, with dual UK-Italian nationality.
I came to global health through field research - an MSc thesis study in The Gambia, early work in India and Rwanda, a career built across four continents. What has stayed consistent is one interest: improving how health interventions are designed, delivered, and evaluated - and making sure the evidence that underpins them is generated rigorously, interpreted honestly, and communicated clearly to the people who need to act on it. In practice that requires methodological rigour, clear writing, honest judgement about the limits of data, and a deep understanding of the contexts in which evidence has to be applied.
Nearly 20 years later I work across UN agencies, EU institutions, international NGOs, research consortia, academic and clinical institutions, contract research organisations, and the life sciences industry - applying the same standards whether I am designing a field study, writing for a peer-reviewed journal, or reporting to a governing body.
A consistent thread throughout has been equity, inclusion, and the protection of vulnerable populations - from co-designing data tools with rural community health workers in Rwanda, to building inclusivity into consent processes for culturally diverse paediatric populations, to assessing equity compliance as a registered Ethics Appraisal Scheme Expert for the European Commission.
Selected track record
Selected track record
Independent mid-term evaluator for European Commission-funded projects
Contributor to WHO's annual Results Report to the World Health Assembly (Triple Billion goals)
Lead analytical author of a 300-page EC feasibility report accepted by HaDEA on first resubmission; provided the analytical foundation for the €8.45m EUVABECO programme, of which I am now a core coordinator
Primary author of ECDC technical guidance on immunisation information systems, referenced by multiple EU Member States
Work Package Lead, EU Horizon 2020 i-Consent project - coordinating interdisciplinary experts in mixed-methods research to develop evidence for EU-level recommendations and peer-reviewed publications
Secretariat to the EU Scientific Panel for Health - supporting development of a governance vision for Europe's health research and innovation landscape
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses on vaccine impact and effectiveness across multiple disease areas in a CRO environment (P-95, Belgium)
Led digital disease surveillance pilots for rabies, H5N1, and MERS in collaboration with FAO-ECTAD and WHO, Indonesia
Led RapidSMS birth and death reporting system for ~450,000 people in rural Rwanda in collaboration with the Ministry of Health
Co-author of a Cochrane systematic review on malaria rapid diagnostic tests
Data management, monitoring, and evaluation for IAVI Phase II/III HIV vaccine trials and couples voluntary HIV counseling and testing in Rwanda
Publication record spanning The Lancet, Frontiers in Pediatrics, BMC Medical Ethics, and Clinical Infectious Diseases
Qualifications
Qualifications
MBA International Health Management - Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute/University of Basel (2025)
MSc Control of Infectious Diseases - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2009)
BSc (Hons) Zoology - University of Nottingham (2005)
Recent short courses
PMP Certification Specialisation Pearson / Coursera (in progress)
Introduction to Health Technology Assessment - University of Glasgow / FutureLearn (in progress)
HTA course series - EUPATI Open Classroom (in progress)
Ethical AI: AI Essentials for Everyone - University of Cambridge / Coursera (2026)
Data Science in Health Technology Assessment - Genentech / Coursera (2026)
Ethics Appraisal Scheme Expert Training on Ethics in VR/XR - European Commission (2025)
Ethics Appraisal Scheme Expert Training - European Commission (2020)
One Health (5 ECTS) - University of Copenhagen (2020)
Advanced Design Thinking - IDEO-U (2019)
Where I have worked
Where I have worked
I have lived and worked in Rwanda, Indonesia, India, Kazakhstan, The Gambia, South Korea, Italy, and the UK, and have spent my career collaborating within and coordinating international, multicultural teams across low-resource field settings, national health systems, and international institutions.
Memberships and Affiliations
Memberships and Affiliations
European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) · Member
ISPOR (International Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research) · Member
External Evaluation Expert, European Commission · Registered expert evaluator
External Ethics Appraisal Scheme Expert, European Commission · Registered ethics expert
Publications
Publications
1. Abba K, et al. Rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in endemic countries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011; (7):CD008122. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD008122.pub2.
2. Ansari WK, et al. Surveillance, epidemiological, and virological detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses in duck and poultry from Bangladesh. Veterinary Microbiology, 2016;193:49-59. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.07.025.
3. Bamberger M, et al. The Evaluation of Complex Development Interventions in the Age of Big Data. In: Dealing With Complexity in Development Evaluation: A Practical Approach. SAGE Publications, 2015.
4. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Designing and implementing an immunisation information system. Stockholm: ECDC, 2018.
5. European Commission. Provision of options and recommendations for an EU citizen’s vaccination card. Publications Office of the European Union, 2022. doi:10.2925/077323.
6. Garland SM, et al. Impact and effectiveness of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine: a systematic review of 10 years of real-world experience. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2016;63(4):519-27. doi:10.1093/cid/ciw354.
7. Gesualdo F, et al. Digital tools in the informed consent process: a systematic review. BMC Medical Ethics, 2021;22:18. doi:10.1186/s12910-021-00585-8.
8. Jackson SM, et al. Improving informed consent for novel vaccine research in a pediatric hospital setting using a blended research-design approach. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021;8:520803. doi:10.3389/fped.2020.520803.
9. Pandolfi E, et al. Cytokine expression patterns in hospitalized children with Bordetella pertussis, Rhinovirus or co-infection. Scientific Reports, 2021;11(1):10948. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-89538-0.
10. Russo L, et al. Online health information seeking behaviours of parents of children undergoing surgery in a pediatric hospital in Rome, Italy: a survey. Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2020;46:141. doi:10.1186/s13052-020-00884-7.
11. Sipido KR, et al. Overcoming fragmentation of health research in Europe: lessons from COVID-19. The Lancet. 2020;395(10242):1970-1971.
12. Tin Tin Htar M, et al. Systematic literature review of the impact and effectiveness of monovalent meningococcal C conjugated vaccines when used in routine immunization programs. BMC Public Health, 2020;20:1890. doi:10.1186/s12889-020-09946-1.
13. Torcel-Pagnon L, et al. Impact of underlying conditions on zoster-related pain and on quality of life following zoster. Journal of Gerontology A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 2017;72(8):1091-1097. doi:10.1093/gerona/glw189.
14. Verstraeten T, et al. Diabetes mellitus as a vaccine-effect modifier: a review. Expert Review of Vaccines, 2020;19(5):445-453. doi:10.1080/14760584.2020.1760098.
15. World Health Organization. Guidelines for HIV mortality measurement. Geneva: WHO, 2014.
16. World Health Organization. WHO country stories: delivering for all. Geneva: WHO, 2023.
17. World Health Organization. WHO delivering results and making an impact: stories from the ground. Geneva: WHO, 2022.
18. Website: WHO Results Report (2023). https://www.who.int/about/accountability/results/who-results-report-2022-2023
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