Maurizia Mezza

Discipline : Anthropology, STS

Email: mauriziamezza@gmail.com

Organisation: Aarhus University; University of Amsterdam

Your work (vaccine-related): Maurizia Mezza is a medical anthropologist working at the intersection of medical anthropology, STS, and global health. Her research examines how scientific evidence is produced in vaccine pharmacovigilance, with particular attention to vaccine safety, gender, and epistemic justice. In her PhD, completed at the University of Amsterdam, she studied how post-immunization symptoms become recognized—or fail to become recognized—as vaccine side effects. Her work has focused on HPV vaccine controversies in Colombia and menstrual disorders following COVID-19 vaccination, exploring how experiences of harm circulate across patients, health professionals, regulatory systems, and public debate. She is especially interested in how social inequalities shape credibility, visibility, and recognition in vaccine safety monitoring. Maurizia currently works at the University of Amsterdam and as a postdoctoral researcher at Aarhus University, where she is developing research on antimicrobial resistance and pharmaceutical innovation. Her work combines ethnographic, feminist STS, and decolonial approaches, with a strong interest in interdisciplinary and participatory methods.

Personal Web pages: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurizia-mezza-b4759310a/