Ernesto Ortiz

Senior Manager of Programs, Duke Global Health Institute

Ernesto is Peruvian/American, got his medical training in Peru and then moved to the U.S where he got his MPH at the University of Iowa, after that he stayed working at the university for a year doing research on zoonotic influenza. In 2007, he got a job offer at the US Naval Medical Research Unit -6 in Peru, so he moved back to Peru where he spent 4 years doing research on emerging infectious diseases in different regions of Peru. Ernesto joined DGHI in April 2012, and is currently serving as the Senior Manager of Programs at the Global Health Innovation Center.