Madeline Blanco de Armas PhD
Biochemist. Dr Blanco is a senior researcher at the Molecular Biology Laboratory in Cuba’s AIDS Research Laboratory, Havana.
Abel Cruz Rodríguez MS MPH
Epidemiologist and bioethicist. A health promoter and educator at Ranchuelo Municipal Hygiene and Epidemiology Center in Villa Clara Province, Cuba, Mr Cruz is also associate professor of public health and epidemiology at the Medical University of Villa Clara.
Dabney P. Evans PhD MPH
Mixed-methods researcher. Dr Evans is assistant professor of global health at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Her research addresses public health and human rights issues affecting vulnerable populations.
Nadezhda González García MD MS
Dual specialist in family medicine and microbiology, with a master’s degree in virology. Dr González’s research at Havana’s Finlay Institute centers on clinical trials, most recently of the heptavalent conjugate antipneumococcal vaccine, subject of her article in this issue.
Lauren Haldeman MS PhD
Associate professor, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Dr Haldeman’s research in low-income and minority groups includes design of theory-based nutrition interventions, family approaches for preventing diet-related chronic diseases and issues of food access and dietary quality.
Carmen Landau MD
Family physician. Dr Landau graduated from Cuba’s Latin American Medical School before completing her residency at the University of New Mexico’s Department of Family and Community Medicine, USA. She is now a staff physician at Southwestern Women’s Options, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her professional interests focus on reproductive and women’s health.
Lisa Long
Counselor and medical assistant. Ms Long is a research assistant in the Department of Political Science, University of New Mexico, and a refugee mentor with Lutheran Family Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Alexander N. Ortega PhD
Social scientist. Professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy and director of the Center for Population Health and Community Impact at Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Dr. Ortega is a recipient of multiple research awards including the Distinguished Nationally-Known Health Professional Award by the Latino Caucus of the American Public Health Association.
Lauren Sastre MS
Doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Ms. Sastre’s research interests include qualitative methodology, the role of culture and perception on health-related behaviors, and development of targeted resources and interventions for underserved, diverse populations.
Wendy Valdés Gómez MD
Family physician. Dr Valdés practices and teaches at the 14 de Junio Polyclinic in Havana, where she researches early signs of atherogenesis in children and adolescents and is responsible for the comprehensive diabetic care program.
Ernesto Vilches Izquierdo MD MS
Internist. Dr Vilches is clinical director of the Cuando Cubango Medical and Pharmacy Clinic, Menongue, Angola. He is vice president of Cuba’s Sudden Death Research Group and recipient of a 2012 Cuban Academy of Sciences Award.
