Our team

A group of Experts professionals specialists

50 years always counting on the leaders in research in health, nutrition and food.

Claudio F. Lanata de las Casas

Claudio F. Lanata de las Casas

General Director

Doctor, graduated from the 'Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia' in 1977, with specialties in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases in the US. Master in Public Health with emphasis in epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University, US.

Germán Ugaz Sánchez Moreno

Germán Ugaz Sánchez Moreno

President of the Board

Lawyer graduated from the 'Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú', with experience in Private Law and Public Law, litigation and dispute resolution in general, Administrative Law and business consulting; specialized in Civil, Corporate, Commercial Law and judicial litigation and dispute resolution.

Meet our researchers

Claudio F. Lanata de las Casas

Claudio F. Lanata de las Casas

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Doctor, graduated from the 'Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia' in 1977, with specialties in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases in the US. Master in Public Health with emphasis in epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University, US.

email: clanata@iin.sld.pe

– Honorary Professor at the School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the University of London and Professor at the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine in Vanderbilt University.
– Associate Academician of the National Academy of Medicine. WHO advisor and member of multiple technical committees.
– Health Award 2020, Carlos Slim Foundation, Mexico.

  • Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density and Evolution of Acute Respiratory Illnesses in Young Children, Peru, 2009-2011.
  • Strengthening health services to deliver nutrition education to promote complementary feeding and healthy growth of infants and young children: formative research for a successful intervention in peri
  • His research has resulted in more than 170 scientific articles, two books, and 26 book chapters.
Mary E. Penny

Mary E. Penny

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Doctor, graduated in 1974, B.A. (Hons) in Natural Sciences (Medicine), in 1975 M.A. an M.A. from Cambridge University and in 1977 M.B. Ch.B. University of Birmingham (UK).

email: mpenny@iin.sld.pe

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), awarded by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is awarded for outstanding achievement or service to the community that has had a significant long-term impact. Research and Clinical Grants from the Institute of Child Health, Birmingham and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Research Associate (Service of Pediatrics) Massachusetts General Hospital.

  • Schott, W., Aurino, E., Penny, M.E., Behrman, J.R.
    The double burden of malnutrition among youth: Trajectories and inequalities in four emerging economies 2019 / Economics and Human Biology, 2019 kijr, lm, pp. qi–rj
  • Dorsey, A.F., Thompson, A.L., Kleinman, R.E., Duggan, C.P., Penny, M.E. 2018.
    Iron and infection: An investigation of the optimal iron hypothesis in Lima, Peru. /American Journal of Human Biology, kijq, li(l), ekljjm View abstract.
  • Penny ME, Jimenez MM, Marin RM.
    Early rapid weight gain and subsequent overweight and obesity in middle childhood in Peru. BMC Obes. 2016;13,3:55
  • Penny ME, Meza KS, Creed-Kanashiro HM, Marin RM, Donovan J.
    Fruits and vegetables are incorporated into home cuisine in different ways that are relevant to promoting increased consumption. Matern Child Nutr. 2016 Aug 10. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12356.
  • Penny ME, Creed-Kanashiro H, Marin RM, Donovan J.
    Effectiveness of an educational intervention delivered through the health services to improve nutrition in young children: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 2005;365:1863-72.
Hilary M. Creed-Kanashiro

Hilary M. Creed-Kanashiro

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Nutritionist graduated from the University of Surrey, UK with an M.Phil from University College (UCL), London University, UK.

email: hmcreed@iin.sld.pe

Recognition by UNICEF Peru for contribution to policies in favor of children and teenagers in 2014

Honorary member of 'Colegio de Nutricionistas del Perú' in 2009

Senior Drummond Fellowship, University College, University of London (1970.1974)

