{"id":2474,"date":"2025-03-19T08:41:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T08:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/?page_id=2474"},"modified":"2025-03-19T08:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T08:43:25","slug":"mariana-suarez","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/index.php\/mariana-suarez\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariana Suarez"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2474\" class=\"elementor elementor-2474\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fee5d98 elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fee5d98\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47c3ed2\" data-id=\"47c3ed2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06c1896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06c1896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mariana-suarez2021013-1024x819.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2241\" alt=\"Mariana Suarez\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mariana-suarez2021013-1024x819.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mariana-suarez2021013-scaled-e1730204000545.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mariana-suarez2021013-768x614.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mariana-suarez2021013-1536x1229.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mariana-suarez2021013-2048x1638.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598df71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"598df71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"padding-top: 10px; letter-spacing: 10px;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"mailto:msuarez@kuhes.ac.mw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gmail_.png\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mariana-margarita-suarez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/linked-in.png\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mmsuarezcosta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/github.png\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b0a9a2\" data-id=\"0b0a9a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb03e59 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"fb03e59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2631\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2631\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Profile<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2632\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2632\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2633\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2633\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research Activities<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2634\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2634\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Achievements<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2631\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Profile<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2631\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2631\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Mariana Suarez is an epidemiology modeller at the Health Economics and Policy Unit (HEPU) and is currently serving in Malawi through the Peace Corps. Before relocating to Malawi, she worked as a Data Science Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, where she collaborated with Fortune 500 companies to implement price optimization, marketing initiatives, and generative AI solutions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Mariana has a strong research background in healthcare, including her work with Baptist Hospital\u2019s Advanced Analytics Center. Internationally, she has conducted research with malnutrition centers in Brazil and Mexico and served as an analyst at a low-cost clinic. She is also a board member of Puente Desarrollo Internacional, where she helped create visual impact maps to showcase the organization\u2019s work.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">She earned her Master\u2019s in Business Analytics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds an undergraduate degree in Science and Computing from the University of Notre Dame.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2632\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2632\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2632\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahajournals.org\/doi\/10.1161\/atvb.41.suppl_1.MP05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit AHA Journals for more <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/view-link.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2633\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research Activities<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2633\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2633\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul type=\"disc\"><li>HEPU TLO Model &#8211; Assessing healthcare outcomes across CHAM and MoH facilities<\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Baptist Hospital Center for Advanced Analytics \u2013 Investigated readmission rates\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Grab Holdings \u2013 Researched travel optimization under time uncertainty <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Harvard Kennedy School \u2013 Explored COVID-19&#8217;s effects on student well-being<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Notre Dame Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications (iCeNSA) \u2013 Studied early childhood malnutrition<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2634\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Achievements<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2634\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2634\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Finalist American Heart Association (AHA) Emerging Female Scientist Award <\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Notre Dame Science Collegiate Sequence Award <\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a157407 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a157407\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eaa455a\" data-id=\"eaa455a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8657ad8 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8657ad8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/hepu_header_image-qi57z4li4y0s0mbizqhifpdijt2e8toknwvuk3scmg.png\" title=\"hepu_header_image\" alt=\"hepu\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3f6bf6 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d3f6bf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br>\nMariana Suarez<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profile Publications Research Activities Achievements Profile Mariana Suarez is an epidemiology modeller at the Health Economics and Policy Unit (HEPU) and is currently serving in Malawi through the Peace Corps. 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