Rosa Castro joined EURORDIS in 2025 as Public Affairs Director.
She supports the organisation’s public affairs strategy to advance policies that improve access to treatments for people living with rare diseases across Europe, working to address existing barriers and promote fairer, more coordinated access to therapies across EU Member States.
She brings extensive experience in European health policy in academic research, teaching, advocacy and consultancy, where she has worked at the intersection of law, health, and innovation, with a focus on access to medicines.
Rosa has a master’s and PhD in law and economics and an MA in Bioethics and Science. She was a postdoc fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and at Duke University in NC, USA.
A native Spanish speaker, she is fluent in English and Italian and has working knowledge of French.
Email: rosa.castro@eurordis.org