  • Andrew D. Jones, Hilary Creed-Kanashiro, Karl S. Zimmerer, Stef de Haan, Miluska Carrasco, Krysty Meza, Gisella S. Cruz-Garcia, Milka Tello, Franklin Plasencia Amaya, R. Margot Marin, Lizette Ganoza. Farm-level agricultural biodiversity in the Peruvian Andes is associated with greater odds of women achieving a minimally diverse and micronutrient adequate diet. J Nutr. 2018 Oct 1;148(10):1625-1637. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy166.
  • Hilary Creed-Kanashiro, Heather M. Wasser, Rosario Bartolini, Cecilia Goya, Margaret E. Bentley. Formative research to explore the acceptability and use of infant food grinders for the promotion of Animal Source Foods and Micronutrient Powders in rural Peru. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Oct;14(4):e12600. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12600. Epub 2018 Apr 2
  • Rebecca C. Robert, Hilary M. Creed-Kanashiro, Ruben Villasante, M. Rocio Narro, Mary E. Penny. Strengthening health services to deliver nutrition education to promote complementary feeding and healthy growth of infants and young children: formative research for a successful intervention in peri-urban Trujillo, Peru.. 2 MAR 2016. DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12264
  • Creed-Kanashiro H, Bartolini R, Abad M, Arevalo V. Promoting multi-micronutrient powders (MNP) in Peru: acceptance by caregivers and role of health personnel. Matern Child Nutr. 2016 Jan;12(1): 152-63. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12217. EPub 2015 Nov1.
  • Margaret E. Bentley, Heather M. Wasser, and Hilary M. Creed-Kanashiro. Responsive Feeding and Child Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. J Nutr. 2011 Mar;141(3):502-7. doi: 10.3945/jn.110.130005. Epub 2011 Jan 26.
Nelly Zavaleta Pimentel

Nelly Zavaleta Pimentel

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Medical Surgeon, graduated from the 'Universidad Nacional de Trujillo', with a Master's degree in Nutrition from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

email: nzavalet@iin.sld.pe

  • Swedish Government Fellow (Swedish Institute (1986-1988)
  • National Institutes of Health of USA (NIH) – 25th first best publications about Nutrition
  • Research “ “Annual Bibliography of the most significative advances in research with “ Nutritional Supplements,1999 y  2001
  • Delaney K, Guillet R, Pressman E, Zavaleta N, O’Brien K. Iron Absorption and Partitioning During Pregnancy (OR35-03-19). Curr Dev Nutr. 2019;3(Suppl 1):nzz048.OR35-03-19. Published 2019 Jun 13. doi:10.1093/cdn/nzz048.OR35-03-19
  • McClorry S, Zavaleta N, Llanos A, Casapía M, Lönnerdal B, Slupsky CM. Anemia in infancy is associated with alterations in systemic metabolism and microbial structure and function in a sex-specific manner: an observational study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018; 108(6):1238-1248. doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqy249
  • Lee H, Zavaleta N, Chen SY, Lönnerdal B, Slupsky C. Effect of bovine milk fat globule membranes as a complementary food on the serum metabolome and immune markers of 6-11-month-old Peruvian infants. NPJ Sci Food. 2018; 2:6. Published 2018 Apr 12. doi:10.1038/s41538-018-0014-8
  • Mispireta ML, Caulfield LE, Zavaleta N, et al. Effect of maternal zinc supplementation on the cardiometabolic profile of Peruvian children: results from a randomized clinical trial. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2017; 8(1):56-64. doi: 10.1017/S2040174416000568
  •  Zavaleta N, Astete-Robilliard L. Efecto de la anemia en el desarrollo infantil: consecuencias a largo plazo [Effect of anemia on child development: long-term consequences]. Rev. Peru Med Exp Salud Pública. 2017; 34(4):716-722. doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2017.344.3251
Juana Mercedes del Valle Mendoza

Juana Mercedes del Valle Mendoza

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Biologist graduated from the 'Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos' with a doctorate in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology within the Biomedicine program at the University of Barcelona, ​​Spain.

