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María Jesús Vega Salas

Docente Asistente

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Determinantes sociales de la obesidad, sociología de la alimentación, desigualdades en obesidad, dieta, actividad física y sedentarismo. Inseguridad alimentaria.

Educación

  •  Sociología, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2015
  •  Magíster en Sociología, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2015
  •  Social Determinants of Nutrition, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL. Reino Unido, 2023

Experiencia Académica

  •   Instructor Adjunto Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ciencias Sociales

    Chile

    2014 - 2017

  •   Docente Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD FINIS TERRAE

    Educación

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - 2016

  •   Ayudante Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ciencias Sociales

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2013

  •   PhD Student Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

    Social Sciences and Law

    Bristol, Reino Unido

    2017 - 2023

  •   Docente Asistente Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Medicina

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - 2023

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Medicina

    Santiago, Chile

    2023 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Profesional Depto. Epidemiología Full Time

    Ministerio de Salud

    Santiago, Chile

    2017 - 2017

  •   Coordinadora y Analista Área Políticas Públicas Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile / Dirección de Estudios Sociales (DESUC)

    Santiago, Chile

    2013 - 2016

Formación de Capital Humano


RESEARCH UNITS | 2022 – | NUTRITION AND DIETETICS, UC-CHILE
• Tutor of research units for undergraduate students at the Nutrition and Dietetics UG programme
UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH | 2023 AND 2024 | DIRECTORATE FOR RESEARCH, UC-CHILE
• Guidance for three nutrition and dietetics’ students undertaking the undergraduate summer research program.
THESIS COMMITTEE MEMBER | 2023 - 2026 | PHD IN EPIDEMIOLOGY, UC-CHILE


Difusión y Transferencia


• Blanchard, L., Ray, S., Law, C., Vega-Salas, MJ., Bidonde, J., Bridge, G., Egan, M., Petticrew, M., & Knai, C. (2024) The effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and policy processes of regulatory, voluntary and partnership policies to improve food environments: an evidence synthesis. Public Health Research;12(8). https://doi.org/10.3310/JYWP4049
• Curi-Quinto, K., Vega-Salas, MJ. (2023) Policy Brief: Revisión de intervenciones de los entornos alimentarios escolares para la reducción de la obesidad: ¿cuánto se ha hecho en el Perú y en la región de Latinoamérica y el Caribe? Boletín de Políticas Públicas Niños del Milenio, 15. https://ninosdelmilenio.org/publicacion/boletin-de-politicas-publicas-n-15-revision-de-intervenciones-de-los-entornos-alimentarios-escolares-para-la-reduccion-de-la-obesidad-cuanto-se-ha-hecho-en-el-peru-y-en-la-region-de-la/
• Vega?Salas, M.J., Caro, P., Valenzuela-Egaña R., Testa N. (2020), Análisis comparativo de la política social económica chilena durante la pandemia (Cross-country comparative analysis with the Chilean social and economic policy during the COVID-19 pandemic). CIPER Académico. https://www.ciperchile.cl/2020/08/31/analisis-comparativo-de-la-politica-social-economica-chilena-durante-la-pandemia/


Premios y Distinciones

  •   BRISTOL PLUS AWARD

    UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

    Chile, 2020

    Rewarded for skills developed during extra-curricular activities completed during the PhD degree.

  •   PHIL STRONG MEMORIAL PRIZE

    GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY

    Chile, 2018

    Recipient of £1200 to conduct qualitative fieldwork for PhD studies


 

Article (7)

The effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and policy processes of regulatory, voluntary and partnership policies to improve food environments: an evidence synthesi
Weight stigma among Chilean university students
School environments and obesity: a systematic review of interventions and policies among school-age students in Latin America and the Caribbean
Development of an online food frequency questionnaire and estimation of misreporting of energy intake during the COVID-19 pandemic among young adults in Peru
Socio-economic inequalities in dietary intake in Chile: a systematic review
The EWAS Catalog: a database of epigenome-wide association studies
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour among the Chilean Population: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies

Proyecto (4)

Centro para la Prevención y Control del Cáncer en Chile (CECAN)
Nutrition, Lifestyle, Genes and Metabolome - A Biosocial Cohort Study of Obesity in Young Adults from Urban Peru. Young Lives Study
Population interventions to improve diet: An evidence synthesis on the effectiveness of regulatory, voluntary and partnership approaches
Social determinants of dietary intake, physical activity and sedentary behaviours contributing to the socioeconomic- obesity gradient in Chile

Review (1)

Inequalities in Research on Food Environment Policies: An Evidence Map of Global Evidence from 2010-2020
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María Vega

Docente Asistente

Ciencias de la Salud

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile