Laura Mancini is a Senior researcher and Head of the Ecosystem and Health Unit in the Department of Environment and Health. She has over 30 years’ experience researching the links between the environment and human health. For BlueAdapt she’s informing the Health Impact Assessment and economic analysis of Italian case studies.
Laura is focused on preventing human health risks, starting with ecosystem health and evaluating the risks of environmental stressors (including climate change using a One Health Approach). She also supports training events, national and international lectures, and the planning and delivery of national and European research projects.
Laura reviews scientific journals, authors international papers, and informs monographs, technical reports and guidelines. She is also working on the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/CE at a national and European level and is involved in several large pan-European project.