Cristina Díaz Gómez

Cristina Díaz Gómez holds a degree in Clinical Research Methods from the Institute of Public Health, Epidemiology and Development (ISPED – University of Bordeaux). She also holds a DEA (advanced degree equivalent to a Master's degree) in Health Economics and a Master's degree in Methodology and Statistics for Biomedical Research from Paris-Saclay University. She specialises in intervention research in public health.

At OFDT, she headed the Public Policy Evaluation Unit from 2003 to 2020, where she conducted and coordinated numerous social science studies on the evaluation of public responses to drug use and addictive behaviours. From 2020 onwards, she was responsible for the management and monitoring of the Observatory’s scientific partnerships, particularly within the framework of the Fund for Combating Addictions Related to Psychoactive Substances, in collaboration with OFDT’s scientific units and research partners.

As Head of the General Secretariat, she leads and coordinates a multidisciplinary team responsible for overseeing OFDT’s administrative, budgetary and human resources functions, as well as the technical processes involved in disseminating the Observatory’s work. She ensures the proper administrative, budgetary, logistical and human resources management of the public interest group and the smooth running of the activities falling within the remit of the General Secretariat, working closely with the management team, the accounting officer and the heads of the scientific departments.

She provides cross-cutting support to all OFDT activities and coordinates administrative, budgetary, logistical and human resources operations, as well as the monitoring of agreements and the dissemination of OFDT’s outputs.