Rosa Castro is a Senior Advocacy Officer at global health NGO, DSW. She has over 10 years of experience in academia and as policy expert in EU health policy, including at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), and the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM).

She has a law degree, LL.M. and PhD in European Law and Economics and an MA in Bioethics and Science Policy. She was a postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute, and at Duke University, USA, and has lectured on intellectual property and international health law.