Paolo Bonanni is Professor of Hygiene and Public Health at the University of Florence, Italy. He has been a member of the National Vaccination Commission of the Italian Ministry of Health and of the WHO European Technical Advisory Group of Experts on vaccine-related issues. He acts as expert consultant for the ECDC, collaborating on the preparation of Guidance documents, and is currently adviser on the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board. He is Director of the Post‐Graduate Course on 'Vaccines and Vaccination Strategies’, now in its 21st edition, attended by about 700 HCPs involved in vaccination from all over Italy. He received several grants from the Italian Ministry of Public Education on vaccine‐preventable infection projects and was responsible for a research unit in 4 EU‐funded projects: ANTRES (antibiotic resistance in Latin America), EURO‐HEPNET (network for surveillance of vaccine‐preventable hepatitis), VACSATC (vaccine safety, attitudes and training), EURO-HEP SCREEN (screening practices, counselling, referral and treatment for hepatitis B and C in migrants). He is currently responsible for a research unit of the EU-Innovative Medicines Initiative, Project DRIVE (Development of Robust and Innovative Vaccine Effectiveness for influenza immunization). He has authored and co‐authored more than 250 scientific papers published in international and national journals.