**Meet the editor**

Prof. Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales received his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, and he got his Master of Science (MSc) degree in Protozoology from the Universidad de Los Andes, Trujillo, Venezuela. He received his Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru,

and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He is a fellow of the Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (FRSTMH), London, UK. He is a fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine (FFTM) of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, and a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology (FACE), USA. Also, he is a Ph.D. candidate in Parasitology at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. Prof. Rodriguez-Morales is the president of the Travel Medicine Committee, Pan American ID Association. He is the secretary of the Colombian ID Association, a senior researcher of the Colciencias (2017–2019), and a professor in Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia (H index = 22).
