Short Biosketch

Bsc in Dentistry, Master's Degree in Epidemiology, PhD in Epidemiology.

Eliana has been entitled with the heading and management of research, teaching and extension projects for multiple organizations in health sector and the Colombian academia, with a broadened scope towards international projection ensuring scientific and academic cooperation for local development.

She has also leaded and managed the constitution, organization, direction and control of knowledge networks, as well as health, science, technology and innovation observatories.

From 2004 and till this date, She has worked as professor researcher for the Basic Sciences Department of University of Antioquia National School of Public Health, in Colombia. In 2015, She created the research line “Epidemiology and Urban Health” within the faculty’s Research Group on Epidemiology, which remains active and evolving for 5 years. Since 2017 She has been promoting the the local Seminar on Public Health and Climate Change. She has served as Strategic Relationships Coordinator for the National Faculty of Public Health “Héctor Abad Gómez” 2017-2020 and as consultant for renowned national and international health agencies such as WHO/PAHO, health ministries, COHRED, among others. She has authored and co-authored more than 120 publications and I’ve had more than 200 national and international participations in relevant events.

Research Interests

Public health policies, urban health (social capital, healthy cities), social epidemiology (inequities in health, health determinants, right to health), primary attention in health, health promotion, knowledge management (managing science, technology and information for the public sector, with special emphasis on social and transformative innovation) international cooperation (health diplomacy, global health), among others.

Selected Publications

Books and Book Chapters

Martínez-Herrera, E., Lemos-Mena, Y., Hernández Carmona, D., Rodríguez, C. Sistema de seguimiento, monitoreo y evaluación como buena práctica en la promoción de la salud para la comprensión del cambio social de los determinantes sociales ambientales comunitarios [In Spanish]. En: David Hernández Carmona, Eliana Martínez Herrera (coords). Vínculos comunitarios para la salud en Medellín. Avances y desafíos de un modelo territorial. Medellín: Alcaldía de Medellín. 2019.

Seminario Transdisciplinario de Salud Ambiental y Cambio Climático 2017-2020. Adaptación al cambio climático en salud, un paso adelante para el desarrollo de la salud ambiental territorial" E-book Available in: https://www.dssa.gov.co/index.php/programas-y-proyectos/factores-de-riesgo/item/1217-cambio-climatico. Medellín: Gobernación de Antioquia, 2020.

Martínez-Herrera, E. La salud de la gente se transforma con la ciudad saludable. Minciencias, 2020 Alvarez, C., Chalela, S., Martínez-Herrera, E., Ruiz, W. La resiliencia en el escenario post-COVID-19. A propósito de transiciones y de la Innovación Transformativa (Sometido FSCH UDEA)

Martínez-Herrera E et al. La cultura del global sur latinoamericano en el camino de territorios sostenibles y saludables. Ponencia Seminario Internacional Cultura+Salud. Estrategias desde la Gestión Cultural para la Promoción de la salud, con Enfoque hacia el Bienestar y el Territorio. Universidad de la Frontera. Noviembre 2020

Red Multibien (2020). 16 caminos hacia la transformación. Explorando la relación universidad y sociedad y su contribución al bienestar desde la red CYTED Multibien. [Visitado Enero 2021] Available in: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/156135

Scientific Articles

Rojas Gualdrón DF, Cash-Gibson L, Llop Gironés A, Pericas JM, Tigova O, Padrosa Sayeras E, Rua L, Martínez-Herrera E., Benach J. Rapid review: COVID-19 related policies and inequalities (In preparation)

Cash-Gibson L, Martínez-Herrera E., Benach J. Why and How Barcelona is a health inequalities research hub? A realist explanatory case study to identify the main casual mechanisms (In preparation)

Cano-Bedoya S., Martínez-Herrera E., Posada-Zapata IC. Tejido social de mujeres para la salud de la comuna 1 popular de medellín. Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo. In press

Martínez-Herrera, E., Gutierrez, M., & Molina, J. C. (2020). ZIGZAG-KM for a comprehension and integrated action as answer to the Emergency Climate Declaration. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement_5), ckaa166-147.

Martínez-Herrera, E., & Molina, J. C. (2020). Grassroots innovations as salutogenic practices in a slum of Medellín. European Journal of Public Health, 30 (Supplement_5), ckaa165-1354.

Martínez-Herrera, E., Hernandez, D. A., & Benach, J. C. (2020). Advances in an integrated evaluation of Community health in Medellín (Colombia) during 2014-2019. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement_5), ckaa166-159.