Robyn Freiheit
Junior Projects Manager, European Connected Health Alliance Group
Robyn Freiheit (Bachelor in Kinesiology, Master in Public Health) is a Canadian-Portuguese dual citizen, with international, interdisciplinary experience in project management, marketing and communications strategy.
In 2021, she was accepted as a participant in the University of Copenhagen’s “Global Health Case Challenge” competition, focusing on maternal health in overstretched and under-resourced health systems during the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2022, her research on food insecurity in the Azores islands (an EU outermost region) was selected to be presented at the EU Public Health Conference in Berlin. She is also an active member of the Policies and Health Lab at the University of Porto, Institute of Public Health (ISPUP).
Her public health interests include food insecurity, health policy, health promotion, and the application of social entrepreneurship and/or social change marketing to promote sustainable development. A creative and equally analytical thinker with a ‘can-do’ attitude, Robyn relishes opportunities to combine her diverse interests and experiences to make a positive impact in the world we live in.