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Carina Alejandra Valenzuela Avendaño

Profesora Adjunta

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Inflammation and fatty acid metabolism, endocannabinoid signaling, maternal–infant nutrition, and food addiction, emphasizing dietary lipids, metabolic programming, endothelial function, and behavioral factors related to obesity development

Educación

  •  Nutricionista, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2006
  •  Magister en Nutrición y Alimentos, mención Nutrición Humana (INTA), UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2008
  •  PhD Research in Nutrition, Endocrinology and Metabolism, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON. Reino Unido, 2020
  •  Ejercicio, Nutrición y Salud, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2006
  •  Docencia Universitaria, UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2022
  •  Pedagogía para la Educación Superior, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2011

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesora/Académica Adjunta Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Farmacia

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2009 - At present

  •   Demonstrator Other

    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

    Medicine

    Southampton, Reino Unido

    2018 - 2019

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Asistente técnico en Proyecto FONDECYT 1070663 Part Time

    INTA, Universidad de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2009

  •   Profesional Nutricionista Part Time

    Centro Médico de la Isapre Fundación, Banco Estado

    Santiago, Chile

    2007 - 2009

  •   Reemplazo Nutricionista Part Time

    CESFAM Santa Ju

    Santiago, Chile

    2007 - 2007

  •   Tutora en Diplomado de Ejercicio, Nutrición y Salud Other

    INTA, Universidad de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2006 - 2007

  •   Asesora en Nutrición Other

    Empresa Eléctrica de Puente Alto

    Santiago, Chile

    2005 - 2007

  •   Académica Full Time

    Universidad de Valparaíso

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2009 - At present

Premios y Distinciones

  •   Beca Juan Gómez Millas

    MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION

    Chile, 2001

    Beca Juan Gómez Millas para estudios de Educación Superior

  •   Premio en Congreso Sociedad Chilena Reproducción y Desarrollo

    Sociedad Chilena de Reproducción y Desarrollo

    Chile, 2008

    Premios a trabajos de investigación en Congreso por presentación de estudio: "El antagonista de receptores CB1 para endocanabinoides, SR141716A, revierte el sobrepeso adulto inducido por estrés en la lactancia"

  •   Premio Henry Nestlé 2011

    NESTLE CHILE S.A.

    Chile, 2011

    Categoría Nutrición versión científica, por artículo Valenzuela CA, Castillo VA, Aguirre CA, Ronco AM, Llanos MN. The CB(1) Receptor Antagonist SR141716A Reverses Adult Male Mice Overweight and Metabolic Alterations Induced by Early Stress. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2011 Jan;19(1):29-35.

  •   IUNS Re-integration Grant for early career nutrition graduates

    International Union of Nutritional Sciences

    Reino Unido, 2020

    These grants are designed to support early-career nutritionists who have recently completed their doctoral studies in developed countries as they embark on their professional journeys back in their home countries.

  •   Sponsorship Gold Student PrimerDesign

    Primer Design

    Reino Unido, 2018

    Postgraduate Sponsorship scheme to support students' research projects with substantial real-time PCR component. The scheme aims to support postgraduate research students from different institutions across the UK via sponsorship, training, and expert technical support throughout their study.


 

Article (15)

Validation of the Chilean version of the Yale food addiction scale 2.0 in a non-clinical sample

Diaz-Torrente, Ximena; Palacio, Ana; Valenzuela, Carina; Vergés, Alvaro; Gearhardt, Ashley N.

Article ISI
EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY  (2024)

Conjugated Linoleic Acids Have Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Cultured Endothelial Cells

Valenzuela, Carina A.; Baker, Ella J.; Miles, Elizabeth A.; Calder, Philip C.

Article ISI
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES  (2023)

Effects on Fetal Metabolic Programming and Endocannabinoid System of a Normocaloric Diet during Pregnancy and Lactation of Female Mice with Pregestational Obesity

Barrera, Cynthia; Castillo, Valeska; Valenzuela, Rodrigo; Valenzuela, Carina A.; Garcia-Diaz, Diego F.; Llanos, Miguel

Article ISI
NUTRIENTS  (2023)

Differential Inflammatory Responses in Cultured Endothelial Cells Exposed to Two Conjugated Linoleic Acids (CLAs) under a Pro-Inflammatory Condition

Valenzuela, Carina A.; Baker, Ella J.; Miles, Elizabeth A.; Calder, Philip C.

Article ISI
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES  (2022)

Anti-inflammatory effects of oleic acid and the anthocyanin keracyanin alone and in combination: effects on monocyte and macrophage responses and the NF-κB pathway

Santamarina, Aline B.; Pisani, Luciana P.; Baker, Ella J.; Marat, Andreea D.; Valenzuela, Carina A.; Miles, Elizabeth A.; Calder, Philip C.

Article ISI
FOOD & FUNCTION  (2021)

Características de la alimentación temprana y actual de preescolares en la Región de Valparaíso, Chile

Natalie Wormald; Bastián Oyanader; Carina Valenzuela

Article SCIELO
REVISTA CHILENA DE NUTRICION  (2021)

Differential Effects of Ruminant and Industrial 18-Carbon <i>trans</i>-Monounsaturated Fatty Acids (<i>trans</i> Vaccenic and Elaidic) on the Inflammatory Responses of an Endothelial Cell Line

Valenzuela, Carina A.; Baker, Ella J.; De Souza, Camila O.; Miles, Elizabeth A.; Calder, Philip C.

