Ana Maria Henao-restrepo MD, MSc

Dr. Henao-Restrepo serves as the technical lead for the R&D blueprint for emergency response at the WHO. During her esteemed career at the WHO, Dr. Henao-Restrepo was assigned to the Ebola Research and Development Team and coordinated the Ring vaccination trial in Guinea and Sierra Leone. In addition, she contributed to the expansion of immunization programs and served as the WHO global focal point for measles and rubella control efforts. Notably, Dr. Henao-Restrepo also worked in the implementation and evaluation of strategies to eradicate poliomyelitis and eliminate measles and maternal and neonatal tetanus.

Dr. Henao-Restrepo was born and raised in Columbia, South America. After receiving her Medical Doctor and Surgeon degree from the University of El Rosario in Bogota, Colombia, she received a Master’s degree in communicable disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.