Uppsala Monitoring Centre
María Gutiérrez Villaverde currently serves as an Outreach Specialist at Uppsala Monitoring Centre, where responsibilities include establishing partnerships to enhance global pharmacovigilance and promoting organizational services. Prior roles include Junior Content Marketing Specialist and Marketing and Communication Intern at Waytobill, as well as Research Assistant at the Center for the Study of Democracy, focusing on disinformation and hate speech in the Roma community. Additional internships were completed at Cámara de Comercio Hispano Eslovaca and the Spanish Association of Professionals of Institutional Relations. María's educational background includes a Master's degree in International Politics from Stockholm University, a Doble Grado in Relaciones Internacionales & Global Communication with a mention in International Security from Universidad Pontificia Comillas, and other qualifications from the University of Sussex and KU Leuven.
Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Uppsala Monitoring Centre is an independent, non-profit foundation and a centre for international service and scientific research in the field of pharmacovigilance. We advance the safety of patients by exploring and understanding the risks and benefits of medicines, with the ultimate aim of helping patients and physicians make wise therapeutic decisions. For more than 40 years, we have provided scientific leadership and operational support to the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring, expanding the global pharmacovigilance network to reach more than 95% of the world’s population. We create partnerships that bring together resources, expertise, and a shared vision of patient safety. Today, we continue to build a global drug safety culture by supporting and engaging all pharmacovigilance stakeholders, from national centres to regulators, academia and the pharma industry.