In 1996, Prof. Alessandra Scagliarini graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Bologna, and in 2000, she obtained a PhD in Epidemiology and Control of Zoonotic Diseases. From 1998 to 2010, she served as a researcher, from 2010 to 2014 as an associate professor, and from 2014 as a full professor at the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences of the University of Bologna. In May 2019, she moved to the Medical School, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, where she is leading the One Health International Study Centre. In 2000, she held several teaching positions. From 2015 to 2021, she was appointed Vice Rector for International Relations of the University of Bologna. In 2019, she served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the European Alliance UNAEUROPA. Since February 2020, she has been a member of the Board of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) and is currently Associate Editor of IJID -One Health Journal and member of the Scientific Committee of the One Health One Earth Journal in Italy. From June 2023, a member of the WHO One Health Core group on Skin NTDs. On 14th October 2023, she was awarded the One Health Award as the best Italian scientist in the field. She is the former Chair of the UNA- One Health Self Steering Committee of the UNAEUROPA Alliance.