Elena Savoia
is Vice-Director at the Harvard Preparedness Center, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, holds key positions in the Emergency Preparedness, Research, Evaluation & Practice Program (EPREP) as well as the Community Safety Branch. She is a physician specialising in preventive medicine, public health and quantitative methods, with expertise in public health emergency preparedness. Additionally, Dr. Savoia is an international expert in community safety and evaluation methods, applied particularly in assessing the effectiveness of safety activities, including counter-terrorism programs.