Background
Lepora, Chiara was born on April 13, 1975 in Vercelli, Piemonte, Italy. Daughter of Paolo Maria Lepora and Ada Ida Teresa Maria Fumagalli.
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Chiara Lepora, Italian physician, researcher. Achievements include research in ethical dilemma, complicity and its conceptual cousins, ethical considerations for sex reassignment surgery & ethics of nutrition research in malnourished population; development of interactive tutorial for the management of sexual violence in conflict context. Nominee Academy award; Postdoctoral fellowship, National Institutes of Health, 2008.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, University Pavia-Lisboa University, Italy, 2000. Master of Science in Tropical Medicine and International Health, London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2004. Diploma in Tropical Medicine, London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2004.
Career
Toxicologist Anti-poison Center-Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy, 2001—2002. General practitioner Regional Health Department, Piemonte, Italy, 2002—2003. Field physician Medecins Sans Frontieres, Doctors Without Borders, Huambo, Angola, Kivu - Katanga -, Republic of the Congo, 2002—2005.
Woman's health coordinator Medecins Sans Frontieres, Doctors Without Borders, West Darfur, Sudan, 2004—2005, head mission, medical coordinator Monrovia, Liberia, 2005—2006. Emergency coordinator Medecins Sans Frontieres, Doctors Without Borders, Mogadishu-Jamame-Mogadischu-Jamame, Samoli Aweil, South Sudan Doba, Chad Ngaoundéré, Cameroun, Somalia, 2006—2008.
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Membership
Associate Medecins Sans Frontieres, Doctors Without Borders, Paris-Rome-New York, 2002—2008. Fellow: New Leaders Ethics and International Affairs (new leader 2009-2010).
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Life partner Benoit Leduc.
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