A dynamic speaker and facilitator with speaking experience in a variety of U.S. and international settings, Dr. Schiavo is fluent in English, Italian, and Portuguese. Through her keynote speeches, presentations, workshops, and lectures she has been contributing to advancing health and social agendas, as well as educational, professional development, and community engagement objectives,  She writes and speaks on topics at the intersection of health equity, global health, medicine, healthcare, health systems, health and risk communication, social and behavior change (SBC), social and behavioral change communication (SBCC), community engagement, health policy, advocacy, multi-sectoral partnerships, social innovation, and international development.

Renata has been speaking at national and international conferences, universities, nonprofit organizations, community centers, government agencies, hospitals, companies, and many other settings. She has given scientific presentations and workshops in the United States, as well as in Angola, Argentina, Brazil, France, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Rwanda, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.  Below is a short list of sample conferences, universities and organizations where she has been speaking.

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Select Presentations, Lectures and Workshops

In alphabetical order
  • American Medical Writers Association Annual Conference
  • ​​American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting
  • American University, International Human Rights Week
  • APHA PHEHP Health Communication Working Group (HCWG) webinar series
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Equity Capacity Institute (HECI), Atlanta, GA
  • The College of New Jersey Brown Bag Lecture Series
  • Columbia University Center for Social Differences in Health
  • Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences
  • Cornell University, Sick in America event series
  • CUNY School of Public Health
  • CUNY Communication for Behavioral Impact (COMBI) Summer Institute
  • E-Communications and Online Marketing Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  • Ernst & Young/EY Public Health Experience Series: Domestic and Global Perspectives on Health Equity
  • ​Evoke KYNE
  • Health Equity, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 
  • Health Equity Initiative 2016 and 2018 Partnership Summit, New York, NY
  • Health Equity Initiative
  • Hope College Global Health Program, Interdisciplinary Learning Community Gathering
  • Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health  in Crises (IAWG), Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Meeting
  • International Conference on Knowledge, Technology and Society
  • International Society for Urban Health Annual Conference
  • International Union for Health Promotion and  Education (IUHPE)  World Conference on Health Promotion
  • Journal of Communication in Healthcare Roundtable Series
  • Lehman College, Bronx, NY
  • Maney Publishing webinar series
  • Metro Public Health Department, Nashville, TN
  • Middle East and North Africa 8th Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Monthly Meeting
  • Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital Ground Rounds,  Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics, and Adolescent Health Center
  • National Association of Medical Communicators (NAMC), Chicago, IL
  • ​National Institute of Health (NIH), Office of the Director, Division of  Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives.
  • National Institute of Health (NIH)/Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHS), Summit on the Science to Eliminate Health Disparities
  • New Jersey Public Health Association (NJPHA)
  • New Jersey Healthy Communities Network (NJHCN)
  • New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
  • New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY
  • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), Bureau of Epidemiology Services, New York, NY
  • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Communication and External Affairs, New York, NY
  • New York State Department of Health, Division of Legal Affairs, Albany, NY
  • New York University, Conversations in Global Public Health Event Series, New York, NY
  • New York University Global Public Health Action Network, New York, NY
  • New York University Retrospective of the American Public Health Association (APHA) Film Festival
  • NYU-WHO Annual Summer Institute on Integrated Marketing Communications for Behavioral Impact(IMC/COMBI) in Health and Social Development, New York University, New York, NY
  • Office of Minority Health Resource Center, DHHS Office of Minority Health
  • Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, FIOCRUZ- Brasilia, Brazil
  • Public Health Communication Club Guest Speaker Series, The College of New Jersey
  • Region 2 Public Health Training Center (PHTC)
  • Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Rome, Italy
  • Swedish Chamber of Commerce, NY, NY
  • Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Conference
  • Strategic Communication Resources Public Workshop Series
  • Sudler and Hennessey
  • Summit on Preconception Health and Care
  • Support Center for Non Profit Management, New York, NY
  • Sustainable Jersey Annual Summit
  • The American University of Rome, Italy
  • The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Brown Bag Series
  • UNICEF
  • ​University of Connecticut
  • University of Florence, Italy
  • University of Handwashing, Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for Global Handwashing, The World Bank
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Liverpool Institute for Risk and Uncertainty, United Kingdom
  • Vital Strategies, New York, NY
  • World Affairs Lecture Series, Diversity Week, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), SUNY
  • World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland
  • World Hepatitis Alliance Summit

Upcoming Engagements/
​Presentations

Tuesday, May 20, 2025.  Columbia University Children's Health.  Health in the Era of Social Media - What Physicians and Parents can do to Navigate this Moment in Time. [Role: Webinar Panelist]

Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Academy of Professionalism in Health Care. Trust Building in Different Contexts.  [Role: Symposium Chair]

Wednesday, June 25, 2025. The British Academy, University of Essex, and Kenyatta University.  Increasing Publications from the Global South: A Look at Strategies and Potential Topics. [Role: Workshop Speaker]
SAMPLE RECORDED WEBINARS, LECTURES, PODCASTS, AND PROGRAMS