Elien De Paepe has a Master in Medicine and a Master in Global Health. Inspired by Global Health challenges and with a specific interest in Sexual and Reproductive Health, she has the ambition to contribute to research that is contextually relevant and useful for policy makers. Currently, she is a doctoral student working on the Horizon 2020 project CHILI which focuses on the implementation of HPV-based cervical cancer screening in Uganda, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Cambodia.