Ornella Corazza

Professor Ornella Corazza is Full Professor at the University of Trento (Italy) and the University of Hertfordshire (UK), leading multidisciplinary research on drugs and behavioral addictions. Her work has been published in over 300 peer-reviewed articles, books, policy reports, and featured in numerous invited lectures and media appearances. Her academic achievements have been recognized with multiple awards, including the prestigious 2024 Innovation and Change Award from the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health and the 2013 European Health Award. Professor Corazza is President of the International Society for the Study of Emerging Drugs (ISSED) and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health (Elsevier). Committed to public science, she leads international campaigns on addiction prevention and advises policy makers. She co-founded and chairs the Secretariat and Scientific Committee of the UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on “Emerging Drug and Online Behavioural Trends” and serves as an expert for the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and various international organizations. At the heart of her research lies the development of innovative, multidisciplinary strategies to overcome addictions in society, fostering international cooperation to generate a lasting global impact on public health and security.