Lorena Prieto

Lorena Prieto is a professor at the University of the Pacific Postgraduate School and at the Postgraduate School of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences [Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas*], which are both located in Peru. She also carries out consulting and research work on issues related to health economics and financing. She has 24 years of experience conducting work for international organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, United States Agency for International Development, UNICEF, World Health Organization, Pan- American Health Organization, Global Fund, the Brookings Institution, as well as for public institutions. Dr. Prieto has undertaken projects in the health sector involving sector analysis and diagnosis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and studies on out-of-pocket health expenditure and financial protection. Besides this, she has also developed courses in economics and health sector reform. She has worked on projects in Peru, Suriname, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Honduras, Guyana, and Guatemala. She has been published in academic journals such as The Lancet, The Pan American Journal of Public Health, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Health Policy and Planning, as well as in the publications by the Brookings Institution, Inter-American Development Bank, Grupo Editorial Norma and the Partnerships for Health Reform Project. Dr. Prieto has bachelor's degree in business engineering and economics from the University of Chile, a master's in political economy, and a doctoral degree in economics from Boston University.