of modern biotechnology on the economy. He was the first exclusive representative in Peru for Myriad Genetics specializing in molecular detection of propensity to hereditary cancer. Bustamante is scientific director of BioGenomica , a company specializing in DNA paternity and parentage testing serving the Peruvian and international markets. He also serves as international consultant on biomedical, biodefense, food safety, agricultural, mining biotech, and global health security matters. From August 2013 until July 2014 he headed the National Biotechnology Program of the National Council for Science, Technology & Technological Innovation of Peru (Concytec). From July 2014 until March 2015, he served -by presidential appointment- as Chief of the National Institute of Health of Peru (INS) . From March 2017 until August 2018, he served -by presidential appointment - as Head of the National Fisheries Health Agency of Peru, SANIPES . In March 2019 Bustamante was elected to the National Academy of Sciences of Peru . In May 2019 he received the Samuel P. Asper Award for Achievement in Advancing International Medical Education presented by the Johns Hopkins Medical & Surgical Association of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine . In April 2021, Bustamante was elected Member of the Parliament of Peru to serve for five years (2021-2026). In parliament, he served as the president of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He currently serves as a full member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Health & Population Committee, the Science, Technology & Innovation Committee, the Foreign Trade & Tourism Committee, and the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations.. In October 2022, in Kigali, Rwanda, Bustamante was elected by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to serve for two years as a member of the Bureau of the IPU Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs (Special Political and Decolonization or Fourth Committee) . References 1950 births Living people Eli Lilly and Company people Johns Hopkins University alumni People from Lima Molecular biologists Peruvian biologists National Defense University alumni Signers of the Madrid Charter