Article ISI
MOLECULES  (2021)

Comparative anti-inflammatory effects of plant- and marine-derived omega-3 fatty acids explored in an endothelial cell line

Valenzuela C.A.; Yaqoob P.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids  (2020)

Gamma-Linolenic and Pinolenic Acids Exert Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Cultured Human Endothelial Cells Through Their Elongation Products

Baker, Ella J.; Valenzuela, Carina A.; van Dooremalen, Wies T. M.; Martinez-Fernandez, Leyre; Yaqoob, Parveen; Miles, Elizabeth A.; Calder, Philip C.

Article ISI
MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH  (2020)

Relación entre tiempos de alimentación, composición nutricional del desayuno y estado nutricional en estudiantes universitarios de Valparaíso, Chile

Cristina Concha; Carina Valenzuela

Article WOS-ESCI SCIELO SCOPUS
REVISTA CHILENA DE NUTRICION  (2019)

Palmitoleic Acid has Stronger Anti-Inflammatory Potential in Human Endothelial Cells Compared to Oleic and Palmitic Acids

de Souza C.O.; Valenzuela C.A.; Baker E.J.; Miles E.A.; Rosa Neto J.C.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Molecular Nutrition and Food Research  (2018)

Análisis cuali-cuantitativo de menús infantiles ofrecidos en restoranes familiares y de comida rápida en Santiago de Chile

Marcela Ñunque G; Lilian Salazar L; Carina Valenzuela A

Article ISI SCIELO SCOPUS
Revista Chilena de Nutricion  (2015)

EXPOSITION TO DRUGS OF ABUSE IN PREGNANCY AND BREASTFED BABIES GROWTH IN CONIN VALPARAISO, CHILE

Pinunuri, R; Mardones, C.; Valenzuela C.; Estay, P; Llanos, M

Article ISI SCOPUS
Nutricion Hospitalaria  (2015)

NUTRITIONAL CARE PROTOCOL PROPOSAL FOR PATIENTS LIVING WITH HIV WITHOUT ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, TREATED AT THE CENTER OF DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCES OF SAN MARTIN DE QUILLOTA HOSPITAL, CHILE

Munoz, MAV; Martinez, TDL; Avendano, CV

Article ISI SCOPUS
Nutricion Hospitalaria  (2015)

The CB1 Receptor Antagonist SR141716A Reverses Adult Male Mice Overweight and Metabolic Alterations Induced by Early Stress

Castillo, VA; Aguirre, CA; Ronco, AM

Article ISI SCOPUS
Obesity  (2011)

Abstract (3)

DIET, PERCENTAGE OF BODY FAT AND AEROBIC POWER IN YOUTH SERIES OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE SANTIAGO WANDERERS CLUB

Valenzuela C.; Quiñones V.; Mori M.

Abstract ISI
ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM  (2013)

INTERVENTION IN RURAL SCHOOL TO PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

Valenzuela C.; González, ML; Vielma, B

Abstract ISI
ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM  (2013)

THE ENDOCANNABINOID CB1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST, SR141716A, HAS PARADOXICAL EFFECTS ON ADULT BODY WEIGHT AND METABOLIC ALTERATIONS DUE TO EARLY POST-NATAL STRESS. AN ANIMAL MODEL

Llanos, M; Valenzuela C.; Aguirre, C; Castillo V.; Ronco, AM

Abstract ISI
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH  (2009)

Proyecto (3)

Stress during simultaneous to type 1 cannabionoid receptors blockade, induce hepatic insulin resistence in adulthood. A role for type 2 cannabinoid receptors, inducible nitric oxide synthase and tyrosine nitration of signalling proteins.

FONDECYT (1130106)

Proyecto
2013-2015
Coinvestigador(a)

Endocannabinoid (CB1) receptors blockage simultaneous to nociceptive stress during lactation, induce metabolic syndrome in adulthood. A role for the hepatic endocannabinoid system.

FONDECYT (1100145)

Proyecto
2010-2012
Coinvestigador(a)

SOBREPESO EN EL ADULTO. CONSECUENCIA TARDIA DE UN SISTEMA ENDOCANABONOIDE HIPERACTIVO POR STRESS POST-NATAL TEMPRANO

FONDECYT (1070663)

Proyecto
2007-2009
Tesista

Review (5)

Dairy as a Source of Iodine and Protein in the UK: Implications for Human Health Across the Life Course, and Future Policy and Research

Witard, Oliver C.; Bath, Sarah C.; Dineva, Mariana; Sellem, Laury; Mulet-Cabero, Ana-Isabel; Dongen, Laura H. van; Zheng, Ju-Sheng; Valenzuela, Carina; Smeuninx, Benoit

Review ISI
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION  (2022)

Effect of omega-3 supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on the fatty acid composition of breast milk in the first months of life: a narrative review

Puca, Daniza; Estay, Pamela; Valenzuela, Carina; Munoz, Yasna

Review ISI
NUTRICION HOSPITALARIA  (2021)

Eighteen-carbon trans fatty acids and inflammation in the context of atherosclerosis

Valenzuela C.A.

Review ISI SCOPUS
PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH  (2019)

Sistema endocanabinoide y desarrollo de esteatosis hepática

Carina Valenzuela; Valeska Castillo; Ana Mar�a Ronco; Carolina Aguirre; Sandra Hirsch; Miguel Llanos

Review SCIELO SCOPUS
REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE  (2014)

Participación del sistema endocanabinoide en el desarrollo de obesidad

Valenzuela, Carina; Aguirre, Carolina; Castillo, Valeska; RONCO, ANA MARÍA; Llanos, Miguel

Review SCIELO
REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE  (2010)

2
Raúl Piñuñuri

Académico

Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética

Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins

Santiago, Chile

1
Rodrigo Valenzuela

Profesor Asociado

Nutrición

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Marcela Ñunque

Asistente Docente

Formación Transversal de Salud

Universidad Central de Chile

La Serena , Chile

23
Carina Valenzuela

Profesora Adjunta

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile