Federico Augustovski

Federico Augustovski is a physician and researcher serving as Director of the Department of Health Technology Assessment and Health Economics at the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health (IECS). He holds an adjunct professorship in Public Health at the School of Medicine, Universidad de Buenos Aires, and is a Principal Researcher at CONICET, Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council. He leads the WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center for Health Technology Assessment at IECS.

Education includes a medical degree summa cum laude from UBA, a Master of Science in Epidemiology from Harvard University’s School of Public Health, and advanced training in health economics and decision sciences at the Centre for Health Economics (York, UK) and other international institutions.

Research focuses on health technology assessment, quality of life measurement, and public health decision-making in Latin America. He has authored over 150 Medline-indexed articles and 780 HTA reports, contributing to the International HTA database. He chairs ISPOR (Health Economics and Outcomes Research Society) and founded the Latin American ISPOR Consortium.

Professional roles include leadership in health policy initiatives and global collaborations, with particular emphasis on strengthening evidence-based healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries.