Felipe J Colon-Gonzalez

Technology Lead in the Data for Science and Health Team
Wellcome Trust

United Kingdom
Felipe is a Technology Lead in the Data for Science and Health Team at Wellcome. He has a background in climate-sensitive infectious disease modelling, and at Wellcome he specifically focuses on how to fund innovative digital tools and technologies that advance research on climate and health. Before Wellcome, Felipe worked in climate-sensitive infectious disease modelling for over 10 years. Felipe has contributed multiple papers to several reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the impacts of global warming on vector-borne infectious diseases. Felipe has also collaborated with the UK Health Security Agency on the use of innovative digital tools for syndromic surveillance since 2015. Felipe recently authored a chapter in The Climate Book led by Greta Thunberg focusing on the effects of climate change on vector-borne diseases

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Feb

PS 2.5
Unlocking Synergies: Health Tech and AI at the Climate-Health Frontier

10.30 - 12.30 (BKK)