Gio has a background in biomedical and sustainability science. She previously worked in infectious diseases research and in the NGO sector focusing on global health, sustainability and EU regulations. Gio is also an activist (in and out of academia) on issues that are at the intersection of health, equity and planet. In July 2023, she joined Professor Sharon Friel’s Planetary Health Equity Hothouse as one of the Laureate PhD candidates. Her PhD project focuses on investigating the role of private philanthropy in knowledge generation and its implications for the achievement of planetary health equity – the equitable enjoyment of good health in a stable Earth system.
