Prof Borisch is a global public health expert. She has a long experience in collaborating with international organizations, both at the UN level as well as at the European level. She also serves in different functions in the NGO sphere, such as President of Europa Donna, CEO of the World Federation of Public Health Associations and board member of several other Public Health organizations. As civil society worker she focusses on strengthening the multilateral system and its organizations as well as the putting the voice of underserved high on the agenda. She has a longstanding experience interacting with both European and global organizations.

She is a professor em. of Public Health at the Institute of Global Health, Medical Faculty, University of Geneva. A medical doctor by training she first specialized in clinical pathology and was the director of the Institute of Clinical Pathology, University of Geneva before orienting her work to Public Health. Her research interests include gender health, health systems, universal health coverage and health governance. In her life as a histopathologist, she was involved in cancer research with an emphasis on Non-Hodgkin-Lymphomas and other neoplastic lesions such as breast cancer. This led to up to her public health work in breast cancer screening, early diagnosis and treatment. More recently she focusses on data, AI and Public Health.