Dr Vânia de la Fuente-Nuñez is Technical Officer of the World Health Organization, where she leads the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism including all research activities. Vânia also drives capacity building efforts on policy and programme development for ageing in countries and regions. Vânia is a physician who has worked with different NGOs and research institutes in both high and low-income countries. She first joined WHO in 2014 to work in the development of ethics guidance in the context of the Ebola epidemic and to support the Secretariat of the WHO Research Ethics Committee. She also contributed to the development of the Global Observatory on Health Research & Development. Originally from Spain, Vânia holds an MD from the University of Santiago de Compostela; an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health from University College London; and is now completing a BA in Social and Cultural Anthropology.