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Mrs. Irene Deltetto | Women’s Health | Best Researcher Award 

Mrs. Irene Deltetto | HTAnalysts | Australia

Mrs. Irene Deltetto is a healthcare strategist and public health professional with extensive experience in health economics, policy, and innovation. She holds a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Sydney, Australia, and a Master of Science in Economics and Management of Public Administrations and International Organisations, as well as a Bachelor in International Economics and Management from Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy. She also completed Social Value and SROI training with Social Ventures Australia in 2019. Currently serving as the Director of Healthcare Strategy & Innovation at HTAnalysts, she leads initiatives in healthcare strategy, value creation, and impact evaluation while mentoring senior staff and promoting a values-driven culture. Her professional journey spans roles of increasing responsibility at HTAnalysts from Senior Consultant to Director where she has developed expertise in health economics, outcomes research, and social return on investment. Previously, she worked as a Life Sciences Consultant at Ernst & Young in Milan, contributing to EMA submissions, cost-utility models, and innovative therapy evaluations. Her earlier experience includes research and advocacy roles with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva, where she focused on maternal and child health. Irene’s therapeutic expertise covers women’s health, oncology, cardiovascular, rare diseases, and medical devices. She has been actively engaged with the Starlight Children’s Foundation as a board observer and volunteer, and has contributed to community health initiatives in Cameroon. An advocate for gender equity and women’s leadership in healthcare, she has presented at ISPOR International and other industry forums. Her academic and professional work has resulted in around 10 publications, over 200 citations, and an h-index of 8, reflecting her impactful contributions to healthcare value and innovation.

Profiles: Scopus | Orcid | Staff Page

Featured Publications

Deltetto, F., Deltetto, I., Giannantoni, A., Jorgensen, M., Landi, S., Manni, M., Marcato, L., Mirabella, D., Libretti, A., & Remorgida, V. (2025). Perioperative complications in the primary vaginal mesh surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. Surgeries, 6(4), 89.

Holcomb, M., De Raeve, L., Ramos Macías, Á., Jorgensen, M., Taylor, A. E., Deltetto, I., & Taylor, C. (2025). Hearing the call for change: Developing ‘living’ guidelines for the cochlear implantation process. The Hearing Journal, 78(7), 16–21.

Crowther, J., Hoek, A. C., Trieu, K., Denham, I., Deltetto, I., Balaguer-Mercado, A., Bullen, J. D., Kissock, K., Patay, D., & Rosewarne, E., et al. (2025). Stakeholder perspectives on scaling up potassium-enriched salt to reduce cardiovascular disease in Australia: A qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 25, 3717.

Crowther, J., Bullen, J. D., Balaguer-Mercado, A., Wong Pan, R., Deltetto, I., Kissock, K., Hastings, B., Hoek, A. C., Webster, J., & Neal, B., et al. (2025). Increasing potassium-enriched salt use in Australia—Understanding the salt supply chain. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 84(2), 146–156.

Denham, I., Maurin, R., Deltetto, I., Mikolaizak, A. S., Waern, J. B., & Taylor, C. (2024). Levodopa-based device-aided therapies for the treatment of advanced Parkinson’s disease: A social return on investment analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1351808.

Ramos-Macías, Á., De Raeve, L., Holcomb, M., Connor, E., Taylor, A., Deltetto, I., & Taylor, C. (2023). Strategies for the implementation of the living guidelines for cochlear implantation in adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1272437.

Maurin, R., Deltetto, I., Keay, L., Huang-Lung, J., & Taylor, C. (2023). Feasibility of providing collaborative glaucoma care from a community optometry perspective: A mixed-methods assessment. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 106(2), 202–212.

Altaf, N., Ariyaratne, T. V., Peacock, A., Deltetto, I., El-Hoss, J., Thomas, S., Taylor, C., & Mwipatayi, B. P. (2021). A budget impact model for the use of drug-eluting stents in patients with symptomatic lower-limb peripheral arterial disease: An Australian perspective. CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology, 44(6), 914–923.

Irene Deltetto | Women’s Health | Best Researcher Award

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