Jonatan Konfino

Dr. Jonatan Konfino is a medical doctor, Master in Clinical Effectiveness and PhD in Medicine at the University of Buenos Aires. He is a researcher at CEDES, one of the most important research centers in Argentina, focusing on social medicine, public health and non-communicable diseases. He has published more than 40 papers in peer reviewed journals, 3 books, 8 book chapters and a documentary. He is a lecturer in public health at the Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche (UNAJ) and at the University of Buenos Aires.

He is a professorial lecturer in Health Policy and Management at George Washington University since 2019- He promoted an international cooperation between GWU and UNAJ to create a Certificate Program on Health Equity that he directs and in now offering their 3rd cohort. He is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Fellowship on Health Equity and currently the Undersecretary of Health Policies of the Ministry of Health Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He promotes community engagement and participation in health and the synergy between social movements, academia and government administration to achieve the right to health.