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Dr. Maria Carmen Punzi is a Post-Doctoral researcher, consultant and activist. Since 2017, she has bridged the academic, non-profit, and corporate worlds to champion menstrual health as a critical yet overlooked component of gender equality. She currently co-leads a funded research project on the ethics of AI-driven period and fertility tracking apps at the KIN center of the Vrij Universiteit Amsterdam. As an engaged researcher and science communicator, she actively translates research into advocacy and social change, contributing to public debates on Femtech, menstrual equity and reproductive rights. Her insights have been featured in national and international media, such as France24, Times Radio UK and AD.nl (Netherlands). Through her business, she bridges the gender health gap by consulting companies and policy makers (e.g. Gates Foundation, UN, PwC, Vodafone) on menstrual health, contraception and Femtech.
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Academic qualification
Management, PhD, The Business of Breaking Taboos: Social entrepreneurs as catalysts for change in menstrual health, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Award Date: 23 Jan 2026
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Mapping ethical concerns in algorithm-driven period and fertility tracking technologies
Punzi, M. C. & Thuis, T., May 2026, In: Contraception. 157, p. 1-6 6 p., 110837.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Analyzing the association between menstrual coitus and endometriosis’ pathogenesis: A narrative review
Cetera, G. E., Punzi, M. C., Merli, C. E. M. & Vercellini, P., Nov 2025, In: Women's Health. 21, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Rejecting the contraceptive pill. Times are changing faster than physicians’ minds: Gen Z’s pledge to be listened to
Cetera, G. E., Punzi, M. C. & Boero, V., 2025, In: European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care. 30, 6, p. 319-323Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment / Letter to the editor › Academic
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Menstrual products: culprits or bystanders in endometriosis and adenomyosis pathogenesis?
Cetera, G. E., Punzi, M. C., Merli, C. E. M. & Vercellini, P., Oct 2024, In: Archives of gynecology and obstetrics. 310, 4, p. 1823-1829 7 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Period Power: Organizational Stigma, Multimodality, and Social Entrepreneurship in the Menstrual Products Industry
Werner, M. D., Punzi, M. C. & Turkenburg, A. J. K., Jul 2024, In: Journal of Management Studies. 61, 5, p. 2137-2180 44 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Projects
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TKI SIDN: The responsibe design and use of AI-driven period and fertility tracking technologies (Femtech)
Thuis, T. (Project Researcher) & Punzi, M. C. (Project Researcher)
1/10/25 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
Prizes / Grants
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SIDN Fonds and TopSector ICT-Grant for project: Responsible Design and Use of AI-Driven Period and Fertility Tracking Technologies
Punzi, M. C. (Recipient) & Thuis, T. (Recipient), 2025
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
Press/Media
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Integrating ethics into AI algorithms of menstruation apps
29/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Een app kan nooit echt weten wat er in je lichaam gebeurt
25/03/25
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment