Ximena Paz Aguilera Sanhueza
Full Professor; Director Centro de Epidemiología y Políticas de Salud /Center of Epidemiology and Health Policy
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Applied epidemiology to infectious diseases, population health, and health policies. Includes research in health systems, global health, communicable and emerging diseases, International Health Regulations 2005, and health situation analysis.
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Public Health, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2016
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MD Specialist in Public Health (Public Health Physician), UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1996
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Medical Doctor, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1988
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Instructor gr 2 Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Medicine
Santiago, Chile
1993 - 1996
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Full Professor Full Time
Universidad del Desarrollo
Medicine
Santiago, Chile
2015 - At present
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Professor Full Time
Universidad del Desarrollo
Medicine
Chile
2010 - 2015
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Senior Advisor on Communicable Diseases Full Time
Pan American Health Organization
Washington DC, Estados Unidos
2008 - 2010
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Head Division of Health Planning Full Time
Ministry of Health Chile
Santiago, Chile
2005 - 2008
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Director Department of Epidemiology Full Time
Ministry of Health Chile
Santiago, Chile
1996 - 2005
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Senior epidemiologist Burden of Diseases in Chile project Full Time
Ministry of Health Chile
Santiago, Chile
1995 - 1996
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Resident in International Health Full Time
Pan American Health Organization
Washington DC, Estados Unidos
1994 - 1994
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Public health consultant Full Time
Ministry of Health-World Bank Project Coordination Unit
Santiago, Chile
1991 - 1993
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Epidemiologist Full Time
Environmental Health Service of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago
Santiago, Chile
1993 - At present
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Research (epidemiologist) Full Time
Corporación grupo para el desarrollo de la investigación en salud GREDIS
Santiago, Chile
1989 - 1991
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Director Centro de Epidemiología y Políticas de Salud/ Center of epidemiology and health policy Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO
Santiago, Chile
2010 - At present
Undergraduate teaching:
- Course coordinator and professor: Epidemiology and Public Health (annual) for the students of Medicine (5th year of career) (2011 - now)
Graduate Teaching:
- Applied epidemiology diploma (2015-now)
- Course Coordinator and professor: Designs in Epidemiology (semester) Doctor program in Science and Innovation in Medicine. Faculty of Medicine, Universidad del Desarrollo (2019-now)
Master: Dr. Rodrigo Fuentes VM, Master in Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Degree date: 12-15-2016. Thesis title: "Comparison of the performance of five algorithms for monitoring and generating alerts for listeriosis outbreaks in Chile." Current position Department of Epidemiology MOH Chile. Tutors: Luis Villarroel, Ximena Aguilera.
Doctorate or Postdoctorate: Dr. Janepsy Díaz Tito, Doctorate Program in Health Sciences. "Pedro Kourí" Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK). Havana City, Cuba. Years 2006-09. Current position Head of the Department of Scientific Affairs Institute of Public Health.
1. Scientific Societies:
- Past president Chilean Society of Public health
- Member American Public Health Association
- Member Chilean Society of Infectology
2. World Health Organization Collaboration Center
-WHO-CC on International Health Regulations CEPS, Faculty of Medicine Universidad del Desarrollo (2019-now)
3. International Expert Committees:
-Member of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Expert Roster (World Health Organization)
-Co-chair Lancet Infectious diseases Commission Preparedness for emerging epidemic threats (2018-now)
-Member of the Review Committee on the Functioning of the International Health Regulations (2005) during the COVID-19 Response. World Health Organization (2020-now) https://www.who.int/teams/ihr/ihr-review-committees/covid-19
-Member of the Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur) IHR Emergency Committee. World Health Organization (2018-2019) https://www.who.int/groups/ebola-virus-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-equateur-ihr-emergency-committee
- Co-chair International Health Regulations (IHR) review committee for the Second Extensions for establishing national public health capacities and on IHR implementation (2014)
- Member of the Expert Reference Group on the Draft Global Program of Work 13 Impact Framework 2019-2023 (designed by the Director-General of the World Health Organization) (2018) https://www.who.int/about/what-we-do/thirteenth-general-programme-of-work-2019---2023/expert-reference-group-on-the-draft-gpw-13-impact-framework-2019-2023
-WHO expert in several international meetings and forums on SARS, pandemic influenza preparedness, communicable diseases eradication and elimination, Universal Health Coverage measurement, and monitoring as well as the implementation of the IHR (2005).
4. National Expert Committees:
-Member of the COVID-19 Advisory Council for the Ministry of Health in Chile (2020-now) https://sites.google.com/udd.cl/consejocovid19chile/p%C3%A1gina-principal
-Member of the Prioritized Recommendation Commission which determines the diagnoses and treatments with the Financial Protection System of Law 20,850. (Ricarte Soto) 2015-2017
-Member of the Advisory Board of Explicit Guarantees in Health 10.066 Law (GES-AUGE) 2014-2017
-Member of the Presidential Advisory Commission for the Study and Proposal of a New Legal Framework for the Private Health System. Decree No 71, April 14th, 2014. http://www.senado.cl/prontus_senado/site/artic/20141009/asocfile/20141009112031/informe_comision_20141008.pdf
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Professor Doctor Benjamin Viel Award
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Chile, 1989
For obtaining the highest qualifications in the mention of epidemiology in the Master's Program in Public Health of the University of Chile in 1989
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Outstanding Team Award, 2010, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization. Influenza A (H1N1) emergency response team to combat the H1N1 Pandemic
ORGANIZACION PANAMERICA DE LA SALUD
Estados Unidos, 2010
Emergency response team to combat the H1N1 Pandemic
Capítulo I. ¿Qué es un sistema de salud? |
Capítulo VIII. Instituciones y servicios de salud pública |
COSTO EFECTIVIDAD DEL TEST RÁPIDO PARA LA DETECCIÓN DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS EN POBLACIÓN PRIVADA DE LIBERTAD=> SÍFILIS |
Aplicación de Instrumento de Monitoreo y Evaluación de Acceso y Cobertura Universal en salud OPS-OMS en Chile |
ESTADÍSTICAS DE CAUSAS DE MUERTE=> ¿SON LOS ACTUALES CERTIFICADOS DE DEFUNCIÓN UNA FUENTE DE INFORMACIÓN CONFIABLE PARA LAS ESTADÍSTICAS DE SALUD?” |
Discapacidad y envejecimiento=> Impacto del GES Ortesis en la capacidad funcional de las personas de 65 años y más, estudio próspectivo |
Estudio Factores de riesgo de Enfermedad Meningocóccica (EM) en Chile |
Medicion y Monitoreo de la Cobertura Universal de Salud, estudio de caso en Chile |
Equity in Access to care for Prenatal Care and Hypertension in Chile. 2010- 2011, |