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Cristina Roxana Alfaro Vergara

Assistant Professor

Universidad de Tarapacá

Arica, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Artificial Intelligence algorithms for segmentation, classification and detection of breast cancer. I am currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Educación

  •  MSc. in Radiological Sciences, UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACA. Chile, 2018
  •  MSc. in Health Sciences Education, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2017
  •  Diploma in Health Sciences Education, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2012
  •  Diploma in Management, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2010
  •  BSc. in Medical Technology, UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACA. Chile, 2002
  •  Medical Technologist in Radiology and Medical Physics, UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACA. Chile, 2002

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACA

    Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud

    Arica, Chile

    2012 - A la fecha

  •   JEFE DE CARRERA Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACA

    Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud

    Arica, Chile

    2012 - 2017

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Visiting Research PhD Student Full Time

    King´s College London, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences

    London, UK, Reino Unido

    2023 - 2024

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    Universidad de Tarapacá

    Arica, Chile

    2012 - A la fecha

Premios y Distinciones

  •   ANID GRANT (National PhD scholarship)

    ANID (National Agency of Research and Development)

    Chile, 2021

    National Agency of Research and Development BECA ANID Doctorado Nacional N° 21212497

  •   CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION

    CHILEAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS

    Chile, 2020

    IN RECOGNITION FOR HER PROFESSIONAL WORK AND HIGH SOCIAL AWARENESS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

  •   Luksic Scholars SEE

    Luksic Scholars- Babson College

    Chile, 2022

    A fully funded program for Entrepreneurship education for Chilean academics. Babson SEE participants were able to learn innovative teaching methodologies to implement in their classrooms and promote entrepreneurship in Chile.

  •   GRANT ANID INTERNSHIP ABROAD

    ANID (National Agency of Research and Development)

    Chile, 2023

    Award of doctoral internship abroad grant. Visiting research PhD Student at King´s College London.

  •   Premio Investigación 2025

    Colegio de Tecnólogos Médicos de Chile A.G.

    Chile, 2025

    Se otorga a Cristina Alfaro Vergara. Premio Investigación 2025. En reconocimiento a su compromiso con la ciencia, la innovación y el avance de la profesión en el área de la Radiología y Física Médica. Otorgado el 02 de octubre 2025, en Santiago de Chile.


 

Article (2)

Dynamic AI-assisted ipsilateral tissue matching for digital breast tomosynthesis

Morrell, Stephen; Hutel, Michael; Lucena, Oeslle; Alfaro, V. Cristina; Zamfir, Georgiana; Longman, Charlottefreya; Rahim, Rumana; O'Brien, Sophia; McDonald, Elizabeth S.; Zuckerman, Samantha P.; et al.

Article ISI SCOPUS
European Journal of Radiology  (2025)

In Silico Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Dataset for the Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models in Tumor Segmentation

Vergara, Cristina Alfaro; Caro, Nicolas Araya; Quiroz, Domingo Mery; Vasquez, Claudia Prieto

Article ISI SCOPUS
Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine  (2025)

ConferencePaper (2)

INVESTIGANDO EL USO DE CHAT-GPT EN ESTUDIANTES DE TECNOLOGÍA MÉDICA PARA AUTOESTUDIO. UN ESTUDIO DESCRIPTIVO.



ConferencePaper
 (2023)

Softwares de Ensayos Clínicos Virtuales (ECV) para entrenamiento de algoritmos de Inteligencia Artificial en mamografía: Una solución costo-efectiva para generar datos de investigación en un entorno controlado y seguro.

Irarrazaval, Pablo; Mery, Domingo

ConferencePaper
 (2023)

Proyecto (1)

Intensity Learning for Off-Resonance Correction in MRI

Irarrázaval

Proyecto
 (2021)

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Cristina Alfaro

Assistant Professor

Tecnología Médica

Universidad de Tarapacá

Arica, Chile