email: jdelvalle@iin.sld.pe

  • (2013) II Award: Women Scientists at the Peruvian University 2013. National Assembly of Rectors.
  • (2006) UNESCO Award – 'Fellowship Unesco-L’Oreal for Women in Science'. Paris, France
  • (2004 Febrero – 2005 Diciembre) Fundación Carolina. Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores. España.
  • (Octuber 2000 to August 2003) Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, Spain
  • Del Valle-Mendoza, J., Vasquez-Achaya, F., Aguilar-Luis, M.A. et al. Unidentified dengue serotypes in DENV positive samples and detection of other pathogens responsible for an acute febrile illness outbreak 2016 in Cajamarca, Peru. BMC Res Notes 13, 467 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05318-5
  • Del Valle-Mendoza J, Orellana-Peralta F, Del Valle LJ, Verne E, Ugarte C, Weilg C, Silva-Caso W, Valverde-Ezeta J, Carrillo-Ng H, Peña-Tuesta I, Palomares-Reyes C, Cornejo-Tapia A, Aguilar-Luis MA. Detection of human Metapneumovirus infection in children under 18 years old hospitalized in Lima-Peru. PeerJ. 2019 Jul 25;7:e7266. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7266. PMID: 31380147; PMCID: PMC6661132.
  • Aguilar-Luis MA, Del Valle-Mendoza J, Silva-Caso W, Gil-Ramirez T, Levy-Blitchtein S, Bazán-Mayra J, Zavaleta-Gavidia V, Cornejo-Pacherres D, Palomares-Reyes C, Del Valle LJ. An emerging public health threat: Mayaro virus increases its distribution in Peru. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;92:253-258. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.024. Epub 2020 Jan 21. PMID: 31978575.
  • Carrillo-Ng H, Becerra-Goicochea L, Tarazona-Castro Y, Pinillos-Vilca L, Del Valle LJ, Aguilar-Luis MA, Tinco-Valdez C, Silva-Caso W, Martins-Luna J, Peña-Tuesta I, Aquino-Ortega R, Del Valle-Mendoza J. Variations in cervico-vaginal microbiota among HPV-positive and HPV-negative asymptomatic women in Peru. BMC Res Notes. 2021 Jan 6;14(1):4. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05422-6. PMID: 33407849; PMCID: PMC7788800.Final del formulario
  • Martins-Luna J, Del Valle-Mendoza J, Silva-Caso W, Sandoval I, Del Valle LJ, Palomares-Reyes C, Carrillo-Ng H, Peña-Tuesta I, Aguilar-Luis MA. Oropouche infection a neglected arbovirus in patients with acute febrile illness from the Peruvian coast. BMC Res Notes. 2020 Feb 10;13(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-4937-1. PMID: 32041646; PMCID: PMC7011230.
María Reyna Liria Domínguez

María Reyna Liria Domínguez

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

BSc en Nutrición y Dietética, Escuela de Nutricionistas del I.P.S.S./Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón, Perú MHS en Nutrición, Escuela de Salud Pública de México-Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, México

email: rliria@iin.sld.pe

Rossina Gabriella Pareja Torres

Rossina Gabriella Pareja Torres

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Nutritionist graduated from 'Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos' with a master in Nutritional Sciences from Iowa State University

