Mitjà Oriol

Dr. Oriol Mitjà is a researcher and consultant physician in Infectious Diseases with expertise on strategies for the eradication of Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases. He currently works at both the Lihir Medical Centre in Papua New Guinea and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health. He is also technical advisor for the World Health Organization and has an appointment as Honorary Senior Lecturer in Public Health with the School of Medicine and Health Science (PNG). For the past 8 years he has conducted research on the diagnosis and treatment of yaws, a chronic and debilitating treponemal disease. His work has been published in prestigious scientific journals and he has been awarded several scientific prizes including the Prince of Girona 2013 Award. He graduated from University of Barcelona School of Medicine (2004), completed a residency in Infectious Diseases (Barcelona, 2010), a Diploma of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (London, 2010) and a PhD in Medicine (Barcelona, 2012).