Valeria Stuardo Avila

Profesora Asistente, Escuela de Salud Pública, Universidad de Chile
Doctora en Salud Pública

Teléfono: +562 29786522
E-mail: valeria.stuardo@uchile.cl

Licenciada en Obstetricia.  Master y Doctora en Salud Pública.  Desarrollo área de Enfermedades Transmisibles, especialmente aspectos socio-epidemiológicos del VIH/ITS, Vigilancia de segunda generación, métodos de estudio en poblaciones de difícil acceso, enfermedades emergentes-reemergentes y sus determinantes.  Desempeño laboral en Ministerio de Salud de Barcelona: Agencia de Salud POública de Barcelona; Centro de Estudios Epidemiológicos sobre las ITS y SIDA de Cataluña (CEEISCAT); World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva.Suiza; Múltiples congresos y publicaciones a nivel nacional e internacional y redes de investigación colaborativa.  Actualmente Profesora Asistente, Escuela de Salud Pública, Universidad de Chile.

Antecedentes académicos

• Doctora en Salud Pública, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona-España
• Magíster en Salud Pública, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona/universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona-España
• Licenciada en Obstetricia, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco-Chile

Áreas de interés

• Epidemiología de las enfermedades transmisibles
• VIH/SIDA e ITS
• Salud sexual
• Enfermedades emergentes y reemergentes y sus determinantes

Proyectos de investigción 

• 2007-2010: “Synergies between HIV Infection and Human Papillomavirus: Cervical Cancer and its Prevention in HIV-infected women”. Co-researcher / coordinator. Funding: Foundation for Research and Prevention of AIDS in Spain (FIPSE) FIPSE 32620/06, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Spain (MTAS) 81 / 062007-2010.
• 2012-2014:“Sociodemographic, behavioral and clinical factors associated with the screening pattern of cervical cancer in women living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)”. Principal Investigator (PI). Funding: Vice-Rectory for Research and Development (VID) University of Chile U-INICIA 1/0812
• 2012-2014:“Sociodemographic factors related to tuberculosis in high incidence districts in the Metropolitan Region”. 2012-2014. PI, Funding: School of Public Health, University of Chile.
• 2012-2014: “Sociocultural aspects involved in the adherence to antiretroviral treatment for HIV / AIDS: development of qualitative indicators for new intervention models”. PI, Funding: National Fund for Research and Development in Health-Chile, FONIS SA12I2037
• 2014-2017: “Bio-behavioural surveillance for HIV / AIDS in hard-to-reach populations in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile”. PI, Funding: National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, FONDECYT 11140021.
• 2015-2017:“Beliefs and experiences in sexuality of adolescents living with HIV acquired perinatal from hospitals in the Metropolitan Region and V Region.” Methodological assessor. Funding: National Fund for Research and Development in Health-Chile, FONIS SA15I20033
• 2017-2020: “Latin American Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) Internet Survey (LAMIS)”. PI Chile, Funding: Local financing of the participating countries.
• 2018-2020: The Iberoamerican Network on Gay Men, other MSM and Trans Studies (RIGHT Plus). PI, Funding: National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research CONICYT- International Cooperation Program, REDES N° 180058.
• 2019-2020: “Pilot monitoring of HIV community testing in one NGO of the Metropolitan Region”. PI, Funding: Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile.
• 2019-2021. “Vulnerability contexts, sexual practices and institutional barriers to address sexual health, HIV and other STIs in the migrant population: recommendations for the different levels of Chilean health system”. Principal associated research. Funding: National Fund for Research and Development in Health-Chile, FONIS SA19I0023

