Elena Raffetti

Elena Raffetti is an Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care (PHPC), University of Cambridge. She also holds a Visiting Researcher position at the Dept. of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University. Specializing in public health, epidemiology, and health data science, her research focuses on the health impacts of climate extremes, particularly on vulnerable groups like pregnant women.

• PhD in Epidemiology (2021)
• Specialization in Public Health and Preventive Medicine (2016)
• Medical Doctor degree (2011)

Her interdisciplinary work bridges medical, natural, and social sciences to address critical gaps in understanding climate-health interactions. She actively explores methodological innovations and sustainable healthcare systems.

Raffetti’s research interests center on analyzing how climate extremes affect population health, with a focus on vulnerable groups. Her projects integrate epidemiological methods with environmental science frameworks to model health risks and inform policy.

She has received recognition as a Fellow of the Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes, highlighting her contributions to climate change-related public health research.

Raffetti collaborates across institutions and disciplines, including affiliations with the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit (CEU) at Cambridge and the Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes. She emphasizes translational research and project workflow optimization in academic settings.