“As a social scientist, I am passionate about positively influencing how we produce and use scientific evidence in the age of digital health"
Catalina approaches health equity questions through a gender lens . She seeks to facilitate the dissemination and appropriation of research results by diverse audiences, including those who shape public health. Her main goal is to involve policymakers, decision-makers, and young individuals poised to impact the future of public health significantly.
Catalina approaches health equity questions through a gender lens . She seeks to facilitate the dissemination and appropriation of research results by diverse audiences, including those who shape public health. Her main goal is to involve policymakers, decision-makers, and young individuals poised to impact the future of public health significantly.
Academic
Career
Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology and Public Health
University College London
Master of Science in Health and Society: Social Epidemiology
University College London
Master in Anthropology
Universidad de los Andes
Psychology
Universidad de los Andes
Anthropology
Universidad de los Andes
Catalina González Uribe is a research associate at the Center for Sustainable Development Goals for Latin America and the Caribbean CODS at the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) where she received her degrees in Anthropology, Psychology and Master’s Degree in Anthropology. Her professional career led her to complement her training with a master’s degree in Social Epidemiology and a PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health from University College London. Her research focuses on understanding, through mixed methods, the complexity of health processes and disease in Colombia and other Latin American countries and their intersection with questions of gender, social determinants, and digital health.
Catalina leads interdisciplinary research teams that aim to generate and transfer evidence for informed decision-making and policy-making in population health. She has more than 20 years of research experience in promoting health equity for communities in countries in the global south. She is passionate about science diplomacy, interdisciplinary work and intercultural challenges in research projects. With her teams she is constantly working on finding effective ways to co-create evidence and exchange knowledge between communities, academia and decision-makers.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Catalina led an interdisciplinary research project called COLEV (2020-2022), which focused on exploring the role of data science
and artificial intelligence in the production of timely and relevant evidence for public health decision-making in Colombia.
In line with the objetives of the COLEV project, Catalina currently co-leads the TRACE-LAC project and the project “The Future of Rights in the Digital Age DHRP”.
TRACE-LAC focuses on the development and strengthening of analytical tools for the control of infectious disease epidemics in Latin America and the Caribbean and is part of the global collaborative initiative called Epiverse led by data.org. DHRP is a project based on Participatory Action Research to understand the ways in which the digitalization of society affects human rights. The project seeks to promote access to digital technologies and reduce digital divides.
Catalina served as the Director of Internationalization at the University of the Andes between 2020 and 2024, leading the university’s strategy for national and international academic relations and cooperation. This included participation in networks of higher education, strategic alliances, academic mobility, the development of an internationalization strategy for doctoral programs, as well as director of the Japan Center and the Confucius Institute.
Highlights
2012
2018
Source: Universidad de los Andes.
2019
Source: Universidad de los Andes.
2020
2022
Source: Universidad de los Andes.
