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Luca Fontana

Luca Fontana

Technical Analyst Microbiologist

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technical Officer at World Health Organization

  • Education

    • Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale

      2023 -
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Engineering Physics/Applied Physics

    • Universidad Internacional de Valencia (VIU)

      2017 - 2018
      Master's degree Epidemiology and Public Health

    • The University of Edinburgh

      2021 - 2024
      MSc Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Biomedical Sciences

    • Università degli Studi di Milano

      2005 - 2009
      Toxicology Pharmacology

  • Experience

    • ECOLAT

      Jul 2009 - Jan 2011
      Technical Analyst Microbiologist

    • Movimento Lotta Fame nel Mondo (MLFM)

      Jan 2011 - May 2012
      Technical advisor

    • VIS-Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo

      May 2012 - Nov 2012
      Head of Project

    • Movimento Lotta Fame nel Mondo (MLFM)

      Jan 2013 - Mar 2014
      Head Country R.D.Congo

    • Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium

      May 2014 - Nov 2014

      • flying ebola watsan for Guinea

        Oct 2014 - Nov 2014

      • watsan manager Sierra Leone

        May 2014 - Sept 2014

    • University of Brescia - Medicus Mundi

      Dec 2014 - Dec 2014
      Ebola specialist consultant

    • Sant Orsola Hospital

      Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
      VHF specialist consultant

    • Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium

      Feb 2015 - Nov 2017

      Intersection Pool d'urgence congolaise. Réponse épidémie choléra Maniema Coordination watsan activities

      • Emergency watsan - Plague

        Oct 2017 - Nov 2017

      • Regional Watsan Coordinator

        Dec 2016 - Sept 2017

      • Watsan Coordinator Central African Republic

        Feb 2016 - Dec 2016

      • Watsan Viral load waste management

        Dec 2015 - Feb 2016

      • Watsan focal point Kindu Pool d'urgence Congo

        Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

      • Emergency Watsan Ebola Coordinator

        Apr 2015 - Oct 2015

      • flying ebola watsan

        Feb 2015 - Apr 2015

    • Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium

      May 2018 - Nov 2018

      • Environmental Health - Ebola response

        Oct 2018 - Nov 2018

      • Field coordinator

        Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

      • WatSan Ebola emergency

        May 2018 - Jun 2018

    • VIU - Universidad Internacional de Valencia

      Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
      Principal Lecturer

      Hemorragic fevers outbreaks - Management and Biosecurity

    • Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium

      Jan 2019 - Feb 2019
      Environmental Health Coordinator - Ebola Response

    • UNICEF

      Mar 2019 - Apr 2019
      WASH consultant - Ebola preparedness

      Improving IPC through WASH in Ebola context

    • World Health Organization

      May 2019 - Sept 2019
      WASH/IPC Ebola

    • World Health Organization

      Nov 2019 - now
      Technical Officer

      Environmental and engineering controls for infectious diseases

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Water, Hygiene and Sanitation in Emergency situations

      Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium
      May 2016

    • Infection Prevention and Control course (Basic)

      Pacific Open Learning Health Net
      Jan 2019
      View certificate certificate

    • Introduction to Outbreak Investigation

      European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
      Sept 2018

    • Leadership Workshop

      Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium
      Oct 2017

    • Infection Prevention and Control course (Advanced)

      Pacific Open Learning Health Net
      Feb 2019
      View certificate certificate

    • Geographic Information System - GIS

      Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium
      May 2017