Marco Antonio Nuñez, MD, MPH, PhD, is a lecturer on Public Health at Finis Terrae University, School of Medicine and Director of PTG Salud, a public health policy think tank in Santiago, Chile.
As a medical student, he was elected President of the Chilean Student Federation in 1989, playing a key role in the democratic movement against Pinochet regime. He served as Director of North Santiago Health District and appointed Valparaiso Governor between 2001 and 2003. He was elected Member of the Chilean Parliament (2006 to 2018), four terms President of Legislative Health Commission, and President of the Chilean House of Representatives in 2015.
He holds a medical degree from University of Chile, a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Ph.D. in Health Policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
