Dr Padovese is the leading clinician at the GU clinic in Malta. Her main clinical and research
interest is skin and sexual health in vulnerable groups. She took part in numerous EU funded
projects addressing sexual health needs in hard to reach populations, and she collaborates with
WHO on implementation and evaluation of STI POCTs. Dr Padovese is ILDS Special Advisor on
migrants’ health, STIs and HIV, WHO Technical Advisor for Capacity Building on Health and
Migration, Associated Editor of the British Journal of Dermatology and President of IUSTI Europe
2023. She co-founded an international NGO, Bridges2Health&Rights operating in the broad
areas of health and rights and at the intersections of disciplines such as medicine, law and
criminology.