CUBA’S WOMEN OF SCIENCE

MEDICC Review presents this special series of interviews and articles featuring outstanding Cuban women in health, social and related sciences throughout the country’s history. If you  would like to propose a Cuban woman scientist to be profiled in this section, please write editors@mediccreview.org

Vaccines and Public Trust: Containing COVID-19 in Cuba Verena Muzio-González PhD DSc Director of Clinical Research, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center January 2022, Vol 24, No 1

Cuba’s National Regulatory Authority & COVID-19: Olga Lidia Jacobo-Casanueva MS Director, Center for State Control of Medicines and Medical Devices (CECMED) July-October 2021, Vol 23, No 3-4

COVID-19 Requires Innovation, Regulation and Rigor: Amaylid Arteaga-García MD MS Director, National Clinical Trials Coordinating Center (CENCEC) April 2021, Vol 23, No 2

Researchers at Cuba’s National Medical Genetics Center: Pioneering Studies on COVID-19 January 2021, Vol 23, No 1

SOBERANA, Cuba’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates: Dagmar García-Rivera PhD Director of Research, Finlay Vaccine Institute October 2020, Vol 22, No 4

Science as a Social Good Iramis Alonso-Porro Director, Juventud Técnica July 2020, Vol 22, No 3

“Retirement, what?” Herminia Palenzuela MD PhD National Pediatric Cardiology Network and William Soler Children’s Heart Center, Havana January 2020, Vol 22, No 1

Of Glass Ceilings, Velvet Circles and Pink-Collar Ghettoes Lilliam Álvarez MS PhD Secretary, Cuban Academy of Sciences October 2019, Vol 21, No 4

Gender & Race in Cuba: An Anthropological Perspective Lourdes Serrano Peralta PhD Professor, University of Havana Former Director, Cuban Anthropology Institute April-July 2019, Vol 21, No 2-3

Confronting Arboviruses María Guadalupe Guzmán MD PhD DrSc Director, Reference Center for Research & Diagnosis Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute, Havana January 2019, Vol 21, No 1

The Power of Persistence María Amparo Pascual MD MS Founding Director National Clinical Trials Coordinating Center, Havana October 2018, Vol 20, No 4

Empowering Cuban Women Marta Núñez MS PhD Sociologist & Consulting Professor University of Havana July 2018, Vol 20, No 3

Thirty Years of Technology at Work for Health Niurka Carlos Immunoassay Center, Havana October 2017, Vol 19, No 4

Science, Passion & Compassion vs. Cancer Tania Crombet MD PhD Director of Clinical Research Molecular Immunology Center, Havana July 2016, Vol 18, No 3

Genes Prove Mixed Ancestry of All Cubans Beatriz Marcheco MD, PhD Director, National Medical Genetics Center, Havana July–October 2014, Vol 16, No 3–4

Revolutionizing Gender Mariela Castro MS  Director National Sex Education Center, Cuba April 2012, Vol 14, No 2

In the Eye of the Cuban Epidemic Neuropathy Storm Rosaralis Santiesteban MD PhD Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute January 2011, Vol 13, No 1

Shaping a Research Agenda to Solve Health Problems Niviola Cabrera MD Director of Science and Technology Ministry of Public Health, Cuba July 2010, Vol 12, No 3

Concepción Campa Huergo President & General Director Finlay Institute October 2007, Vol 9, No 1