Laura Bubba is a public health microbiologist working as consultant at the World Health Organisation (WHO), R&D Blue print unit, since October 2022. She collaborates with the European Non-polio Enterovirus Network (ENPEN). She earned her Master's degree in Biology, Biomedical Research, at the University of Milan in 2008, where she also completed her doctorate in Public Health. In 2016, she was selected for the two-year European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) European Public Health Microbiology (EUPHEM) fellowship programme, which she completed at Public Health England (PHE) in the UK. During the fellowship, she worked on vaccine-preventable diseases and respiratory bacterial infections, acquiring new laboratory, statistical, analytical, and managerial experiences. After the fellowship, she continued to work at PHE, as part of the global health unit, working toward laboratory capacity building in Ethiopia and, as WHO external advisor, teaching during workshops dedicated to the diagnosis of Diphtheria. From November 2020 to April 2022, she worked at the University of Milan in a post-doctoral role, on the SARS-CoV-2 sentinel and genomic surveillances, along with non-polio Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses. She was selected by the European Society of Clinical Virology (ESCV) as the winner of the Abbot award 2022 for her work on non-polio enteroviruses. ORCID number: 0000-0003-4561-7971