Leaders in Public Health: Dr. Roman Macaya

Roman Macaya is an Instructor in the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He previously served as Executive President and Chairman of the Board of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, the institution that provides all public health care services in Costa Rica. He led the country´s health care response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to this, Roman served as Costa Rica´s Ambassador to the United States, where he emphasized science and health diplomacy as one of the principal agendas of the embassy.