Dean, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, United States.
Dr. Francisco Becerra
Regional Adviser, Global Health Consortium at Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University. Former Assistant Director, PAHO. Mexico.
Dr. María Elena Bottazzi
Associate Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, United States.
Dr. Peter Hotez
Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, United States.
Dr. Carlos Espinal
Director, Global Health Consortium, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, United States.
Dra. Maria Luisa Avila
Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, National Children’s Hospital “Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera,” Costa Rica.
Dr. Roberto Debbag
Vice President, Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SLIPE). Board Member, World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID), Argentina.
Dr. Roberto Tapias
Professor, School of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.
Dr. Fernando Ruiz
Minster of Health and Social Protection, Colombia
Dr. Martha Ospina
Director, National Institute of Health, Colombia
Dra. Cristina Palacio
Associate Professor, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work
Dr. Mario De la Rosa
Endowed University Professor in Health Equity; Professor, School of Social Work; Professor, College of Medicine; Director, Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work
Dr. Roberto Lucchini
Professor, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work
Dr. Alfonso Rodríguez
President, Colombian Association of Infectology – ACIN. Vice President, Latin American Society of Travel Medicine – SLAMBI
Dra. María Virginia Villegas
Adjunct Faculty and Scientific Director, Universidad El Bosque
Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury
Chair (designate), Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University
Dr. Alejandro Gaviria
Civil Engineer, Master and Doctor in Economics. Former Minister of Health and Social Protection. Former Deputy Director of the National Planning Department. Former Director Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
Dr. Wilfrido Coronel
Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist in Tropical Medicine. Professor at the Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia. Member of SCP and SLIPE.
Dra. Marcela Fama
Pediatrician. President, Sociedad Colombiana de Pediatría. Vice President, Asociación Latinoamericana de Pediatría, Colombia.
Dr. Hernando A. Villamizar
Pediatrician and Neonatologist. Former President, Sociedad Colombiana de Pediatría and Asociación Latinoamericana de Pediatría, Colombia
Dr. Juan Fernando Gómez
Pediatrician. Professor, the Universidad de Antioquia. Former President, Sociedad Colombiana de Pediatría. Director of the Parenting and Health Program, Sociedad Colombiana de Pediatría, Colombia.
Dr. Carlos Torres
Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist. Specialized in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics. Professor, El Bosque University, Bogota, Colombia. Member of the Slipe and SCP Vaccine Committee. Consultant. Speaker.
Dr. Camilo Gutiérrez
Specialist in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor o Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, and Director of the Global Medicine Program of the Children’s National Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Division in Washington D.C.
Dr. Oscar Franco
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, ISPM University of Bern
Dr. Jurg Niederbacher
Physician and Surgeon, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Pediatrician, Central Military Hospital in Bogota.
Pediatric pulmonologist, Universidad el Bosque.
Faculty member and chief of the Pediatrics Department at Universidad Industrial de Santander.
Former president of the Colombian Association of Pediatric Pulmonology.
Member of the Colombian Society of Pediatrics.
Dra. Iliana Curiel
Director of Collective Health
District Secretary of Health in Bogota
Dr. Manuel Huertas
Pediatric Cardiologist at the Fundación Cardioinfantil - Instituto de Cardiología.
Master’s degree in Pediatric Cardiology from Universidad de Barcelona, Spain.
Faculty at Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Universidad del Rosario.
Specialist in Higher Education.
President of the Pediatric Cardiology Chapter of the Colombian Society of Cardiology and of the Congenital Heart Disease Council of the Inter-American Society of Cardiology (SIAC).
Dr. Harry Pachajoa
Geneticist physician. President of the Colombian Society of Human Genetics. Lead Researcher of the Center for Congenital Abnormalities and Rare Diseases (CIACER). Faculty of the Health Sciences School of the University Icesi.
Dr. Francisco Cajiao
Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Universidad Javeriana. Master’s degree in Economics from Universidad de los Andes. Advisor to the Ministry of National Education.
Dr. Jorge Cabana
Pediatrician. Consultant in Pediatrics and Neonatology. Former president of the Argentine Society of Pediatrics.
Dra. Ángela García
Pediatrician. Specialist in Child Abuse Prevention. Master’s degree in childhood needs, rights and cooperation. Coordinator, Social Pediatrics Unit at the Hospital Universitario del Valle. Professor, Universidad del Valle.
Dr. Jorge Osorio
President and Founder of VaxThera. Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin where he studied emerging viral diseases.
Dra. Laura Galvis
Pediatrician specializing in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Clinical Simulation at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children in Canada. Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, focusing on improving the quality and safety of the patient. Professor of Medicine and Postgraduate Pediatrics at Icesi University. Chief Medical Officer of the Pediatric Emergency Service of the Valle del Lili Foundation in Cali, Colombia.
Dr. Jarbas Barbosa
Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
In his extensive career in Public Health that began in Brazil, Dr. Barbosa has been President of the Executive Committee of PAHO, Director-President of the Brazilian Health Regulatory Body (ANVISA), Vice Minister of Sanitary Surveillance and Vice Minister of Science, Technology and Strategic Supplies of the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
Dra. Diana Castañeda
Social worker, specialist in Human Rights and IHL, specialist in social management, Master in family counseling and management of family-oriented programs, Promotion and Prevention Coordinator of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Colombia.
Dra. Yvonne A. Maldonado
Taube Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Population Health
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Global Child Health
Department of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Dr. Angus Thomson
Senior Social Scientist: Demand for Immunization, Health Section, UNICEF,
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Communication Studies & Global
Health Communication Center, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, USA. He is currently spearheading the Vaccination Demand Observatory, a global collaboration initially focused on vaccine misinformation.
Dra. María Elena Villar
Associate professor of the Department of Communication and Co-Director of Steven Cruz Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology at Florida International University.
Dra. Flor Muñoz Rivas
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Infectious Disease at Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas, US
Dr. Javier González del Rey
Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Chair for Education, Designated Institutional Officer (DIO)
Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Dra. Viviana Pavicich
Pediatrician - Pediatric Emergency, Head of the Emergency Department. Hospital General Pediátrico Niños de Acosta Ñu, Professor of Pediatrics and Postgraduate Coordinator of Pediatric Emergencies and Emergencies, Private University of the Pacific / Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare
Dr. Camilo E. Gutiérrez
Director, Global Health Programs, Emergency Medicine & Trauma Center | Children's National Hospital, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine
