Lapo Mughini-Gras (DVM PhD) is epidemiologist and senior scientific advisor for One Health risk analysis at the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), and associate professor of food safety and public health at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS) of Utrecht University.

His main research interests are the epidemiology of foodborne and zoonotic infections, as well as antimicrobial resistance, at the human-animal-environment interface (One Health approach). He is particularly interested in developing models and conducting analyses to understand the sources, transmission routes and (health and socioeconomic) consequences of these infections, to assess their burden and identify priorities for interventions. His research aims at improving public, animal and environmental health by providing a quantitative, risk-based evidence base that binds science to (data-driven) policy making.

After graduating with honours in veterinary medicine from Bologna University, Italy (2008), he worked for one year as pest manager in training at Bologna City Council. This was followed by a PhD (2010-2013) in epidemiology at the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS). In 2015, he completed a 3-year post-graduate veterinary specialization in livestock health and production at Perugia University, Italy. During 2013-2019 (intermittently), he worked as epidemiology consultant (distance-work) for the Regional Veterinary Institute of North-East Italy (IZSVe). He moved to the Netherlands in 2013 to join the RIVM and Utrecht University. He is a registered veterinarian in the Netherlands (CIBG 670383) and KNMvD member. 

Besides research, he is engaged in different teaching activities, as well as supervising PhD students, junior researchers, and trainees. He is often deputed as member of various expert/working groups at the national and international level. He is bilingual Italian and Spanish, and fluent in English, Dutch and French. Since 2010, he has (co)authored over 140 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and books.

Dr. Lapo Mughini Gras' publication list and projects can be found in the next page.