Luis Gabriel Cuervo is a PhD in Biomedical Research Methodology and Public Health (Cum Laude), a Medical Doctor with an MSc in Clinical Epidemiology from the Universidad Javeriana, and is qualified as a Specialist in Family Medicine at the Universidad del Valle, Colombia. He brings firsthand experience as a producer and user of evidence for health care across clinical, academic, and research settings, working in rural and urban communities in Colombia. He has developed a career around knowledge management, including summarizing evidence and developing strategies to systematically inform policy and health care with research evidence. From his position as Clinical Editor at BMJ Clinical Evidence, he emphasized evidence-based programs and access to developing countries and worked closely with the World Health Organization and International NGOs, including the Cochrane Collaboration and INCLEN. More recently, he has coordinated the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) response to the 2004 Mexico Declaration on Health Research, including the development of PAHO's Policy on Research for Health, approved by the 49th Directing Council on 30 September 2009 (http://www.paho.org/ResearchPortal/Policy). In September 2005, Luis Gabriel Cuervo began serving at PAHO/WHO in 2005 and retired in July 2026. He was first appointed Chief of the Research Promotion and Development Unit and subsequently served as Senior Advisor for Health Systems Research and Research for Health.

Location

Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Disciplines

• Health Sciences
• Medicine

Affiliation

National Academy of Medicine of Colombia

Website

http://www.linkedin.com/in/lgcuervo