2022 journal article
From Open Access to Circular Health: Ilaria Capua’s Journey through Science and Politics
Viruses.
MeSH headings : Access to Information; Animals; Awards and Prizes; Female; Humans; Information Dissemination; Politics
TL;DR:
This paper highlights the career of an exceptional woman virologist, Dr. Ilaria Capua, and describes how she became the long-term champion of “Open Access” and “Data Sharing” for virus genetic sequences and introduces her new concept of ”Circular Health”, where health becomes a circular system that represents a central and vital connection hub between humans and nature.
(via Semantic Scholar)
open access via www.mdpi.com (publisher PDF)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
5. Gender Equality
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2022
This paper highlights the career of an exceptional woman virologist, Dr. Ilaria Capua. It recollects her major achievements, awards and noteworthy events that have shaped her scientific and political career. It retraces Dr. Capua’s major contributions to the study of viral zoonoses, in particular influenza virus, and her strong commitment to an open, more ethical science at the service of society in its broadest sense. It describes how she became the long-term champion of “Open Access” and “Data Sharing” for virus genetic sequences and introduces her new concept of “Circular Health”, where health becomes a circular system that represents a central and vital connection hub between humans and nature. This paper features Dr. Capua’s value as a role model for young women scientists and their empowerment.