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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Harvard University Health Systems Innovation Lab

Senior Associate

Boston, MA,

08/2022–Present

  • Responsible for developing a report on High-Value Health Systems of members of The G20 in coordination with the Global Innovation Hub for Improving Value in Health. 
  • Coordinate the second phase of the Integrated Cancer Control Initiative in Latin America supported by the Union or International Cancer Control (UICC) and Novartis. Responsible for developing a partner network to improve cancer prevention and treatment innovation in Colombia, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Dept. of Global Health and Population

Visiting Scientist

Boston, MA,

05/2020–Present

  • Researcher at the Takemi Program in International Health for Profs. Michael Reich, and Jesse Bump.
  • Support the Chagas Disease Working Group that meets every year in the Rethinking Chagas Workshop hosted by Harvard University.
  • Manage the communication strategy of the Takemi Program in International Health and the Health Systems & Reform Journal.

Center of Studies on Law, Justice and Society -Dejusticia-

Leading Researcher

Bogotá, Colombia 02/2019–05/2021

  • Coordinated a grant from the Global Road Safety Partnership to design a strategy to promote vehicle safety policies in Colombia, specifically related to the need for adhering to the UN World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations.
  • Researched mechanism to promote a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, stricter regulation on food marketing and advertisement targeted to children, school environment free of junk food and better food labeling policies in Colombia.
  • Edited a published series of working documents in response to the situation of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, seeking to understand the referents of the situation and its effects on civil society from a human rights perspective.  

World Health Organization – WHO Kobe Centre for Health Development

Graduate Intern

Kobe, Japan

07/2018–08/ 2018

  • Designed the initial concept of the WHO/WKC Knowledge Hub on Metrics and Monitoring for UHC in Aging Populations, a web platform for researchers and policymakers to learn about how countries define and measure essential health services, financial protection and care quality for aging populations.

Center for Global Development (CGD)

Global Health Intern

Washington, DC

05/2018–07/ 2018

  • Assisted a working paper on the role of Private Health Insurance to achieve Universal Health Coverage based on the cases of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa.

Universidad de los Andes, Public Health Law Clinic

Cofounder, Clinical Instructor

Bogotá, Colombia

01/2016–07/2017

  • Guided senior Law School students in advocating for regulatory and policy reforms through judicial and administrative actions to improve the environment and public health of Colombians, particularly for low-income communities.
  • Presented different interventions before the Colombian Constitutional Court related to access of medicines and pharmaceutical regulation, right to health of indigenous communities in Vaupés, and fetal tissue donation for research.

Ministry of Health and Social Protection – Republic of Colombia

Legal Consultant for the Director of Medicines and Health Technologies

Bogotá, Colombia

08/2014–12/2015

  • Formulated and reviewed public policy documents as a member of the technical working group of the National Commission on Pricing of Medicines and Medical Devices.
  • Provided legal assistance to the Director on two compulsory license procedures: Novartis’ Gleevec and DAAs hepatitis C drugs.
  • Led a project to develop mobile web applications with information of drug prices in the market and drugs regulated by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Oxfam International

  • Provided an executive situation analysis on the access to COVID-19 vaccine in Latin America and the Caribbean, including a description of the situation on vaccine acquisition and distribution in the region (2021).

Chr. Michelsen Institute and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Government

  • Redacted a country landscape report on falsified medicines in Colombia that include a series of recommendation to improve the public policy related to safe access to medicines (2022).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Universidad de los Andes School of Law, Bogotá, Colombia

  • Lecturer
    • Legal debates on global health ­­­– Undergraduate course, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
    • Global health, bioethics, and human rights ­­– Undergraduate course, Spring 2021
    • COVID-19, global health, and law ­– International Summer School, Graduate course, Summer 2020

Universidad del Rosario School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bogotá, Colombia

  • Lecturer
    • Trends in Global Health – Graduate course, Spring 2021.
    • Global Health and Non-Communicable Diseases – Graduate course, Fall 2021.