Editorial Team

Prof. Dr. Andrés M. Pérez-Acosta

Knowmad Institut /
Director of the JMSHRS Editorial Board

Senior Professor of Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the Universidad del Rosario (Bogota, Colombia). His research program involves the basic and applied psychology of associative learning, within which he is developing the Observatory of Self-Medication Behavior. He is a psychologist (with Honors Degree, 1996) graduated from the National University of Colombia and PhD in Psychology (with thesis Cum Laude by Unanimity, 2001) from the University of Seville (Spain) under the direction of Santiago Benjumea Rodriguez and Jose I. Navarro Guzman. He obtained his doctorate thanks to the Mutis Scholarship of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation. He made two postdoctoral stays at Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 2007) and at the University of Talca (Talca, Chile, 2008).

Eng. MA. Marcos Knoblauch

Knowmad Institut Expert Committee /
Editorial Board JMSHRS

Aeronautical Engineer, Master in Space and Aeronautics by Technische Universität München (TUM) - Germany - and Cranfield University - UK -, and Master in Human Rights by UNLP - Argentina. He has worked continuously as a teacher and researcher in applied sciences, in the field of space technology. He has worked extensively in human rights advocacy with marginalized communities in regions of armed conflict and military occupation. He is currently a member of an international accompaniment organization that supports communities and leaders at high risk based in Colombia.

PhD. Natalia Navas

Knowmad Institut Expert Committee /
Editorial Board JMSHRS

Sociologist specialized in labor rights of forced displaced persons, she works in the defense of human rights of marginalized communities, mainly on issues related to the workplace and community development. She is currently the Lead Organizer of the National TPS Alliance. Her research currently focuses on the sociology of transnational political participation of immigrants in New York and in their countries of origin. A graduate of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, she received her doctoral degree from the Department of Sociology at Stony Brook University.

MA. Jorge Molina

Knowmad Institut Ethics Committee /
Editorial Board JMSHRS

Psychologist, with a master's degree in mental health, postgraduate degree in psycho-oncology and doctoral candidate in social sciences. He has specialized, researched and written on the processes of social construction in chronic diseases, bereavement, death and mortuary behaviors. Member of the International Scientific Committee of the Observatory of Self-medication Behaviors of the Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia. Researcher of the Department of Research and Educational Development of the Institute of Research and Professional Training of Don Bosco University, El Salvador.

Prof.Dr. Rafael Lara-Martínez

Knowmad Institut / Honorary Member of the JMSHRS Editorial Board

Salvadoran anthropologist, linguist, literary critic and writer. With a PhD in Linguistics from the Sorbonne University, his work has been recognized with the National Culture Award and the distinction of "Notable Anthropologist of El Salvador" by the Salvadoran Parliament. He has served as a professor in Mexico, France, Costa Rica, El Salvador and the United States in various subjects including Spanish and French literature, Latin American culture and literature, Central American literature, Latin American literary historiography, linguistics, anthropology, and semiotics, among others. He is also a member of several cultural associations, including: the International Institute of Ibero-American Literature, the Mexican Society of Anthropology, the Society for Latin American Studies, and the Society for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society.​

Psy. Dulce María Pallero

Knowmad Institut /
Editorial Board JMSHRS

Psychologist-psychoanalyst. Former lecturer at the University Extension Department of the School of Psychology, Universidad Nacinal de La Plata (UNLP). Co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Team of Childhood of the FaHCE, UNLP. Student of the Specialization in Education, Gender and Sexualities, FaHCE, UNLP. Member of the Network of Feminist Psychologists (Argentina). Psychosocial Operator in Community Health and Licentiate in Psychology (UNLP, Argentina). Editor at Pixel Editorial (La Plata, Argentina) and member of the Colectiva de Escritoras y Editoras de La Plata. Singer. Poet. Feminist. Mental Health and Human Rights activist.

MA. Oscar Hugo Espin García

Knowmad Institut Expert Committee /
Editorial Board JMSHRS

Master of Science, in the field of Public Mental Health from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, he is also a Social Anthropologist from the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Currently, he develops qualitative research in mental health, specifically working directly with people who use psychoactive substances, both in controlled clinical settings, groups and associations of mutual help, as well as in recreational contexts where there is substance use. He is a PhD candidate at the Universidad Autónoma de México.