Background
Vélez, Iván Darío was born on June 6, 1952 in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. Son of Francisco Vélez and Cecilia Bernal.
Vélez, Iván Darío was born on June 6, 1952 in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. Son of Francisco Vélez and Cecilia Bernal.
Doctor of Medicine, University Antioquia, Medellín, 1980. Master of Science in Parasitologie, University Montpellier, France, 1992. Doctor of Philosophy in Infectious Disease, University Granada, Spain, 1998.
Director, University Antioquia Program for Study and Control Tropical Diseases PECET, since 1986, Tropical Pathologies Corporation, 1997—1999. Temporal adviser, Tropical Disease Research World Health Organization, Geneva, 2000, clinical monitor, 2001—2010, member data management team, Tropical Disease Research, 2003, member data and safety management board TDR, P vivax malaria vaccine clinical trial, 2004—2005, consultant NTD, Leishmaniasis Control Program, 2009—2010.
Consultant Colombian Health Systems, Medellín, 1990—2010. Member of Colombian Association Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (Bogotá District of Columbia) (president since 2007).
Married Martha Isabel Wolff, May 10, 1985 (divorced June 15, 1998). Children: Valeria, Juan, Lucrecia.