Plenary Sessions
Speakers and Moderators
Dr. Ricardo Araya
Director, Centre for Global Mental Health, King’s College London and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Dr. Diana Azzam
Assistant Professor at Florida International University Co-Founder at First Ascent Biomedical, USA
Dr. Noël Barengo
Associate professor, Division of Medical and Population Health Sciences Education and Research
Dr. Manoel Barral
Senior Investigator at Fiocruz, Brazil
Dr. Francisco Becerra
Special Adviser, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU
Dr. Elizabeth Béjar
Provost, executive vice president and chief operating officer, FIU, USA
Dr. Oscar Bernal
Global and Public Health expert, University of the Andes, Colombia
Dr. Ietza Bojorquez
Mexico
Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury
Chair, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU
Dr. Alok Deoraj
Teaching Professor and Graduate Program Director (MPH-EHS) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, USA
Dr. Mario De la Rosa
Distinguished University Professor, Endowed University Professor in Health Equity, Director, Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse (CRUSADA), U.S.A.
Dr. Germán Esparza
International Advisor of Antimicrobial Resistance, PAHO/WHO, WDC
Dr. Carlos Espinal
Director, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU
Dr. Hermes Florez
Professor & Chair of Public Health Sciences, and Associate Dean for Population Health at Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Dr. Luiz Augusto Galvão
Senior Researcher, Fiocruz (Brazil)
Dr. Tomás R. Guilarte
Dean, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU
Dr. Gamaliel Gutiérrez
Doctor in Medicine, Epidemiologist, PAHO, Nicaragua/USA
Dr. Iván Felipe Gutiérrez
Head of Infectology Service, Colombia
Dr. Silvana Luciani
Unit Chief, Noncommunicable Diseases, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), U.S.A.
Dr. Kleber Luz
Pediatrician and Infectious Disease Specialist, Brazil
Dr. Aileen Marty
Professor and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Translational Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, U.S.A.
Dr. Keith Mintzer
Program Officer for Clinical Trials, USA
Dr. Gabriela Naranjo
Chair, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Infectious Diseases Service, Children National Hospital, Costa Rica
Dr. Leticia Nogueira
Scientific Director of Health Services Research American Cancer Society, USA
Dr. Cristina Palacios
Professor and Chair of the Department of Dietetics & Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Venezuela/USA
Dr. Vikram Patel
Paul Farmer Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Institution: Harvard Medical School, India/U.S.A.
Dr. Pablo Iván Pereira
Public Health Researcher, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil
Dr. Pilar Ramón-Pardo
Antimicrobial Resistance Special Program Lead, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), U.S.A.
Dr. Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
Senior Researcher in Tropical, Emerging and Parasitic Diseases, Colombia
Dr. Eugenio Rothe
Professor of Psychiatry & Founding Faculty Member. Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, U.S.A.
Dr. Byomkesh Talukder
Assistant Professor Global Health Department, FIU, U.S.A.
Dr. Natalia Trujillo
Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU
Dr. Enrique Vega
Unit Chief, Healthy Life Course Unit, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), U.S.A.
Dr. Taissa Vila
Editor In Chief at The Lancet Regional Health Americas, Brazil
Dr. María Virginia Villegas
Colombia
Dr. Jill Weatherhead
Baylor College of Medicine, USA
IMMUNIZATIONS EXPERT GROUP
Speakers & Moderators
Dr. Haliza Abdul Manaf
Medical Officer of Health at Ministry of Health Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Siti Khatijah Abdul Rahim
KP COMPUTING, INFORMATICS & MATHEMATICS, Maylasia
Dr. Piyada Angsuwatcharakon
Medical Physician (Professional Level), Vaccine Preventable Diseases Section, Division of Communicable Disease, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Dr. Edwin Asturias
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Guatemala
Dr. María Luisa Ávila Agüero
President, Latin American Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (SLIPE).Dr. Francisco Becerra
Special Adviser, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU
Dr. José Brea del Castillo
President of the Dominican Society of Vaccinology. President Latin American Society of Vaccinology, Dominican Republic
Dr. Pablo Bonvehí
Member of the PAHO/WHO Vaccine Technical Advisory Group (TAG) (2019-2024), Argentina
Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi
Associate Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. Sunate Chuenkitmongkol
Deputy Director Scientific Affair, Thailand
Dr. Wilfrido Coronell Rodríguez
Pediatra y especialista en enfermedades infecciosas. Doctor en Medicina Tropical. Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia
Dr. Roberto Debbag
Vice-President, Latin American Vaccinology Society (SLV)Dr. Carlos Espinal
Director, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU
Dr. Luiza Helena Falleiros Arlant
Pediatrician, Brazil
Dr. Eder Gatti
Doctor in public health. Infectious disease doctor. Director in the National Immunization Program Ministry of Health, Brazil
Dr. Angela Gentile
Head of the Epidemiology Service Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital, Argentina
Javier Guzman
Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Dr. Peter Hotez
American scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control, USA
Dr. Eduardo López-Medina
Pediatrician Infectologist, epidemiologist, clinical researcher, professor. CEIP, Univalle, Imbanaco Clinic, Colombia
Dr. Yvonne Maldonado
Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development And Diversity, Taube Professor Of Global Health And Infectious Diseases, Professor Of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) And Of Epidemiology And Population Health
