Rolando Enrique Peñaloza Quintero

Professor of the Institute of Public Health, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Dentist from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Specialist in Health Administration with emphasis in Social Security, Specialist in Social Policy, Master in Political Studies from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; PhD in Political Studies, Universidad Externado de Colombia; Researcher and director of the Health Policy and Economics Research Group. Member of the Research Network on Burden of Disease of the Health Observatory. Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Founding Member of the Colombian Association of Health Economics, Member of the International Society on Priorities in Health, Member of the European Evaluation Society. Visiting Professor at several universities in Colombia and Latin America. Research on health determinants, health models, health services, public policies, health services financing and political economy of health.

Recent publications: Cost-Effectiveness of the COVID-19 Test, Trace and Isolate Program in Colombia (2021), Mental health among displaced and non-displaced populations in Valledupar, Colombia: do inequalities continue? (2021) Adaptation of a mobile phone health survey for risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in Colombia: a qualitative study (2020), Factors determining access to mental health services of the adult population in Colombia (2016); Model for surveillance of extreme maternal morbidity. Implementation evaluation (2014); Estimation of the burden of disease for Colombia, 2010 (2014); Financing of the General System of Social Security in Health – Follow-up and preventive control to public policies (2012). Quality of life and health, a diagnosis of Cerrejón’s area of influence (2011); Political economy of social emergency (2010); Partial subsidy alternatives to universalize social health insurance (2009).