About me
Mercedes Perez Gonzalez serves as a Technical Officer in the Science Division of WHO, focusing on optimizing WHO's R&D activities, including the development of target product profiles for health products and coordinating WHO's scientific advice for product developers of medicines, vaccines, and diagnostics which provides crucial guidance on generating robust evidence for WHO policy recommendations and prequalification status. Previously, she was the technical lead for the Essential Diagnostics List Secretariat and served on the Prequalification Team for Diagnostics Assessment, focusing on molecular technologies for blood-borne diseases.