Dr Andres Lescano has a PhD in Global Epidemiology and Disease Control and Masters’ degrees in Biostatistics and Health Policy from the Johns Hopkins University. He is an Associate Professor at Cayetano University in Peru, and has adjunct appointments at the Tulane, Johns Hopkins, Wake Forest and Texas Medical Branch universities. He leads Emerge, the Emerging Infections and Climate Change Unit, a Masters’ and Doctorate in Epidemiological Research, and is the Director of Clima, the Latin American Center of Excellence for Climate Change and Health. Dr. Lescano studies emerging diseases epidemiology and climate change, and has trained hundreds of epidemiologists under major capacity building efforts.