email: rpareja@iin.sld.pe

  • Breastfeeding
  • Supplementary feeding
  • Food consumption assessment
  • Assessment of nutritional status
  • Maternal and Child Nutrition
  • Pareja RG, Marquis GS, Penny ME, Dixon PM. A case-control study to examine the association between breastfeeding during late pregnancy and risk of a small-for-gestational-age birth in Lima, Peru. Matern Child Nutr. 2015 Apr;11(2):190-201. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12000. Epub 2012 Oct 1. PMID: 23020780; PMCID: PMC6860212.
  • McGuire MK, Meehan CL, McGuire MA, Williams JE, Foster J, Sellen DW, Kamau-Mbuthia EW, Kamundia EW, Mbugua S, Moore SE, Prentice AM, Kvist LJ, Otoo GE, Brooker SL, Price WJ, Shafii B, Placek C, Lackey KA, Robertson B, Manzano S, Ruíz L, Rodríguez JM, Pareja RG, Bode L. What’s normal? Oligosaccharide concentrations and profiles in milk produced by healthy women vary geographically. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 May;105(5):1086-1100. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.139980. Epub 2017 Mar 29. PMID: 28356278; PMCID: PMC5402033.
  • Kovalskys I, Rigotti A, Koletzko B, Fisberg M, Gómez G, Herrera-Cuenca M, Cortés Sanabria LY, Yépez García MC, Pareja RG, Zimberg IZ, Del Arco A, Zonis L, Previdelli AN, Guajardo V, Moreno LA, Fisberg R; ELANS Study Group. Latin American consumption of major food groups: Results from the ELANS study. PLoS One. 2019 Dec 26;14(12):e0225101. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225101. PMID: 31877144; PMCID: PMC6932811.
  • Daelmans B, Ferguson E, Lutter CK, Singh N, Pachón H, Creed-Kanashiro H, Woldt M, Mangasaryan N, Cheung E, Mir R, Pareja R, Briend A. Designing appropriate complementary feeding recommendations: tools for programmatic action. Matern Child Nutr. 2013 Sep;9 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):116-30. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12083. PMID: 24074322; PMCID: PMC6860844.
  • Kovalskys I, Fisberg M, Gómez G, Pareja RG, Yépez García MC, Cortés Sanabria LY, Herrera-Cuenca M, Rigotti A, Guajardo V, Zalcman Zimberg I, Nogueira Previdelli A, Moreno LA, Koletzko B; ELANS Study Group. Energy intake and food sources of eight Latin American countries: results from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS). Public Health Nutr. 2018 Oct;21(14):2535-2547. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018001222. Epub 2018 May 31. PMID: 29848396.
Rosario M. Bartolini Martínez

Rosario M. Bartolini Martínez

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Anthropologist graduated from the 'Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú', master's degree in Anthropology from the same university

email: rbartolini@iin.sld.pe

  • Qualitative studies in maternal and child health
  • Bartolini RM, Winkler JL, Penny ME, LaMontagne DS (2012) Parental Acceptance of HPV Vaccine in Peru: A Decision Framework. PLoS ONE 7(10): e48017. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048017
  • Bartolini RM, Drake JK, Creed-Kanashiro HM, Díaz-Otoya MM, Mosqueira-Lovón NR, Penny ME, Winkler JL, LaMontagne DS, Bingham A. Formative research to shape HPV vaccine introduction strategies in Peru. Salud Publica Mex 2010;52:226-233.
  • Gosdin L, Martorell R, Bartolini RM, Mehta R, Srikantiah S, Young MF. The co‐occurrence of anaemia and stunting in young children. Matern Child Nutr. 2018; e12597. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12597
  • Mary J De Silva,, Trudy Harpham, Tran Tuan, Rosario Bartolini, Mary E Penny, Sharon R Huttlya. Psychometric and cognitive validation of a social capital measurement tool in Peru and Vietnam. Social Science & Medicine 62 (2006) 941–953
  • Mary Penny,∗ , Rosario Bartolini , N. Rocio Mosqueira , D. Scott LaMontagne , Maria Ana Mendoza, Irma Ramos , Jennifer L. Winkler, Jose Villafana, Amynah Janmohamed, Aisha O. Jumaan. Strategies to vaccinate against cancer of the cervix: Feasibility of a school-based HPV vaccination program in Peru. Vaccine 29 (2011) 5022– 5030
Ana I. Gil Merino

Ana I. Gil Merino

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Microbiology - MSc at the 'Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia' and Food Industries - Br. 'Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina'