Publicaciones

• Stuardo V, Agustí C, Godinez JM, Montoliu A, Torné A, et al. (2012) Human Papillomavirus Infection in HIV-1 Infected Women in Catalonia (Spain): Implications for Prevention of Cervical Cancer. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47755. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047755. Corresponding author
• Bahamonde Harvez C, Stuardo Ávila V. The cholera epidemic in Latin America reemergence and morbidity and mortality. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2013;33(1):40–6. Corresponding author
• Stuardo V, Agustí C, Casabona J (2013) Low Prevalence of Cervical Cancer Screening Among HIV-Positive Women in Catalonia (Spain). J AIDS Clinic Res S3: 004. doi:10.4172/2155-6113.S3-004. Corresponding author
• Cristian Bahamonde, Valeria Stuardo, Bárbara Hott-Harvey, José Manríquez y Pedro Mardones. Meningococcal disease in the Metropolitan Region of Chile and its correlation with environmental factors. Rev Chilena Infectol 2014; 31 (6): 645-650. Corresponding author
• Leal F, Ingrid; Stuardo A, Valeria; Molina G, Temístocles y González A, Electra. Early menarche and its association with risk behaviors in adolescents. Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol. 2015, vol.80, n.1.
• José Manríquez, Valeria Stuardo. Adherence to HART in HIV: the importance of the socio-cultural context involved. Rev Chilena Infectol 2015; 32 (3): 361-362. Corresponding author
• Stuardo Ávila, V., Manriquez Urbina, J. M., Fajreldin Chuaqui, V., Belmar Prieto, J. & Valenzuela Santibáñez, V. Model of socio-cultural dimensions involved in adherence to antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in public health care centers in Chile. AIDS Care28, 1441–1447 (2016). Corresponding author
• Stuardo Avila, Valeria y Gajardo Jauregui, Jean. Older adult and HIV: beyond the perception of risk. Rev. méd. Chile [online]. 2016, vol.144, n.10, pp.1367-1367. ISSN 0034-9887. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872016001000020. Corresponding autor
• Bielka Carvajal Gutiérrez, Valeria Stuardo Ávila, José Manuel Manríquez Urbina, Julieta Belmar Prieto, Cinta Folch. Adaptation of a biobehavioral survey for HIV surveillance in Chilean sex workers. Gac Sanit. 2017;31(6):478–484. Corresponding author
• Julieta Belmar, Valeria Stuardo, Cinta Folch, Bielka Carvajal, Maria José Clunes, Alexandra Montoliu and Jordi Casabona. A typology of female sex work in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 2017 Aug 11:1-14. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2017.1355478. Corresponding author
• Belmar J, Stuardo V. Adherence to anti-retroviral treatment for HIV / AIDS in women: a socio-cultural perspective. Rev Chilena Infectol 2017; 34 (4): 352-358. Corresponding autor
• Valeria Stuardo A. Forgotten prevention: HIV reemergence in Chile. Rev Chilena Infectol 2017; 34 (4): 419-420. Corresponding autor
• Julieta Belmar, Valeria Stuardo, Cinta Folch, Alexandra Montoliu, Jordi Casabona. Linked factors to access to sexual health check-ups of Female Sex Workers in the Metropolitan region of Chile. Int J Public Health (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1175-6. Corresponding author
• Leire Roldan, Valeria Stuardo, Susanne Strömdahl. Related aspects with condomless anal intercourse among men who have sex with men in Santiago de Chile. Int J STD AIDS. 2019 Mar;30(3):231-240. doi: 10.1177/0956462418802927. Corresponding author
• Stuardo Ávila V, Fuentes Alburquenque M, Muñoz R, Bustamante Lobos L, Faba A, Belmar Prieto J, Casabona J. Prevalence and associated factors with HIV infection in homo-bisexual population and other MSM in the Metropolitan Region of Chile: a reemerging public health problem. AIDS Behav. 2019 Apr 5. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02486-9. Corresponding author
• Olmos C, Stuardo V, Ramonda P, Peña C. Socio-epidemiological caracterization and evolution of tuberculosis in the Metropolitan Region of Chile, 2005 to 2018. Rev Chilena Infectol 2020; 37 (3): 237-243. Corresponding author
• Olmos C, Stuardo V, Ramonda P, Peña C. Evolution of tuberculosis/HIV coinfection in Metropolitan Santiago, Chile from 2005 to 2018. Rev Med Chile 2020; 148: 618-625. Corresponding author
• Olmos Claudio, Stuardo Valeria. Distribución de la COVID-19 y Tuberculosis en la Región Metropolitana de Chile: diferentes enfermedades, similares desigualdades. Revista Médica de Chile. Acepted. Corresponding author

Septiembre, 2020