Oriana Ramirez Rubio, MD is an Epidemiologist and Global Public Health expert. Oriana graduated in Medicine (UAM, 2004), holds a Masters in Public Health (Harvard University, 2008), a medical residency in Preventive Medicine and Public Health (2011), and a university expert degree in health & development (UCM, 2004). She combines experience in field epidemiology and the translation of scientific evidence into global health policies. In the last 10 years she has collaborated with institutions such as AECID, PAHO/WHO, ECDC, EC, several universities and NGOs, in Latin America, Africa and Europe, and in diverse topics such as health & development issues, epidemiology research of HIV/Aids, drugs and Mesoamerican Nephropathy (MeN). She holds a PhD thesis (UAM, 2013) for investigating with researchers of Boston University this mysterious Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown causes in sugar cane workers and rural communities of Central America.