email: agil@iin.sld.pe

  • HHMI FELLOWSHIP(2003) Disease Research, Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • UNESCO FELLOWSHIP (1996-1997): Center of Marine Biotechnology, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • JICA FELLOWSHIP (1994): Hyogo International Center, Kobe, Japan.
  • WHO FELLOWSHIP (1987): Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, London, UK
    CONCYTEC PREMIO(1983): 1er Lugar Concurso de Proyectos de Investigacion en Salud.
  • Howard LM, Zhu Y, Griffin MR, Edwards KM, Williams JV, Gil AI, Vidal JE, Klugman KP, Lanata CF, Grijalva CG. Nasopharyngeal pneumococcal density during asymptomatic respiratory virus infection and risk for subsequent acute respiratory illness. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Nov;25(11):2040-2047. doi: 10.3201/eid2511.190157.
  • Dynamics of colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in healthy Peruvian children. Nelson KN, Grijalva CG, Chochua S, Hawkins P, Gil AI, Lanata CF, Griffin MR, Edwards KM, Klugman KP, Vidal JE. Open Forum Infect Dis, 2018 Feb
    17;5(3);ofy039, doi, 10,1093/ofid/ofy039, eCollection 2018 Mar.
  • A novel real-time RT-PCR assay for influenza C tested in Peruvian children. Howard LM, Johnson M, Gil AI, Pekosj A, Griffin MR, Edwards KM, Lanata CF, Grijalva CG, Williams JV for the Respira Peru Group. J Clin Virol. 2017 Sep 1;96:12-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2017.08.014.
  • Gil AI, Lanata CF, Miranda H, Prada A, Seas C, Hall ER, Meza R, Barreno CM, Maúrtua D, Nair GB. Gravedad de la gastroenteritis causada por Vibrio para haemolyticus del grupo pandémico en el Perú. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica
    2007;24(4):350-55
  • Gil AI, Miranda H, Lanata CF, Prada A, Hall E, Barreno CM, Nusrin S, Bhuiyan NA, Sack DA, Nair GB. O3:K6 Serotype of Vibrio parahaemolyticus identical to the global pandemic clone associated with diarrhea in Peru. Int J Infect Dis, 2007;11, 324-328
Teobaldo Herrera Acuña

Teobaldo Herrera Acuña

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Doctor, graduated from the 'Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos', with a specialty in Pediatrics from the UNMSM. Master in Medicine from the 'Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia'. Member of the Peruvian Society of Pediatrics, Member of the International Society of Papillomavirus.

email: therrera@iin.sld.pe

  • Clinical trials on vaccines
  • Epidemiology and clinical trials in Human papillomavirus (HPV)
  • Respiratory and diarrheal diseases
  • Nutritional problems
  • Clinical trials on pediatrics diseases
  • Medical Review: Vaccine, Pediatrics.
Katherine Curi Quinto

Katherine Curi Quinto

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Nutritionist graduated from the 'Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos' with a master's degree in Prevention of Chronic Diseases Associated with Nutrition from the University of Chile, doctorate in Sciences in Population Nutrition from the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico.

email: kcuri@iin.sld.pe

  •  Winner of a CONACYT scholarship to carry out a research stay at the Department of Nutrition of the School of Public Health at Harvard University, and the department of technology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
  • Selected as a participant in the "Walker Study Group" organized by the School of Public Health and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The goal of this group is to investigate local and global health systems and the intersection with nutrition and agriculture.
  • Member of the winning team of the "MIT COVID19 Challenge Hackathon" organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States (MIT). The idea is to develop a prototype of a sustainable model to improve access to healthy food for vulnerable populations in the context of COVID-19.
  • Founder of the Research Group on Nutrition, Diets and Sustainable Food Systems. Leading this group we obtained the financing to evaluate the impact of a local sustainable agriculture program in Huarochiri, Lima, Peru.
  • Selected by the Committee of the Latin American Nutrition Society to be part of the Latin American Network of Leaders in Nutrition on behalf of Peru, as well as the Network of Emerging Leaders of the World Heart Federation. The results of this participation was the publication of two articles: one reports the disparities in the distribution of malnutrition in LATAM, and the second analyzes the facilitators and barriers to the use of medications for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases at the international level.
  • Curi-Quinto K, Ortiz-Panozo E, López de Romaña D. Malnutrition in all its forms and socio- economic disparities in children under 5 years of age and women of reproductive age in Peru. Public Health Nutr. 2019;1-12
  • Curi-Quinto, K., Report: The overweight: the other face of undernutrition in Peru. Report of the National Institute of Statistic and Informatics. INEI-2014
  • Miller V, Nambiar L, Saxena M, Leong D, Banerjee A, Werba JP, Faria Neto JR, Quinto KC, Moniruzzaman M, Khandelwals S.; Exploring the Barriers to and Facilitators of Using Evidence- Based Drugs in the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases. Global Heart 2018; 13:27- 34.
  • Banerjee A, Khandelwal S, Nambiar L, Saxena M, Peck V, Moniruzzaman  M, Faria  Neto  JR, Quinto KC, Smyth A, Leong D, Werba JP. Health system barriers and facilitators to medication adherence for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review. Open Heart 2016;3: e000438.
  • Vásquez, F, Diaz, E, Lera, L, Meza, J, Quinto, KC, Torres, J., Burrows, R., Condición física y sensibilidad insulínica en un grupo de escolares obesos de 8 a 13 años según estado puberal Nutrición Hospitalaria. 2017;34(4):808-813
Miguel Ángel Aguilar Luis

