The SALURBAL Network
Institutional Partners
SALURBAL convenes partner institutions across the United States and Latin America:
- Universidad Nacional de Lanús, Argentina
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
- Universidad de Chile, Chile
- Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
- Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá (INCAP), Guatemala
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), Mexico
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
- Drexel University, USA
- Washington University at St. Louis, USA
- University of California at Berkeley, USA
- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), USA
Team
Our multidisciplinary team members spans multiple countries, institutions, and areas of expertise.
Instituto de Salud Colectiva de la Universidad Nacional de Lanús
Marcio Alazraqui, Principal Investigator
Andrés Trotta, Coordinator
Lucas Javier Drucaroff, Co-Investigator
Serena Mónica Perner, Co-Investigator
Carlos Guevel, Co-Investigator
Patricia Aguirre, Co-Investigator
Joseph Palumbo, Doctoral Student
Osvaldo Santiago, Doctoral Student
Ignacio Yannone, Doctoral Student
Natalia Pacífico, Doctoral Student
Juan Pablo Smutny, Doctoral Student
Santiago Rodriguez Lopez, past collaborator
Damián Herkovits, past collaborator
Vanessa Di Cecco, past collaborator
Carlos Leveau, past collaborator
Adrián Santoro, past collaborator
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro)
Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso, Co-Investigator
Dayan Oliveira, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Maria de Fatima Rodrigues Pereira de Pina, Co-Investigator
Daniel Albert Skaba, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Joanna Miguez Nery Guimarães, past collaborator
Vanderlei Pascoal de Matos, past collaborator
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Salvador de Bahia)
Maurício Barreto, Co-Investigator
Claudiano Carneiro da Cruz Neto, Research Assistant
Aureliano Sancho Souza Paiva, Collaborating Researcher
Gervásio Santos, Co-Investigator
Maria Izabel dos Santos, Research Assistant
Roberto Fernandes Silva Andrade, Research Assistant
José Firmino de Sousa Filho, Research Assistant
Aureliano Sancho Souza Paiva, Collaborating Researcher
Sara Costa Pedreira, past collaborator
Anderson Dias de Freitas, past collaborator
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Principal Investigator
Solimar Carnavalli Rocha, Research Assistant
Maria Alice Maia de Abreu Oliveira, Business Manager
Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche, Co-Investigator
Uriel Moreira Silva, Research Assistant
Débora Moraes Coelho, Research Assistant
Lídia Maria de Oliveira Morais, Hub Brazil Project Manager and Research Assistant
Marcia Ribeiro, Administrative Assistant
Carina Maris de Souza, Business Manager
Denise Marques Sales, past collaborator
Guilherme Ottoni, past collaborator
Guilherme Aparecido Santos Aguilar, past collaborator
Rosana Teixeira, past collaborator
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Camila Teixeira Vaz, Research Collaborator
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Universidade Federal da Bahia
Caio Porto De Castro, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
Mariana Carvalho de Menezes, Research Collaborator
Universidade de São Paulo
Nelson da Cruz Gouveia, Co-Investigator
Fernanda Diniz, Research Assistant
Anne Dorothee Slovic, Research Assistant
Cláudio Makoto Kanai, Research Assistant
Lucas Soriano Martins, past collaborator
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Alejandra Vives, Principal Investigator
Fernando Baeza, Co-Investigator
Francisca González, Statistician and Project Coordinator
Laura Orlando, Research Assistant
Roxana Valdebenito, Research Assistant
Sebastián Álvarez, past collaborator
Pablo Campos, past collaborator
Ignacio Díaz, past collaborator
Natalia Díaz, past collaborator
Bernardita Hetreau, past collaborator
Victoria León, past collaborator
Daniela Olivares, past collaborator
Alejandro Salazar, past collaborator
Universidad de Chile
Tania Alfaro, Co-Investigator
Marianela Castillo, Doctoral Research Fellow
Paola González, Administrative Assistant
Rodrigo Mora, Co-Investigator
Carolina Nazzal, Co-Investigator
Tamara Doberti, past collaborator
Sandra Flores, past collaborator
Mauricio Fuentes, past collaborator
Lorena Rodríguez, past collaborator
Universidad de La Frontera
Andrea Cortinez, past collaborator
Universidad de los Andes
Olga Lucía Sarmiento, Principal Investigator
Andrés Felipe Aguilar, Research Assistant
Julián Arellana, Co-Investigator
Sergio Cabrales, Co-Investigator
Johanna Camila Casas, Student Research Assistant
Natalia Cely, Research Assistant
Diana Cobos, Administrative Assistant
Catalina González, Co-Investigator
Paula Guevara, Project Coordinator
Tomás Guevara Aladino, Research Assistant
Luis Ángel Guzmán, Research Assistant
Philipp Hessel, Co-Investigator
Mario Linares, Co-Investigator
Diego Lucumí, Co-Investigator
Andrés Medaglia, Co-Investigator
Daniela Mendez, Research Assistant
Ricardo Morales, Co-Investigator
Felipe Montes, Co-Investigator
Donny Sebastian Pasos, Student Research Assistant
José David Pinzón, Co-Investigator
Andres Felipe Useche, Research Assistant
Maria Alejandra Wilches, Research Assistant
Marcelo Botero, past collaborator
Germán Carvajal, past collaborator
Carlos Mauricio Díaz, past collaborator
Karen Fajardo, past collaborator
Oscar Guaje, past collaborator
John Alexis Guerra, past collaborator
Diana Higuera, past collaborator
Bernardo Huertas, past collaborator
Jorge Huertas, past collaborator
Ana Maria Jaramillo, past collaborator
Joaquín Hernando Jaramillo Sabogal, past collaborator
Leonardo Andres Jimenez, past collaborator
Paola Martinez, past collaborator
