Vincenzo Atella is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” where he has also held key academic leadership roles, including Director of the Department of Economics and Finance and Director of the Centre for Economic and International Studies (CEIS). He is also Adjunct Affiliate at CHP/PCOR (Center for Health Policy), Stanford University. Currently, he serves as Vice President of the GRINS Foundation (Growing Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable), one of the research partnerships selected under Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). Between 2017 and 2020, he was elected President of the Italian Health Economics Association (AIES), underscoring his leadership and influence in the field. In addition to his academic responsibilities, he has played a significant role in public policy and institutional governance, having served as Chief Executive Officer of SOSE S.p.A., a company jointly owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Bank of Italy, dedicated to supporting public finance and fiscal federalism through technical and analytical services. Throughout his career, Professor Atella has been deeply involved in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of public policy, offering his expertise as a consultant to several leading international (OECD, EC, the World Bank, and the WHO) and national (AIFA, ISS, AGENAS, SIMG) organizations. His scholarly work bridges theoretical research and applied policy analysis, contributing to a deeper understanding of the structural, financial, and technological challenges facing modern healthcare systems. He has published extensively in top-tier international journals and in several books. The two most recent are The COVID-19 Disruption and the Global Health Challenge, co-authored with Pasquale L. Scandizzo and published by Academic Press in 2023, which offers an in-depth examination of the structural vulnerabilities in global health systems revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic and L’emergenza COVID e il nuovo mondo che verrà, co-authored with Joanna Kopinska and Andrea Piano Mortari and published by EGEA in 2021, where he discusses the societal transformations triggered by the pandemic and explores future policy directions. His most recent research projects reflect his continued engagement with pressing public health issues. He serves as national principal investigator for several major competitive European and national research initiatives. These include STAGE, a Horizon Europe project launched in 2023 focusing on person-centered care for ageing populations with multimorbidity; OBELISK, a Horizon 2020 project tackling childhood obesity through a life-course prevention approach; LONGITOOLS which explore how environmental and lifestyle factors influence long-term health trajectories for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases; and two Italian PNRR-funded initiatives—DARE, which focuses on digital lifelong prevention, and GRINS, which aims to promote resilient, inclusive, and sustainable health systems.