11.18.20- UK-CARES EH Sciences Seminar: Dr. Fernando Ortega

Dr. Fernando Ortega is a researcher and professor at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito. His areas of interest are community development and health, medical anthropology, and exposure to heavy metals. Dr. Ortega also focuses on tropical diseases, parasitsm, and ethnomedicine. Currently, he instructs graduate courses at the USFQ School of Public Health and collaborates on research projects with the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. He holds a PhD from Oregon State University in Public, Community, and Global Health and MA from Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru in Cultural Anthropology. https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-ortega-31530bb/?originalSubdomain=ec