Dr. Cristina Mariño
Colombia
Dr. Flor Muñoz
Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. Mauricio L. Nogueira
Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina de SJ Rio Preto (FAMERP), Brazil
Dr. Jorge Osorio
Professor in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Colombia/USA
Dr. Rolando Pajón
Scientific and Medical Director and LATAM Head, Moderna
Dr. Enrique Paz Argandoña
Bolivia/USA
Dr. Xavier Sáez-Llorens
Head of Infectious Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Researcher in Vaccines (Cevaxin, Senacyt), Panama
Dr. Daniel Salas
Executive Manager, Comprehensive Immunization Special Program, PAHO, Washington DC, USA
Dr. Carlos Torres
Professor at Universidad del Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
Dr. Juan Pablo Torres
Medical surgeon from the University of Chile (1999). Pediatrician, Infectologist and Doctor in Medical Sciences from the University of Chile, Chile
Dr. Jurai Wongsawat
Senior Expert, Department of Disease Control, Thailand
CLIMATE CHANGE & HEALTH
Speakers and Moderators
Dr. Manoel Barral
Senior Investigator at Fiocruz, Brazil
Dr. Sofía Caumo
Doctor of Chemistry, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, FIOCRUZ US, BrasilDr. Rajiv Chowdhury
Chair, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIUDr. Alok Deoraj
Teaching Professor and Graduate Program Director (MPH-EHS) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, USADr. Carlos Espinal
Director, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIUDr. Luiz Augusto Galvão
Senior Researcher, Fiocruz (Brazil)
Dr. Juan Eduardo Guerrero
School of Public health, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Dr. Carolina Guzmán Quilo
Head of Toxicology, Department Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala
Dr. Roberto Lucchini
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, USADr. Leticia Nogueira
Scientific Director of Health Services Research American Cancer Society, USADr. Pablo Iván Pereira
Public Health Researcher, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), BrazilDr. Byomkesh Talukder
Assistant Professor Global Health Department, FIU, U.S.A.
Dr. Sebastian Tobar
Advisor at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), BrazilDr. Jill Weatherhead
Baylor College of Medicine, USA
GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH EXPERT GROUP
Speakers and Moderators
Dr. Ricardo Araya
Director, Centre for Global Mental Health, King’s College London and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Dr. Javier Escobar
Researcher, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU
Dr. Raul Gonzalez
Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Immunology FIU, USA
Dr. Carlos Lopez-Jaramillo
Psychiatrist and Researcher, Chief Department of Psychiatry, University of Antioquia, Colombia
Dr. Mark Macgowan
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor School of Social Work FIU, USADr. Eugenio Rothe
Professor of Psychiatry & Founding Faculty Member. Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, U.S.A.
Dr. Mariana Sanchez
Associate Professor, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention; Program Director, FIU-Health Disparities Initiative; Research Associate, Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse (CRUSADA), Health Promotion and Disease Prevention/CRUSADA, USADr. Natalia Trujillo
Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES EXPERT GROUP
Speakers and Moderators
Dr. Noël Barengo
Associate professor, Division of Medical and Population Health Sciences Education and Research
Laura Espinoza-Pajuelo
Project Coordinator, Quality Evidence for Health System Transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean Network, Peru
Dr. Luis Jorge Hernandez
Public Health Epidemiologist, Master in Bioethics, Professor at the University of the Andes, ColombiaDr. Silvana Luciani
Unit Chief, Noncommunicable Diseases, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), U.S.A.Dr. Cristina Palacios
Professor and Chair of the Department of Dietetics & Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Venezuela/USA
Dr. Sabrina Sales Martinez
Associate professor in the Department of Dietetics & Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public health and Social Work, Florida International University, USADr. Enrique Vega
Unit Chief, Healthy Life Course Unit, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), U.S.A.
Dr. Edgar Vieira
Interim Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development, Associate professor, Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing, Florida International University, USA
CERVICAL CANCER EXPERT GROUP
Speakers and Moderators
Dr. Karla Alfaro
Medical Director, Basic Health International, El Salvador
Dr. Sara Benítez
Assistant Professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Cancer Project Coordinator @ Pan American Health OrganizationDr. Carlos Espinal
Director, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU
Dr. Erin Kobetz
Chief Health Equity Officer/Vice President for Health Equity, USADr. Silvana Luciani
Unit Chief, Noncommunicable Diseases, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), U.S.A.
Dr. Mauricio Maza
Advisor, Cancer Prevention and Control, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), El Salvador
Dr. María Alejandra Picconi
Head of the Oncogenic Virus Service, National and Regional HPV Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Infectious Diseases - ANLIS "Dr. Malbrán", Argentina
ARBOVIRUS
Speakers and Moderators
Dr. Anabelle Alfaro
Costa Rica
Dr. David Castillo
El SalvadorDr. Wilfrido Coronell Rodríguez
Pediatra y especialista en enfermedades infecciosas. Doctor en Medicina Tropical. Universidad de Cartagena, ColombiaDr. Gamaliel Gutiérrez
Doctor in Medicine, Epidemiologist, PAHO, Nicaragua/USADr. Kleber Luz
Pediatrician and Infectious Disease Specialist, Brazil
Dr. Eric Raga
México
Dr. José Luis Sanmartin
Medical Doctor, Dengue and Other Arboviral Diseases Advisor
Dr. Eliana Vega
Bolivia
