Claudia Duarte is a Research Coordinator at the Access to Medicine Foundation. She currently supports the Diabetes Care Programme, contributing to research, planning and coordination across internal teams and with the Foundation's external stakeholders. She also supports the Generics and Biosimilars (G&BM) Programme, which evaluates how generic manufacturers are working to improve access to essential medicines in low- and middle-income countries.
Previously, Claudia worked as Research Coordinator for the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programme, where she focused on evaluating how companies implement access and stewardship strategies for both on-patent and off-patent antimicrobial products, as well as assessing whether they monitor the performance and outcomes of these strategies.
Claudia holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Master's degree in Health Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. During her studies, Claudia conducted research on a variety of topics related to health inequities, including her master thesis in which she investigated how individuals' health outcomes change after relocating to neighbourhoods with higher levels of income inequality using US census data. Prior to joining the Foundation, she completed an internship at Philips within their Access to Care team.