Short Biography
Dr. sc. Enriqueta Vallejo-Yagüe is a pharmacist, pharmacoepidemiologist and clinical researcher, with experience spanning academia, industry, advocacy and policy. She currently works as Postdoctoral Researcher and Strategy Lead at the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Registry (SMSR) at EBPI.
Her research focuses on enhancing person-centred care through health equity and bridging the sex/gender health gap, with special attention to chronic non-communicable diseases. Her expertise encompasses real-world evidence, randomized controlled trials, drug research and development, advocacy, and education.
She holds a pharmacy degree (master equivalent) from the Complutense University of Madrid, and trained at the Careggi University Hospital, Florence. After 6-7 years conducting drug and medical devices research and development in the industry (Germany), she undertook a Master in Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance by the University of Alcala, and conducted the master thesis at the Twente Medical School (MST Hospital), The Netherlands. She gained her doctoral degree in pharmacoepidemiology at ETH Zurich, under the supervision of Prof. Andrea M. Burden (2022). Her doctoral research focused on developing real-world evidence on immune mediated diseases, with attention to obesity and sex. During her time at ETH, she funded Wall of Scientists (www.wallofscientists.com), together with Fatma Abdi and Oliver Walker, and the project was awarded the 2022 ETH Diversity Award. Afterwards, at University of Bern, she was Team Lead and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM). There she was clinical trial coordinator and project manager of the SNF-funded DROPIT Trial, conducted self-driven research on health equity, and led the enhancement of sex/gender in the Master’s of Pharmacy.
At EBPI, she works on the NRP83 SNF-funded project titled “Gender & Life Course in Multiple Sclerosis (GeLiCo-MS): A gender-based life course perspective to improve health determinants and disease management”.
As SMSR Strategy Lead, she guides developments in data infrastructure to improve accessibility, interoperability, and reusability, while also fostering research scientific exchange, peer support, and internal coalition and synergies.
She teaches gender pharmacology, and she actively contributes to enhancing health equity through different associations and policy institutions.
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cvZ9cGYAAAAJ&hl=en
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Enriqueta-Vallejo-Yaguee