Professor John Peter Figueroa

Professor J. Peter Figueroa is Professor of Public Health, Epidemiology and HIV/AIDS at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica where he has led the development of a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program. He was the National Epidemiologist in Jamaica and led the National HIV/STI Program from its outset in 1986 until 2008. He served as Chief Medical Officer from 1997 to 2002. He is chair of PAHO’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Immunization and he was a member of WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) from 2009 to 2015.

Professor Figueroa is a member of the WHO Working Group on COVID-19 vaccines and a member of the UNAIDS scientific expert panel. He has published widely on communicable diseases, HIV/ STIs and public health including 170 peer reviewed papers and 3 books. He has received many awards for his work including in 2019 a WHO award for Leadership in Global Health.