{"id":6926,"date":"2025-08-07T08:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iai.int\/irene-torres\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T09:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:39:49","slug":"irene-torres","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iai.int\/en\/estructura\/iai-directorate\/irene-torres\/","title":{"rendered":"Irene Torres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/Irene-Torres.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Irene Torres is Strategic Advisor at the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), where she focuses on initiatives in the climate-environment-health nexus, open data, and science dissemination and communication.<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Fragile and Conflict-Affected Global Environments Thematic Working Group at Health Systems Global, a member of the International Council of the Global Society on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health, and an affiliated researcher of the UNESCO Chair in Global Health and Education. 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