Medical Doctor, with a Master's Degree in Government and Health Management, a Master's Degree in Primary Care Research, a Master's Degree in Public Health, and a PhD in Clinical Research. Since 2006, he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, at the School of Medicine, at the Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia). Also, since 2012, he has been the Academic Coordinator of the Virtual Campus of Public Health of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in Colombia. And, since 2019, he has been the Director of the research group "Family Medicine and Population Health", of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Minciencias) of Colombia