Public Health Policy Analyst

Isabella Perez Martínez

Isabella Perez Martínez is a public health policy analyst and youth advocate based in Bogotá, Colombia. She passionately works at the intersection of research, communication, and social impact. A high school student with a strong focus on public policy and storytelling.

Isabella Perez Martínez is a high school student from Bogotá, Colombia, and currently serves as a Public Health Policy Analyst at the Institute for Youth in Policy. Her work focuses on youth well-being, policy research, and communicating complex ideas effectively to broader audiences. Outside YIP, she is the founder of a youth-led venture, Bellika, and serves on the Youth Advisory Committee for IMAGINA at Universidad de los Andes. She is deeply passionate about cross-sector collaboration, business, discourse, and using storytelling to make policy more accessible to young people.

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An Analysis of the Impact of Health Research Funding Cuts

Public Health Policy

June 15, 2025

This brief explores the impact of the Trump administration’s cuts to key public-health research branches, including the National Institute of Health (NIH), the World Health Organization, and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

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An Analysis of the Efficacy of Value-Based Care Health Systems

Public Health Policy

April 27, 2025

Value-based care (VBC), which pays a fixed rate per patient, deviates from healthcare’s traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model in which practitioners are paid per service (doctor visit, surgery, vaccine, etc.) they do. Given the growing prevalence of this system, this brief aims to analyze the efficacy of VBC to improve patient outcomes.

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