Dr. Teran is a distinguished Professor at the School of Medicine within the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) in Quito, Ecuador. He obtained his MD degree from the Central University of Ecuador, completed a Master's degree in International Cooperation for Development at the Universidad Internacional de la Rioja in Spain, and earned his Ph.D. from University College London in the UK. With over 25 years of experience as a pharmacologist, his research has focused on vascular factors, infectious diseases, oxidative stress, and pharmacogenetics, specifically within the Ecuadorian population. Dr. Teran has served as the principal investigator or co-investigator on numerous university- and externally-funded grants and has co-authored more than 120 peer-reviewed papers, with an impressive h-index of 26. Since 2016, he has been a member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Sciences and was elected as its president until 2025. In addition, he has also been a member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Medicine since 2017.