Javier Guzmán

Javier Guzmán is Director of the Global Health Policy Program at the Center for Global Development (CGD). Javier has worked in public health policy and practice for 17 years as a physician, researcher, analyst, and public policymaker. He worked for several years in the planning and implementation of primary health care projects in Colombia and, later, as a clinical postgraduate fellow in pediatrics at the Royal London Hospital. In 2015, he joined the Colombian government, first as Director of Medicines and Health Technologies at the Ministry of Health. Dr. Guzmán then served as Director-General of Colombia's Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA), where he led the development and implementation of the strategic plan for modernizing the information systems related to market authorizations, inspections, and quality control, thereby improving the transparency and efficiency of the institution. Previously, as director of research for global health nongovernmental organizations in the UK and Australia, he managed health consulting and research projects that were focused on pharmaceutical policy, strengthening pharmaceutical systems, and diseases affecting middle-income countries. Javier Guzmán has a medical degree from the National University of Colombia, holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, and a master's degree in health policy, planning, and financing (HPPF) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).