Miguel Ángel Aguilar Luis

Researcher

Academic degree

Biologist Geneticist Biotechnologist graduated from the 'Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM)' with a Master's degree in 'Management and Politics of Innovation and Technology' from the 'Ponteficie Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)', a doctorate in progress in "Economy of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development” (DERN-DS) of the 'Universidad Nacional Agraria de La Molina (UNALM)'

email: maguilar@iin.sld.pe

  • Scholarship holder of the II CEU San Pablo research summer school, Madrid, Spain (2013)
  • Fellow of the VI international training program in management excellence 'Amartya Sen Award - 100 young people for ethics for development' UNDP (2014-2015)
  • A silent public health threat: emergence of Mayaro virus and co-infection with Dengue in PeruAguilar-Luis, M.A., del Valle-Mendoza, J., Sandoval, I., …Cornejo-Tapia, A., del Valle, L.J.

    BMC Research Notes, 2021, 14(1), 29

  • An emerging public health threat: Mayaro virus increases its distribution in Peru

    Aguilar-Luis, M.A., del Valle-Mendoza, J., Silva-Caso, W., …Palomares-Reyes, C., del Valle, L.J.

    International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020, 92, pp. 253–258

  • Oropouche infection a neglected arbovirus in patients with acute febrile illness from the Peruvian coast

    Martins-Luna, J., Del Valle-Mendoza, J., Silva-Caso, W., …Peña-Tuesta, I., Aguilar-Luis, M.A.

    BMC Research Notes, 2020, 13(1), 67

  • Dengue diagnosis in an endemic area of Peru: Clinical characteristics and positive frequencies by RT-PCR and serology for NS1, IgM, and IgG

    Palomares-Reyes, C., Silva-Caso, W., del Valle, L.J., …Misaico, E., del Valle-Mendoza, J.

    International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019, 81, pp. 31–37

  • Highly clarithromycin-resistant Helicobacter pylori infection in asymptomatic children from a rural community of Cajamarca-Peru 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1108 Medical Microbiology

    Aguilar-Luis, M.A., Palacios-Cuervo, F., Espinal-Reyes, F., …Del Valle-Mendoza, J., Del Valle, L.J.

    BMC Research Notes, 2018, 11(1), 809

Sabine Mercier

Sabine Mercier

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

PhD Doctorate in Human Nutrition, Agro Paris Tech University. Paris, France

email: smercier@iin.sld.pe

  • Patente on the cystein need in the elderly, Nestlé, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Fontbonne A, Cournil A, Cames C, Mercier S, Ndiaye Coly A, Lacroux A, Dupuy AM, Diop SN, Cristol JP, Bork K. Anthropometric characteristics and cardiometabolic risk factors in a sample of urban-dwelling adults in Senegal. Diabetes Metab. 2011 (37) pp 52-58
  •  2009/ Mercier S, Gueye NF, Cournil A, Fontbonne A, Copin N, Ndiaye I, Dupuy AM, Cames C, Sow PS, Ndoye I, Delaporte E, Simondon KB. “Lipodystrophy and metabolic disorders in HIV-1-infected adults on 4- to 9-year antiretroviral therapy in Senegal: a case-control study” AIDS 2009 Jun 1;51(2):224-30
  • 2006/ Mercier S, Breuillé D, Buffière C, Gimonet J, Papet I, Patureau Mirand P, Obled C. « Methionine kinetics are altered in the elderly both in the basal state and after vaccination”. Am J Clin Nutr 2006 Feb 1, 83(2): 291-8
  • 2002-1/ Mercier S, Mosoni L, Breuillé D, Obled C, Patureau Mirand P. “Chronic inflammation alters protein metabolism in several organs of adult rats” J Nutr, 2002 Jul, 132(7): 1921-8.
  • 2002-1/ Mercier S, Mosoni L, Breuillé D, Obled C, Patureau Mirand P. “Chronic inflammation alters protein metabolism in several organs of adult rats” J Nutr, 2002 Jul, 132(7): 1921-8.
Maria del Pilar Huatuco Hernandez

