C. Leticia Artiles Visbal MS PhD
Anthropologist with a doctorate in health sciences. Former full professor at the National School of Public Health, now retired, Dr Artiles has researched and published widely on health systems, social determinants of health and gender. She is a member of the Advisory Council to the Latin American Social Medicine Association (ALAMES).
Wiliam Carvajal Veitía MS
Anthropologist. Professor Carvajal heads the research department at Cuba’s Sports Medicine Institute (IMD) in Havana, where he is a member of the Scientific Council. As assistant professor at IMD, he teaches courses in physicial development and biostatistics, among others. Carvajal has published in Cuba and internationally on the performance of elite athletes and other themes in anthropology and sports medicine.
Lidia E. Charroó Ruíz MD MS
Clinical neurophysiologist. Dr Charroó is associate professor and researcher at the Cuban Neuroscience Center, Havana. Besides her work on neuroplasticity, she has applied neurophysiological techniques to a wide variety of research on learning disabilities, hearing loss, Cuban epidemic neuropathy, response to treatment in diabetic patients, effects of organic solvents on the nervous system, biomarkers of depression and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. She was awarded Cuba’s National Health Prize in 2000.
Daysi Navarro Despaigne MD PhD
Endocrinologist with a doctorate in health sciences. Full professor and distinguished researcher at the National Endocrinology Institute in Havana. Dr Navarro has published on diabetes and other metabolic conditions and has received numerous awards for her research. In 2008, her book Climaterio y Menopausia: Un enfoque desde lo social, received Cuba’s National Health Prize in the category of monograph. She is president of the Cuban Endocrinology Society and member of several international scientific organizations, including the New York Academy of Sciences.
Marta Núñez Sarmiento MS PhD
Sociologist with a doctorate in economics. Former full professor at the Center for International Migration Studies, University of Havana, now retired, Dr Núñez continues her association with the Center as a consultant and in postgraduate teaching. She specializes in methodology and gender studies, particularly gender relations in Cuba and the influence of women’s employment on gender relations. Her book Yo sola me represento. De cómo el empleo femenino revolucionó las relaciones de género en Cuba was just published by the Juan Marinello Cultural Research Institute.
Alberto Roque Guerra MD
Internist, human rights educator and instructor at the National Sex Education Center (CENESEX) in Havana. He is a member of the Cuban Multidisciplinary Society for Sexuality Studies where he heads its scientific section on sexual diversity, and of the National Commission for Comprehensive Attention to Transsexual People, where he coordinates the medical team. Dr Roque is also a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and represents the Cuban Multidisciplinary Society for Sexual Studies in the International Lesbian, Gay, Trans and Intersex Association.
Yasel M. Santiesteban Díaz
Psychologist at the Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute in Havana. Mr Santiesteban is currently completing a master’s degree in health psychology. His research has explored neuropsychological difficulties of children with HIV/AIDS, community participation and process evaluation of dengue control programs, and motivation and behavior change in HIV prevention.
Dixie E. Trinquete Díaz MS
Journalist with a master’s degree in demography. Ms Trinquete is an adjunct professor in the University of Havana’s Faculty of Communications and teaches investigative journalism and gender at the José Martí International Journalism Institute. She is assistant director of Muchachas, a national magazine for young Cuban women, and has served on editorial staffs of several other Cuban publications. Her writing has garnered multiple awards, including four for scientific journalism. She is a consultant on advocacy and communications to the UNFPA in Cuba and a correspondent for the Latin American and Caribbean Women’s News Service.
