Alessia Melegaro
Full Professor

Biography
Recent Publications
- 2026
Beyond binary: a machine-learning classification of childhood COVID-19 vaccination intentions using behavioural data
CHIAVENNA, C., L. P. LEONE, P. PIN, M. CUCCINIELLO, A. MELEGARO, "Beyond binary: a machine-learning classification of childhood COVID-19 vaccination intentions using behavioural data", Population Health Metrics, 2026, vol. 24, no. 8 - 2026
Democracy, Trust, and Political Orientation: Disentangling Mechanisms Shaping Individuals’ Vaccine Attitudes
ANTONINI, M., R. SINGH, A. MELEGARO, A. TORBICA, J. K. WARD, C. BERARDI, K. ATTWELL, A. KELLNER, E. FEIRING, T. P. HAGEN, M. GENIE, L. MURAUSKIENĖ, N. MCGREGOR, A. R. SEQUEIRA, D. YANG, F. PAOLUCCI, "Democracy, Trust, and Political Orientation: Disentangling Mechanisms Shaping Individuals’ Vaccine Attitudes", Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, 2026, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 45-82 - 2025
Are we ready for the next pandemic? Public preferences and trade-offs between vaccine characteristics and societal restrictions across 21 countries
ANTONINI, M., M. G. GENIE, K. ATTWELL, A. E. ATTEMA, J. K. WARD, A. MELEGARO, A. TORBICA, B. KELLY, C. BERARDI, A. R. SEQUEIRA, N. MCGREGOR, A. KELLNER, S. BRAMMLI-GREENBERG, M. HINWOOD, L. MURAUSKIENĖ, D. BEHMANE, Z. J. BALOGH, T. P. HAGEN, F. PAOLUCCI, "Are we ready for the next pandemic? Public preferences and trade-offs between vaccine characteristics and societal restrictions across 21 countries", Social Science & Medicine, 2025, vol. 366, pp. 117687 - 2025
Characterizing social behavior relevant for infectious disease transmission in four low- and middle-income countries, 2021-2023
NELSON, K. N., M. C. KITI, M. SHIIBA, C. SACOOR, A. BARDAJÍ, I. MACICAME, E. JAMISSE, C. TCHAVANA, A. JOSÉ, N. CAVELE, H. MALDONADO, C. JARQUIN, H. M. AJSIVINAC, V. RAGHAVA, P. SAMUEL, R. SRINIVASAN, M. KAZI, R. ALLANA, S. S. KIM, P. V. PRASAD, D. CHEN, C. LIU, S. M. JENNESS, N. AHMED, O. AGUOLU, M. A. SUNDARAM, I. YILDIRIM, F. MALIK, A. MELEGARO, B. A. LOPMAN, S. B. OMER, "Characterizing social behavior relevant for infectious disease transmission in four low- and middle-income countries, 2021-2023", Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, no. 1 - 2025
Mapping inequities in global vaccine sentiment research
BALSAMO, D., V. OFFEDDU, Z. AGHAMOHAMMADI, C. CHIAVENNA, L. P. LEONE, E. D’AGNESE, D. SHARMA, A. TORBICA, S. SHAYEGH, J. ANDREU-PEREZ, A. MELEGARO, "Mapping inequities in global vaccine sentiment research", BMJ Global Health, 2025, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. e018587 - 2025
Social Contact Patterns in Rural and Urban Settings, Mozambique, 2021–2022
KITI, M. C., C. SACOOR, O. G. AGUOLU, A. ZELAYA, H. CHEN, S. S. KIM, N. CAVELE, E. JAMISSE, C. TCHAVANA, A. JOSE, I. MACICAME, O. JOAQUIM, N. AHMED, C. Y. LIU, I. YILDIRIM, K. NELSON, S. M. JENNESS, H. MALDONADO, M. KAZI, R. SRINIVASAN, V. R. MOHAN, A. MELEGARO, F. MALIK, A. BARDAJI, S. B. OMER, B. LOPMAN, "Social Contact Patterns in Rural and Urban Settings, Mozambique, 2021–2022", Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2025, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 94-103
Grants & Honors
Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2022

