Dr. Homedes studied medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and specialized in internal medicine and preventive medicine at the University of Barcelona, Spain. She received a Doctorate in Public Health from the School of Public Health at the University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, she joined the faculty in 1997 and was the founder and Co-Director of the Global Health Program since 2005 until she retired in August 2018. As a physician, she worked with the Spanish National Health Service and coordinated a comprehensive health project in a rural area of Catalonia called Altebrat, which included 60 cities, for the Department of Health of Catalonia. She was a researcher at the Center for Rural Health, University of Arizona. She was the director of the Research Unit at the Ministry of Health of the Dominican Republic. Has worked as a consultant for WHO, USAID, PAHO, the world Bank and the governments of Colombia, Mexico and Zambia, on issues related to health systems and human resources. She is the Secretary of the Executive Board for the International Society of Drug Bulletins (ISDB) and has been a member o the editorial board of several international health and ethics journals. Between 1992 and 1997, she worked as a Public Health Specialist at the World Bank. Has published six books and more than 100 articles; and has worked in Asia (Papua Nueva Guinea), Africa (Mozambique, Chad, Zambia), América Latina (México, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panamá, Colombia, Perú, Argentina) y Guyana. In 2015 and 2016 she was Visiting Professor at Georgetown University.
Dr. Ugalde received a Doctorate from Stanford University, and is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Texas-Austin. He has been a member of the Editorial Board for the Mexico section of the Handbook of Latin American Studies of the US Library of Congress, since 1981. He has also served as a member of the Editorial Boards for Social Science and Medicine, Cuadernos Médicos-Sociales (Argentina), the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, the Canadian Journal of Development Studies, the Medical Science Monitor, and the Pacific Sociological Review. He is currently a member of the Advisory Council of Salud Colectiva (Argentina) and of Clinical Trial Magnifier (Hong Kong).
Dr. Ugalde has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Program, the United States Agency for International Development, the American Public Health Association, and the Canadian Institute for International Development and Cooperation in various Asian and Latin American countries. As a visiting professor, he has given classes and seminars at the University of Pittsburg, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Universidad del País Vasco (Bilbao, Spain), the Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia), the Catholic University of El Salvador, the Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Peru), and the School of Public Health of Andalucia (Granada, Spain). He is the author and editor of several books, and has published more than 100 articles in scientific journals.
Economics Advisor |
Federico Tobar
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Pharmacology Advisor |
Rogelio Fernández
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Pharmacy Advisor |
Emilio Pol Yanguas
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Ethics Advisor |
Claudio Lorenzo
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Ethics Advisor |
Jan Helge Solbakk
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Regulatory and Policy Issues Advisor |
Ricardo MartínezDr. Martínez graduated in 1973 from the School of Medicine, National University of La Plata, Argentina, specialist in Cardiology and Health Care Administration. Dr. Martinez has been Chief of Cardiology at the Hospital San Martin, La Plata, and Director of the same hospital in 1987/1992 and 1994/1996. He was Deputy Secretary for Health Planning for the Province of Buenos Aires, General Coordinator for the hospitals of the Province, and Deputy Secretary of Health for the Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. He has had executive positions in the Social Security Administration, and has been the Director (Interventor) of the National Administration of Medications, Food, and Medical Technology (ANMAT), Argentina. He is a Member of Editorial Board of the Journal Public Health; Founder of the Civil Association for Public Health; former Professor of Healthcare Organizations, National University of Lanus, Argentina, and a member of community-based organizations dedicated to promoting public of public health policies. |
Advisor Clinical Trials |
Tom JeffersonTom has 25 years’ experience in conducting and updating Cochrane reviews and in conducting systematic reviews on disparate topics, pharmacological (antivirals), biologic (vaccines), scholarly interventions (editorial peer review) and public health (hygiene interventions). Since the seminal Cochrane review on neuraminidase inhibitors Tom has become involved in campaigning for transparency and accessibility of regulatory data and its practical use as a novel source of evidence. Tom uses regulatory data for inclusion in his reviews and other work. Regulatory data are created for commercial purposes and fit the aims of industry. However, they are complete, exhaustive and not affected by publication bias. Clinical study reports and other regulatory data that form the contents of licensing applications exist to record the design, execution and results of a complete evidence development plan, with no space limitations. In addition, because of legal obligations, no parts of the CSR content are selected to showcase the drug or biologic’s highlights (as in the case of articles in biomedical journals). Tom is also a founder of the RIAT initiative and a member of the RIAT support centre (https://restoringtrials.org/) |
Translators |
Enrique Muñoz SolerA graduate of the University of Malaga (Spain) in both translation and interpretation and nursing, he currently is employed as a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit, the Regional University Hospital Carlos de Haya, Malaga, and is a translator for the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Mr. Muñoz translates pharmacological studies. |
María Beatriz Vejarano Villaveces
In addition, she is an official translator-interpreter English-Spanish, accredited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia. He has translated more than a dozen books for Editorial Planeta, Carvajal and Norma, as well as many documents and reports of various kinds for the United Nations, IDB, CDA-Boston, IOM, Norwegian Council for Refugees, International Alert, Colombian Commission of Jurists, Colombia Diversa and Coalico, among other organizations. |
María Cristina Latorre T.Pharmaceutical Chemist specialized in Health Administration with Emphasis on Social Security. Consultant for organizations that promote access and rational use of medicines, and PAHO / WHO Medicines, Blood and Technology. Has worked with the National Universities of Colombia and Honduras on issues related to supply systems, pharmaceutical policies, medical devices, and the development of pharmaceutical services. Guest member of the 1995-2008 Advisory Committee on Medicines and Health Technologies of the National Health Council of Social Security in Colombia. National coordinator of pharmaceutical services and professionals for the establishment of technical standards for the integral development of pharmaceutical services at the Institute of Social Insurance. Has conducted studies of pharmaceutical use and the surveillance of the pharmaceutical situation in Colombia; developed the profile of pharmacists for the pharmaceutical private market, and designed the labor observatory of the chemical-pharmaceutical profession. |
The Boletín Fármacos also has 19 Associate Editors, representing 13 countries.Updated January 2012 |