Anamaria Muñoz Florez, past collaborator
Alejandro Palacio, past collaborator
Leonardo Palencia, past collaborator
Fabian Camilo Peña, past collaborator
Sandra Zúñiga, past collaborator
Universidad Nacional
Carlos Moncada, Co-Investigator
Universidad Ibagué
José David Meisel, Co-Investigator
Universidad Icesi
Lina Martínez, Co-Investigator
Universidad de Antioquia
Eliana Martinez, Co-Investigator
Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá
Fernanda Kroker-Lobos, Principal Investigator
Monica Dominguez, Administrative Assistant
Mónica Mazariegos, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Manuel Ramírez-Zea, Co-Investigator
Anna Gottschlich, past collaborator
Ana Lucía Mayén, past collaborator
Analí Morales, past collaborator
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
Tonatiuh Barrientos, Principal Investigator
Martha Herrera, Research Assistant
María del Sol Huescas Juárez, Doctoral Student
Alejandra Jauregi, Co-Investigator
Nancy Paulina López Olmedo, Research Assistant
Carolina Perez Ferrer, Co-Investigator
Francisco Javier Prado Galbarro, Research Assistant
Yenisei Ramírez Toscano, Doctoral Research Fellow
Karla Rangel, Doctoral Student
Herney Alonso Rengifo Reina, Doctoral Research Fellow
Horacio Riojas, Co-Investigator
Alma Delia Sánchez, Administrative Assistant
Dalia Stern, Co-Investigator
José Luis Texcalac, Co-Investigator
Desirée Vidaña Pérez, Research Assistant
Arantxa Colchero Aragones, past collaborator
Erika Hurtado, past collaborator
Carolina Quintero Valverde, past collaborator
Alan Reyes García, past collaborator
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Jaime Miranda, Principal Investigator
Ana Rosa Contreras, Administrative Officer
Francisco Diez Canseco, Co-Investigator
Lorena Saavedra Garcia, Co-Investigator
Rosa Salirrosas, Administrative Assistant
Cecilia Anza, past collaborator
Akram Hernández, past collaborator
Jessica Zafra, past collaborator
Brookings Institute
Ross Hammond, Consultant
Drexel University
Ana V. Diez Roux, Principal Investigator
Binod Acharya, Data Analyst
Amy Auchincloss, Co-Investigator
Sharrelle Barber, Co-Investigator
Huda Bashir, Research Assistant
Usama Bilal, Co-Investigator
Ariela Braverman, Doctoral Research Fellow
Andrea Bolinaga, Communications Manager
Autumn Ciarrocchi, Business Manager
María Fernanda Cruz, SALURBAL Project Manager
Dustin Fry, Doctoral Research Fellow
Katy Indvik, Senior Climate and Policy Specialist
Josiah Kephart, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Brent Langellier, Co-Investigator
Mariana Lazo, Co-Investigator
Ran Li, Data Analyst
Gina Lovasi, Co-Investigator
Rosie Mae Henson, Doctoral Research Fellow
Kevin Martinez, Doctoral Research Fellow
Steve Melly, GIS Specialist
Yvonne Michael, Co-Investigator
Kari Moore, Director, Data and Analysis
Jeff Moore, Statistician
Pricila Mullachery, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Harrison Quick, Co-Investigator
Alex Quistberg, Co-Investigator
Jordan Rodriguez Hernandez, Data Analyst
Brisa Sanchez, Co-Investigator
Ivana Stankov, Senior Research Scientist
Jose Tapia Granados, Co-Investigator
Bricia Trejo, Doctoral Research Fellow
Goro Yamada, Assistant Teaching Professor of Biostatistics
Ione Avila-Palencia, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Ione Avila-Palencia, past collaborator
Octavio Alanis, past collaborator
Carolyn Knoll, past collaborator
Ana Ortigoza, past collaborator
Claire Slesinski, past collaborator
University of California at Berkeley
Daniel Rodriguez, Principal Investigator
Maryia Bakhtsiyarava, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Iryna Dronova, Co-Investigator
Xavier Delclos-Alió, past collaborator
Amanda Fukutome, past collaborator
Yang Ju, past collaborator
Mika Moran, past collaborator
Atiyya Shaw, past collaborator
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Gerry Eijkemans, Chief, Social Determinants of Health and Health Promotion Unit
Fernanda Lanzagorta, Health Promotion Consultant
SALURBAL ancillary studies and related initiatives
SALURBAL team members lead and collaborate on numerous ancillary studies and other projects. These initiatives leverage additional funding mechanisms and engage a wide network of individual and institutional partners:
This ancillary study builds upon the unique database developed by the SALURBAL project, which includes information about the urban environment, socio-economic indicators, and health outcomes for people living in over 300 cities across 11 Latin American countries.
A joint initiative of the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative and the Institute for Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), this program focuses on developing the research capabilities of trainees and local capacity building in policy-relevant research on the influence of social determinants and place-based factors on CVD risk across the lifespan.
The goal of this study is to examine the impact of expansions of paid maternity and paternity leave on the health of infants and adults in 366 cities from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Peru.
The awardees will study the “scaling properties” – such as pollution, wealth, wages, social interactions and housing — of 718 cities in the United States and Latin America.
Other collaborating institutions/organizations
In addition to the partners listed above, SALURBAL is grateful for the collaboration of many urban health researchers and practitioners across numerous institutions throughout Latin America, the US, and beyond.
Data partners
SALURBAL also acknowledges the contributions of many different agencies in generating, processing, facilitating access to data or assisting with other aspects of the project. For a full list, see our Data acknowledgments.