Veronica Vargas, Ph.D., is an economist who focuses on health economics, global health, and health policy. She is affiliated with the Alberto Hurtado University, Chile. For the last three years, she has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University. Her current research explores the research and development of novel vaccines and pharmaceuticals for infectious diseases, in both Latin America and South Asia. She is a former visiting scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.
Vargas would like to thank Bernardo Aguilera and Sergio Poblete for their comments.