Aurelio Mejía

Aurelio Mejía was the director of regulations at the Colombian Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism. A specialist in health economics and priority setting in health, he served as the director of medicine and health technologies at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection in Colombia between 2018 and 2020. He previously worked at the Institute for Health Technology Assessment (IETS) in his country as the technical director of health technology assessment and later as a consultant for IETS from 2012 to 2018. Additionally, he served as a professor and researcher in health economics and economic evaluation at the University of Antioquia and as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank. He is also the co-editor of the Value in Health Regional Issues journal. Aurelio graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Antioquia in Colombia and has a master's degree in health economics from the University of York and a specialization in Government, Management, and Public Affairs from the University Externado in Colombia [Universidad Externado de Colombia*].