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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 information on upcoming engagements/presentations as well as a short list of sample conferences, universities and organizations where she has been speaking.

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Upcoming Engagements/ Presentations

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Science Summit, UNGA80, New York, NY, United States. Artificial Intelligence for Global Health: Pathways from the Unknown into the Realms of Health Innovation, Equity, and Ethics [Role: Invited Panelist - online panel]

Monday, October 6, 2025. International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH 2025), Ottawa Ontario, Canada. Advocating for Health Equity: Strategies for Action [Role: Lead Workshop Presenter/Facilitator]

Tuesday, October 7, 2025. International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH 2025), Ottawa Ontario, Canada
. Measuring trust across different dimensions and drivers: a working model and prescription for systems change [Role: Presenter/Panelist]

Thursday, October 23, 2025. Italian Association for Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (Società Italiana di Igiene, Medicina Preventiva e Sanità Pubblica, SItI), Annual Conference, B0logna, Italy. Disinformation and Health: Challenges and Opportunities for Effective Communication. The Role of Operators, the Media, and Institutions [Role: Invited Presenter]

Sunday, November 3, 2025. American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, United States. Health Communication in Precarious Times: Reflections, Realities and Resilience — An Expert Discussion [Role: Invited Panelist]

Tuesday, November 5, 2025. American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, United States. Public Health Film Festival Feature Session: Environmental Injustice; Health, Land, and Resistance [Role: Moderator]

SAMPLE RECORDED WEBINARS, LECTURES, PODCASTS, AND PROGRAMS 
  • Region 2 Public Health Training Center.  Webinar: Challenging Misinformation: Exploring Equity and Community-Driven Strategies
  • The Healthcare Confidential Podcast, Helium Radio Network. The "Infodemic" with Renata Schiavo
  • Health Communication Partners, 10 Minutes to Better Health Communication Podcast. Health Equity in Health Communication
  • ReachMD. Online program: "Not Just a Pandemic: Why COVID-19 Is a Health Equity Issue." 
  • Region 2 Public Health Training Center.  Webinar: ​"COVID19: Using a Health Equity and Human Rights Lens to Protect Vulnerable Populations during this Pandemic and Beyond." ​
  • Sage Podcasts. Podcast for Global Health Promotion. Online podcast. "​Key experiences of community engagement and social mobilization in the Ebola response"

Select Presentations, Lectures and Workshops - Past Engagements

In alphabetical order
  • Academy of Professionalism in Healthcare
  • 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 Children's 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
  • ​Kenyatta University
  • 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 British Academy
  • 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 Essex
  • 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
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