Prof. Roberta Siliquini
Awareness Workstream Lead
Prof. Roberta Siliquini is Full Professor of Public Health (Igiene Generale e Applicata) at the University of Turin, where she has taught since 1995. Born in Turin in 1966, she obtained a Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the same University, later specialising in ‘Hygiene and Organisation of Hospital Services’.
She has directed Turin’s postgraduate School of Specialization in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine since 2007 and has held President of the University’s Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery since 2015. Since 2016 she has also served as a senior physician in the Medical Directorate of Turin’s Città della Salute e della Scienza hospital.
Her public-service record includes serving as President of the Higher Health Council at Italy’s Consiglio Superiore di Sanità (2014–2018), ex officio membership of the National Bioethics Committee since 2014, and a member of the National Committee for Biosafety, Biotechnology and Life Sciences since 2016. She has more recently served as President of the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health (S.It.I.) for the 2023–2026 term. Her recent research spans hospital discharge management, vaccine hesitancy, organ donation, and home palliative care, reflected in over 300 scientific publications.