Professional Affiliation

President of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization

Expert Bio

Dr. Alejandro Cravioto is currently a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. Dr. Cravioto served as Dean of the Faculty from and as Executive Director of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. H has severed as Chief Scientific Officer of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Dr. Cravioto received his Medical Degree with honors from the Faculty of Medicine of UNAM. He specialized in Pediatrics at the National Institute of Pediatrics in Mexico City, followed by training at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the University of London, where he received a Diploma in Tropical Public Health and a Ph.D. He is currently the Chair of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization of the World Health Organization.