Ardele is an epidemiologist and public health researcher with a focus on HIV and non-communicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ardele joined the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, in 2023 as a PhD candidate in Epidemiology and Health Sciences; her doctoral work examines arterial hypertension epidemiology and management outcomes, and vascular health among people living with and without HIV. She currently supports multi-country projects within the IeDEA network on HIV and comorbidities. She holds an MSc in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.