Elena Petelos is a Senior Research Fellow in Public Health and a Lecturer in Evidence-Based Medicine and Evidence-Informed Policy at the University of Crete (Greece) and at Maastricht University (The Netherlands). She has a background in medicine and biology, specialising in molecular oncology, and re-training mid-career in health economics and policy, continuing with a Fellowship in Governance and Economics of Development Technology and Innovation at the United Nations University—Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology. She is the President for Global Health and VP HTA at the European Public Health Association (EUPHA), also serving in the Steering Committees of the Law and Public Health and of the Infectious Disease Control sections, and as the Chair of the Gender Equality Working Group (SDG5 WG). She is Co-Chair for RWE & AI at HTAi, a Member of the Healthcare Professional’s Working Party of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and a Member of the Advisory Forum of the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (HERA) of the European Commission. She is a Member of the Advisory Board of the European Forum for Primary Care and Co-lead for the Vaccines WG. Her research, policy and advocacy work focuses on international collaboration, incl. regulatory and legislative frameworks towards improving global health, achieving digital equity and UHC, with special emphasis on RWE, B/R communication, new technologies, and AI.