Editorial Team
The following professionals serve on the Editorial Board.
Dr. Austreberta Nazar lives in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico. She is a graduate of the Residency in Applied Epidemiology of Mexico. Dr. Nazar is a level III researcher of the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico at the Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico and is an associate editor of the journal.
Dora Rafaela Ramírez, lives in Paraguarí, Paraguay, is a trained nurse and obstetrician, who graduated from the Paraguayan FETP, and works as epidemiologist for the Ministry of Health and Welfare, currently as advisor of the vector-borne disease control program. She is an associate editor of the Journal.
Dr. Waneska Alexandra Alves, lives in eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil. She a veterinarian who graduated from Brazil's FETP or EpiSUS, obtained a doctoral degree in Public Health from the National School of Public Health- Fio Cruz in Rio and is a faculty with the University Juiz de Fora at the Governador Valadares campus.
Dr. Marjorie Pollack lives in New York, United States, and did her training at the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). She is the associate editor of the program to Monitoring Emerging Diseases (PROMED). Dr. Pollack was resident consultant at the time when the FETP was established in Peru and has trained TEPHINET programs in the use of non-traditional sources to investigate rumors and outbreaks.
Dr. José Becerra, lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico, received his training at the CDC’s EIS and has held various leadership positions at the agency, particularly in the tuberculosis elimination program, as well as in the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico. Dr. Becerra is part of University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of Public Health.
Dr. Jamie Hockin, lives in Ottawa. He graduated from the Canadian FETP, and as director of that program, he helped to establish TEPHINET. He also led programs aimed at increasing public health skills and surveillance competencies across Canada. Dr. Hockin retired from the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa but continues his public health involvement with the ongoing development of EpiData.
Dr. Xiomara Badilla, lives in San José, is a trained microbiologist who founded and directed the Costa Rica FETP at Social Security Fund. She holds various academic affiliations, including those with the National University of Costa Rica.
Dr. Gloria Suárez Rangel, lives in Bogotá, is a graduate of the Applied Epidemiology Service of Colombia, served as a resident consultant to the FETP of El Salvador and Guatemala and then contributed to strengthening the FETP in Colombia and the networking with other programs in the continent. Is associate editor of the Journal.
Dr. Patrick Dely, lives in Antananarivo, an epidemiologist, was director of the Directorate of Epidemiology, Laboratories and Research (DELR) and the FETP of Haiti. He has obtained degrees in medicine, epidemiology and infectious diseases. He is currently the Resident Advisor of the FETP in Madagascar. Dely is affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the State University of Haiti.
Dr. Manuel Colomé, lives in Santo Domingo, is a physician-epidemiologist, who obtained a PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health. He obtained a Master's degree in Bioethics, and has done studies in Health Research and in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. He has expertise in Infection Prevention and Control and is a Professor and Researcher, with interest in pediatrics, infectious diseases and social determinants.
Dr. Fernanda Bruzadelli, is a graduate of Brazil’s FETP known by the acronym EPISUS, is a trained nurse completing her doctorate in public health, who served as a resident advisor to the FETP of Guinea Bissau and Dominican Republic FETP. Is associate editor of the Journal.
Dr. David Rodríguez-Araujo, lives in San Salvador, is a graduate of El Salvador’s FETP, completed graduate studies at Universidad del Valle in Guatemala. He is currently the epidemiology coordinator of the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America.
Dr. Carlos Arturo Hernández, lives in Bogotá, did his undergraduate at Yale, and studied Medicine at the National University in Colombia, soon joining the National Institute of Health. He obtained a Master in Public Health at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Hernández has worked publishing Biomedica the journal of the Institute, and has contributed to the publication of national public health surveillance bulletins. Is associate editor of the Journal.
Dr. Martiza González, who lives in Bogotá, is graduate and current director of Colombia FETP, completed a Master's degree in Public Heath, and serves as coordinator of the South American Network of Field Epidemiology (REDSUR).
Dr. Carl Reddy, lives in Atlanta in the United States, is director of TEPHINET, served as director of South Africa’s FETP and studied for his master's degree in epidemiology in Mexico, where he learned Spanish.
Dr. Augusto López, who lives in Atlanta in the United States, graduated from the National University Federico Villarreal School of Medicine, and obtained his master degree in Public Health and Epidemiology from the School of Public Health of São Paolo. works in the FETP support office at the CDC and helped establish the FETP in his native Peru and Guatemala, where he contributed to developing the first Frontline FETP program.
Carolina Poulain, who lives in Santiago, is a nurse by training and works as an epidemiologist for the Ministry of Health of Chile, where she is involved in developing the FETP in her country.
Dr. Benito Ernesto Salvatierra Izaba, is the head of the Department of Health at ECOSUR in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. He graduated from the Mexican FETP and holds a medical degree from the University of Nicaragua and a doctoral degree in rural development. Is associate editor of the Journal.
The editor-in-chief is Dr. Víctor Cárdenas, lives in Tapachula, Chiapas, works for ECOSUR as faculty member. He graduated from the Mexican FETP, obtained Masters and Doctor degrees in Epidemiology at Emory University and was resident advisor to the Colombian FETP and the Paraguayan Frontline FETP. He served as the first executive director of TEPHINET.