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Dr Maria Calderon

Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Epidemiology & Population Health

United Kingdom

I am a physician graduated from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. I began my career at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Peru, where I contributed to generating primary data, developing clinical guidelines, and preparing policy briefs to support national health decision-making. I later joined the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), a global health NGO in Argentina, conducting health technology assessments, systematic reviews, and cost-effectiveness analyses across several Latin American countries, including Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, and Uruguay.

 

I pursued postgraduate training at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), completing both the Master’s and Diploma programs in Tropical and International Health. This experience reinforced my commitment to infectious diseases and tropical medicine which led me to clinical practice within the NHS. I have worked in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine in the north east of England over the past 5 years. Additionally, in 2025, I have completed a Diploma in Cost-effectiveness of Health Technologies at the University of York.

 

Alongside my clinical work, I have founded HAMPI, a global health consultancy based in Peru. Through HAMPI, I have collaborated with the Peruvian NIH and partnered with researchers at the Global Health Department of University College London (UCL) on a grant-funded project employing qualitative fieldwork to develop frameworks for understanding violence against women in Indigenous populations in Peru.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Research

Infectious Diseases

Tropical Medicine

TB

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Climate change

Mathematical modelling

Economic Evaluations

Health Technology Assessments

Systematic Reviews

 

Research Area
Climate change
Economic evaluation
Health care policy
Health technology assessment
Mathematical modelling
Social and structural determinants of health
Violence against women and girls
Disease and Health Conditions
Infectious diseases
HIV/AIDS
Tuberculosis
Mental health
Chronic diseases
Country
Peru
Argentina
United Kingdom
Region
Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)
Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Bridging borders in HIV care education: Lessons from an online multidisciplinary international exchange programme.
CALDERON, M; Alarcon, Y; Alave, J; Lopez, O; Lawrence, C; Schmid, ML; Hunter, E; Payne, B;
2025
HIV medicine
“To care and improve little by little, that's how we can do it”: Exploring Indigenous perspectives on environmental health and community solutions through participatory workshops in Amantaní, Peru
Brown, LJ; Buddry, H; Abarca Díaz, BM; Espezua, R; Cortez-Vergara, C; Lowe, H; Calderón, M; Mannell, J;
2025
Environmental Science & Policy
Identifying Indigenous strengths for health and wellbeing: Targeting the legacy of colonial masculinities in Peru.
Mukerji, R; Mannell, J; Lowe, H; Calderón, M; Abarca Diaz, BM; Espezua, R; Brown, LJ; Gamlin, J;
2025
Social science & medicine (1982)
Assessing essential service provision for prevention and management of violence against women in a remote indigenous community in Amantaní, Peru.
CALDERON, M; Cortez-Vergara, C; Brown, L; Lowe, H; Abarca, B; Rondon, M; Mannell, J;
2023
International journal for equity in health
Programa de Videoconferencias de enfermedades Infecciosas de la Universidad de Miami: Cinco años de una cooperación transnacional
Gonzales-Zamora, JA; Solar, S; CALDERON, M; Alave, J;
2023
Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
Bacterial co-infection and antibiotic stewardship in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
CALDERON, M; Gysin, G; Gujjar, A; McMaster, A; King, L; Comandé, D; Hunter, E; Payne, B;
2023
BMC infectious diseases
HIV treatment cascade in regions of Peru with the highest HIV prevalence.
Reyes, N; Benites, C; García-Fernández, L; CALDERON, M; Fiestas, F; Vasquez-Becerra, R; Aranda, E; Yabar, CA; García, A; Ramal, C; Gutiérrez, EL;
2022
HIV medicine
P27 Bacterial coinfection and antibiotic stewardship in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
CALDERON, M; Gysin, G; Walpole, S; Mills, F; Comandé, D; Hunter, E;
2022
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Peru: A literature review including studies at high-altitude settings.
Rocca, J; Calderón, M; La Rosa, A; Seclén, S; Castillo, O; Pajuelo, J; Arbañil, H; Medina, F; Garcia, L; Abuid, J;
2021
Diabetes research and clinical practice
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