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Ernesto Ortiz

Associate In Research
Duke Global Health Institute
225 Trent Hall, 2nd Floor, Durham, NC 27705
310 Trent Dr., Trent Hall Office 225, Durham, NC 27705

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Recent Publications


Development, launch, and scale-up of health products in low-income and middle-income countries: a retrospective analysis on 59 health products.

Journal Article The Lancet. Global health · June 2025 BackgroundLow-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a heavy burden from communicable, maternal, and childhood diseases, yet access to health products addressing these burdens is lagging. We aimed to provide empirical evidence about the t ... Full text Open Access Cite

Scaling malaria interventions: bottlenecks to malaria elimination.

Journal Article BMJ global health · November 2023 The slow progress in malaria control efforts and increasing challenges have prompted a need to accelerate the research and development (R&D), launch and scaling of effective interventions for malaria elimination. This research, including desk research and ... Full text Open Access Cite

In Utero Exposure to Metals and Birth Outcomes in an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Birth Cohort in Madre de Dios, Peru.

Journal Article Environ Health Perspect · September 2023 BACKGROUND: Few birth cohorts in South America evaluate the joint effect of minerals and toxic metals on neonatal health. In Madre de Dios, Peru, mercury exposure is prevalent owing to artisanal gold mining, yet its effect on neonatal health is unknown. OB ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Improving Response to Malaria Outbreaks in Amazon-Basin Countries

ResearchProgram Manager · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021 - 2026

USAID Philippines Improved Health for Underserved Filipinos

ResearchSr. Project Manager · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2018 - 2023

Measurement of new EED biomarkers in MAL-ED Trial specimens

ResearchAssociate in Research · Awarded by Johns Hopkins University · 2016 - 2018

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