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A highly organized workspace with a sleek silver laptop open on a glass-topped desk, surrounded by neatly stacked academic journals and a navy-blue leather-bound notebook. The background features frosted glass panels and a single potted snake plant, evoking a professional office environment. Soft, diffused daylight streams in from an unseen window, creating gentle highlights across polished surfaces and subtle, structured shadows. The atmosphere is calm, precise, and focused, reflecting the professional ethos of public health research. The composition uses a centered, eye-level perspective with balanced lines and a minimalist, photographic realism that matches a corporate aesthetic.

Colombia Public Health

Oscar H Franco, MD, is a public health professor and Colombia senate candidate. This site shares science, policy insights, and personal reflections.

A stack of unbiased, hardbound scientific books with navy blue, gray, and taupe covers rests on a refined matte-black conference table, accompanied by a subtle metallic pen and a tablet displaying public health infographics. The table is situated in an uncluttered, contemporary meeting room with clean white walls and a large frameless glass window in the background. Gentle natural daylight softly illuminates the scene, creating clear edges and faint reflective highlights across the surface. The image is shot from a slightly elevated angle with a wide focal range, cultivating a professional, authoritative mood with a calm, methodical energy and impeccable photographic realism.
An elegant glass award with etched laurel wreaths and the inscription ‘Excellence in Public Health,’ mounted on a smooth, charcoal-colored wood base. The award stands centrally atop a spotless, reflective desk flanked by closed folders in cool gray and navy hues. The background reveals a tastefully blurred set of bookshelves aligned with structured vertical lines. Soft studio lighting highlights the glass edges, casting minimal shadows and creating luminous reflections on the surface. The ambiance is aspirational, polished, and quietly celebratory. The composition features a centered, close-up perspective with impeccable clarity, embodying photographic professionalism.
A modern Colombian flag rendered in fabric with soft, neutrally-saturated tones draped gracefully atop a brushed steel lectern engraved with the caduceus symbol, referencing medicine and public service. The flag sits in a minimalist conference setting, accented by subtle architectural details and clean white walls. Indirect, daylight-balanced artificial lighting bathes the scene, accentuating the flag’s folds and the lectern’s smooth finish. The mood is dignified and inspirational, with a subtle corporate touch. Photographed head-on at eye level, with balanced composition and clear separation between foreground and background for a crisp, polished look.