Carlos Navarro Colorado, MD MSc PhD
Carlos was most recently the Principal Advisor for Public Health Emergencies for UNICEF, where he led UNICEF's global work in Health Emergencies and spearheaded initiatives such as the RCCE Collective Service and Integrated Outbreak Analytics. He has previously worked at CDC as an emergency epidemiologist (2010-2017) and founded the CDC's Global Rapid Response Team. Before that, he worked as an independent consultant on health and nutrition in emergencies (2005 -2010), and in a number of field assignments and coordination positions for ACF and MSF (1994-2004). He has completed dozens of field emergency and outbreak assignments in field and leadership positions. Carlos’ research work in emergency response has focused on outbreak response and on the treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition. He started the research department of ACF in 2000, and has been involved in the design and implementation of operational research in emergency settings since 1997, obtaining an MSc from LSHTM and PhD from Aberdeen University.