Matiana González-Silva
Past Core Course:
- Developing a Plan for Malaria Elimination in Mesoamerica
Since 2012, Matiana González Silva has served as the coordinator of the Malaria Elimination Initiative at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), where she ensures the establishment of synergies across different areas of action of the Institute and catalyzes strategic institutional collaborative agreements. She also provides analytic work for the ISGlobal think tank in subjects related to malaria and science policies. Prior to this position, she contributed to the Malaria Eradication Research Agenda (malERA) initiative, where she coordinated the writing of the 12 scientific papers that constitute the malERA monograph published by PLoS Medicine in 2011.
She also co-authored briefings on lessons learned from the World Health Organization (WHO) campaign for malaria eradication of the mid-20th century. Matiana González-Silva earned a Doctor of Philosophy in History of Science in 2008 and appointed adjunct lecturer of History of Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.