Maria del Pilar Huatuco Hernandez

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Master's degree in Obstetrics with a mention in Sexual and Reproductive Health from the 'Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos'

email: mariahuatuco@hotmail.com

  • Qualitative studies in maternal and child health
  • Frequency and management of maternal infection in health facilities in 52 countries (GLOSS): 1-week inception cohort study. The WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS) Research Group. Lancet Glob Health 2020, 8: e661-71
Lucie Ecker Ledesma

Lucie Ecker Ledesma

Principal Researcher

Academic degree

Doctor graduared from the 'Universidad de San Martín de Porres' with a master's degree in the
Clinical Epidemiology with mention in quantitative methods from the 'Universidad Peruano Cayetano Heredia'
Cayetano Heredia.

email: lecker@iin.sld.pe

  • My research areas are Public Health, vaccine-preventable diseases, respiratory and enteric diseases, antibiotic resistance and vaccines. I have worked at the Nutritional Research Institute in various clinical trials on vaccines, as well as such as epidemiological surveillance projects for enteric and respiratory diseases. I have also worked on studies of pathogens causing enteric diseases and antibiotic resistance
    enfermedades respiratorias y entéricas, resistencia antibiótica y vacunas. He trabajado
    en el Instituto de Investigación Nutricional en diversos ensayos clínicos sobre vacunas, así
    como proyectos de vigilancia epidemiológica de enfermedades entéricas y respiratorias.
    También he trabajado en estudios de patógenos causantes de enfermedades entéricas y
    resistencia antibiótica
  • Prevalence of purchase of antibiotics without prescription and antibiotic recommendation practices for children under five years of age in private pharmacies in Peri-urban areas of Lima, Peru | Prevalencia de compra sin receta y recomendación de
    antibióticos para niños menores de 5 años en farmacias privadas de zonas Periurbanas en
    Lima, Perú Ecker, L., Ruiz, J., Vargas, M., Del Valle, L.J., Ochoa, T.J.
    Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica, 2016, 33(2), pp. 215–223
  • Factors affecting caregivers’ use of antibiotics available without a prescription in Peru
    Ecker, L., Ochoa, T.J., Vargas, M., Del Valle, L.J., Ruiz, J. Pediatrics, 2013, 131(6)
  • Preferences of antibiotic use in children less than five in physicians working health centers of primary level in peri-urban areas of Lima, Peru | Preferencias de uso de antibióticos en niños menores de cinco años por médicos de centros de salud de primer
    nivel en zonas periurbanas de lima, Peru Ecker, L., Ochoa, T.J., Vargas, M., Del Valle, L.J., Ruiz, J.
    Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica, 2013, 30(2), pp. 181–189
  • Physicians’ responsibility for antibiotic use in infants from periurban Lima, Peru. Ecker L,
    Olarte L, Vilchez G, et al. Magazine Pan American Public Health (Pan American Journal of
    Public Health). Dec 2011; 30 (6): 574-579.
  • Immunogenicity and safety of a fully liquid DTaP-IPV-Hep B-PRP-T vaccine at 2-4-6
    months of Age in Peru
Wilmer Gianfranco Silva Caso

