Gisele Almeida is an advisor in Health Systems and Services Analysis and coordinator of the EquiLAC Project at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization in Washington, DC, where she provides technical cooperation on monitoring and evaluation processes, use of evidence in public policies, and assessment of health systems performance. She has extensive expertise in health systems research, health services management tools, evaluation methods, and project management. She received a doctor of public health with specialization in health policy and a master of science in information management from the George Washington University. She has published in books and peer-reviewed journals.