EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
May 2021 – Now | Women in Global Health (WGH) – Chapter Spain
Oversee team governance and internal processes to ensure respect, trust, transparency, and psychological safety. Promoted inclusivity and feminist leadership principles across the organisation.
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Oct 2021 – June 2023 | Decolonizing Global Health – KI Sweden
Coordinated a student-led movement aimed at raising awareness and challenging colonial and neo-colonial practices in global health education and practice among students, faculty, and the wider public.
TEAM COORDINATOR
Nov 2020 – Oct 2022 | Partnerships Coordinator at Global Health Next Generation Network (GHNGN)
Managed relationships with existing partners and identified new strategic collaborations. Coordinated the Partnerships team to strengthen and expand institutional alliances.
EXTERNAL COLLABORATOR
Jun 2020 – Oct 2020 & July 2021 | Member of the WHO GAP Research Working Group on Climate Change & Health
Categorisation of more than 7000 articles in regard to climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies to build up new data for a WHO Report on Climate Change & Health Research.
Climate change and health research: Current trends, gaps and perspectives for the future
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER
Sept 2016 – Oct 2020 | Multiple leadership roles within IFMSA & AECS
Held multiple national, regional, and international leadership roles, including International Public Health Development Assistant and European Regional Chairperson. Led global health advocacy initiatives, facilitated workshops, and delivered leadership training, accumulating over 150 hours of capacity-building sessions on public health, health equity, and leadership across international settings (including Taiwan, Rwanda, Portugal, Greece, Russia, and Slovenia).
- AECS (Health Sciences Students Association of Catalonia & Balearic Islands)
- IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students’ Association)
EXTERNAL REVIEWER
Jun 2020 | WHO School Health Services Guidelines
Contributed to the development of WHO guidelines providing evidence-based recommendations to national governments and stakeholders on comprehensive school health services involving health workers.
EXTERNAL COLLABORATOR
Jul 2019 – Dec 2019 | Collaboration with the Childhood & Environment program, ISGlobal
Participated in research examining the association between poly-environmental exposure scores and sub-clinical psychotic risk in children from the HELIX cohort, comprising six European birth cohorts.
EXTERNAL COLLABORATOR
Feb 2019 – Jul 2019 | Collaboration with the Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS – EMCONET), UPF
Contributed to research assessing employment conditions and social determinants of health across neighbourhoods in Barcelona.
VOLUNTEER
April 2017 – April 2019 | Volunteering activities in the refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria
Founding member and secretary of Zaura: Health Sciences Students for Western Sahara.
Blanca Paniello-Castillo 