Wilmer Gianfranco Silva Caso

Researcher

Academic degree

Doctor, graduated from the 'Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas' with a master's degree in Medicine from the 'Universidad de San Martín de Porres'

email: wsilva@iin.sld.pe

  • National Award for Medical Research awarded by the Medical College of Peru in 2017
  • National Award for Medical Research awarded by the Medical College of Peru in 2018
  • Member of the Advisory Council: School of Medicine in the 'Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas'
  • A silent public health threat: emergence of Mayaro virus and co-infection with Dengue in Peru.
  • An emerging public health threat: Mayaro virus increases its distribution in Peru.
  • Geographical distribution, evaluation of risk of dengue and its relationship with the El Niño Southern Oscillation in an endemic region of Peru between 2004 and 2015.
  • First outbreak of Oropouche Fever reported in a non-endemic western region of the Peruvian Amazon: Molecular diagnosis and clinical characteristics.
  • Dengue diagnosis in an endemic area of Peru: Clinical characteristics and positive frequencies by RT-PCR and serology for NS1, IgM, and IgG.
Fabiola Lazarte Chávez

Fabiola Lazarte Chávez

Researcher

Academic degree

Educational Psychologist graduated from the 'Pontificie Universidad Católica del Perú' currently with a Master's degree in Policy Management and Early Childhood Development Programs.

email: flazarte@iin.sld.pe

  • Evaluation of early childhood development programs, Measurement of early childhood development, Cognitive development, Executive functions, Child nutrition, Maternal mental health
  • Moromizato, R, Guerrero, L, Laguna, M, Alonso, M, Lazarte, F, Portillo, D. (2020). Cada niña y niño cuenta: documento de recomendaciones sobre las prioridades en desarrollo infantil temprano para el periodo de gobierno 2021-2026. COPERA INFANCIA
  • Araujo, C, Dormal, M, Lazarte, F, Ore, B,. Adaptación, validación y propiedades psicométricas del ASQ-3 y del Bayley-III en niños menores de 42 meses de zonas rurales de Perú. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo 2019 IDB-TN-1685.
  • MINEDU. Estudio de Programas No Escolarizados de Entorno Familiar y Comunitario (PZD y PRONOEI). 2016
  • Gutierrez, E.L, Alarcón, G, Lazarte, F, Fiestas, F. Importancia de la evaluación del neurodesarrollo en niños menores de 30 meses en el contexto peruano. Acta Medica Peruana. Vol. 33, Núm. 4 (2016)
  • Joseph, S.A, Casapía, M, Lazarte, F, Rahme, E, Pezo, L, Blouin, B, Gyorkos, Th.W. The effect of deworming on early childhood development in Peru: results from a randomized controlled trial. SSM Population Health. 2015, 32-39
Miluska Libertad Carrasco Vera

Miluska Libertad Carrasco Vera

Researcher

Academic degree

Nutritionist, graduated from the 'Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos'. Master of Science with a concentration area in Nutrition from the National School of Public Health of the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico.

email: miluskacarrascovera@gmail.com

  • Evaluation of early childhood development programs, Measurement of early childhood development, Cognitive development, Executive functions, Child nutrition, Maternal mental health
  • Zimmerer, K. S., Jones, A. D., de Haan, S., Creed-Kanashiro, H., Carrasco, M., Mesa, K., Tello, M., Tubbeh, R., and G. Cruz García (2018). Climate change and food:Challenges and opportunities in tropical mountains and agrobiodiversity hotspots.Revista: Harvard Review of Latin America 12(3): 53-57. https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/book/climate-change-and-food
  • Creed-Kanashiro H, Carrasco M, Abad M, Tuesta I. Promotion of traditional foods toimprove the nutrition and health of the Awajún of the River Cenepa, Peru. Chapter 5,in: Indigenous Peoples Food Systems and Welbeing. CINE, FAO Rome, 2013. Pag. 53-74
  • María Scurrah, Stef de Haan, Edgar Olivera, Raúl Ccanto, Hilary Creed y Miluska Carrasco, Ernesto Veres, Carlos Barahona. Ricos en Agrobiodiversidad pero Pobres en Nutrición: Desafíos De La Mejora De La Seguridad Alimentaria En Comunidades Chopcca, Huancavelica. In: Perú: El problema agrario en debate Sepia XIV, p 362-407, Lima 2012.
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