Sergio Brusin is the former Principal Expert Response and Emergency Operations at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.[1][2][3][4] He developed the ECDC infectious disease risk assessment methodology that is used by ECDC and other public health institutions in assessing the risk posed by communicable disease events.[5] He advocated for far fewer travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic recommending to concentrate the response efforts to stricter domestic control measures strongly enforced.[6][7]
He is currently the Head of the MedCOI Sector[8] at the European Asylum Support Office