Speakers

Prof. Beatriz Marcheco-Teruel is a physician, clinical geneticist, and Full Professor of Medical Genetics at the Medical University of Havana.

Positions

• She holds a PhD from Aarhus University in Denmark, and her research and teaching focus on genetic epidemiology, public health genetics, genetic risk factors for complex diseases, and the genetic structure and admixture of the Cuban population.
• For the last seven years she has been a recipient of the Hutchins Fellowship at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University.
• In addition, she serves as Vice President of the Cuban Academy of Sciences.

Areas of special interest

• Genetic epidemiology
• Public health genetics
• Genetic risk factors for complex diseases
• Genetic structure and admixture of the Cuban population