MÓNICA MARÍALOPERA MEDINA

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Carrera 80 # 32D-05. Bl 1, apto 502

Medellín, Colombia

PERSONAL STATEMENT


  • 13 years of professional experience in healthcare services and health research in a developing country.
  • Fellow Faculty of Public Health, UK.
  • Internship, University of Toronto. 2007 and 2008.
  • Grant from Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada. 2008
  • Project management in National settings.
  • Business communication in English (B2 level), Spanish (native speaking), basic communication skills in Portuguese.
  • Excellent interpersonal, public relations, managerial and analytical skills.
  • Excellent team building, problem solving ability.
  • Proactive, self-motivated, trustworthy
  • Currently,interested on development of the Health System Research.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

MSc in Bioethics. FLACSO, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015-today

PhD., Public Health, NationalUniversity of Colombia, 2010.

MSc., Public Health. National Faculty of Public Health, University of Antioquia.2003

BSc., Microbiology and Clinical Lab professional. BacteriologySchool, University of Antioquia 1999


WORK EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor;February 2005-To present

National Faculty of Public Health, University of Antioquia

Medellín-Colombia

Responsibilities:

To coordinate the Masters program in Public Health

To manage human resources, hiring and interviewing research assistants and lecturing professors

To teach undergraduate and Masters programs: courses in public health, health planning, and health systems

Write research proposals, field work development, analyze data, and write in international journals.

To design health projects and programsfor national and international bases.

To participate on consultancy for government and non-governmental organizations

To participate in the Ethical Committee of the National Faculty of Public Health

To conduct evaluations and assessments of health projects and programs commissioned by the university itself and other governmental institutions.

To submit projects for funding institutions.

Fellow onResearch; July2007- July 2008

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto

Responsibilities:

To do a literature review, design a research protocol of cost minimization andwrite a draft for papers.

Public Health Officer;September- January 2007

Vista Hermosa Hospital, Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá, D.C.

Responsibilities:

To lead a public health program called Healthy schools to implement The Quality of life policy.

To orientate the professionals and write reports to the District Secretary of Public Health

To monitor and evaluate health care programs operated by government departments.

To maintain, update and manage health care information databases, to assess compliance to health standards.

Consultant; March 2005.

Ministry of Health

Responsibilities:

To analyze and design the National Environmental Law (Law 9/79)

To present the organization´s view to politicians, government officials, the media and the public.

Consultant; October2003.

Provincial Health Department (Antioquia)

Responsibilities: Analysis of Public Policy on HIV

To organize and coordinate meetingswith academic and managerial staff

To do a literature review and maintain the databases.

Consultant;April-July, 2004.

Provincial Health Department of Antioquia

Responsibility: Systematization of Healthy Cities Program.

Co-researcher;February 2002-November 2003

National Faculty of Public Health

Responsibility:Design, implement and report the results of the research: Assessment of National Health Basic Plan in Decentralized Cities in Colombia, 2001- 2003.

Review scientific literature, conduct interviews, collect and analyze statistical data

Co-researcher;August 2000-December 2002

Interdisciplinary Group for the study of Intestinal parasites (GIEPI)

Medicine Faculty, University of Antioquia

Responsibilities: Design, implement and report the results of much research on infectious diseases.

Lecturer;May-September 2001.

MicrobiologySchool, University of Antioquia

Responsibilities: teach theory and laboratory aspects on the importance of microorganisms to human existence.

Microbiologist and Laboratory Analyst;September 1999–July 2000

Provincial Health Service. Leticia-Amazonas.

Responsibilities: Coordinate the first level of laboratory complexities, and determine clinical analysis for indigenous and non-indigenous peoples.


PUBLICATIONS

Lopera-Medina MM. Chronic Kidney Disease in Colombia: Health Needs and Response of the General System of Social Security in Health. Rev. Gerenc. Polít. Salud. 2016; 15 (30): 212-233.

Marcela Arrivillaga, Andrew E. Springer, Monica Lopera, Diego Correa, Bernardo UsecheMichael W. Ross. HIV/AIDS treatment adherence in economically better off women in Colombia. AIDS; 2012. 24 (7): 929-935

Lopera, Mónica y Bula, Jorge. Impacto Socioeconómico del VIH en las Familias. Fenómeno olvidado en la política de atención integral Bogotá [Socioeconomic impact of HIV on families. Forgotten phenomenon of comprehensive Support policy] En: M. Arrivillaga y B. Useche SIDA y sociedad. Crítica y desafíos sociales frente a la epidemia. Bogotá: Ediciones Aurora. ISBN 978-958-9136-55-3.

Lopera, Mónica, Einarson, Thomas and Bula, Jorge. Out-of-pocket expenditures and coping strategies for people living with HIV. Bogotá, Colombia. Aids Care. 2011; 23 (12): 1602-1608.

Lopera, Mónica. Martínez, Jorge y Einarson, Thomas. Acceso de las personas con VIH/SIDA al Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud y costos asociados desde la perspectiva individual y familiar [Access of People with HIV to the Colombian Healthcare System and its Related Costs from an Individual and Family Perspective, Bogotá, 2010]. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud, Bogotá (Colombia)- 2010; 10(20): 81-96.

Mónica Lopera, Márcio Machado, Thomas R. Einarson. Aspectos clínicos, sociales y económicos del tratamiento del VIH en Colombia[Medical, social and economic aspects of HIV treatmentin Colombia] Cuadernos de Salud pública N 12. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, 2010. p 55-72.

Lopera, M.M., Machado M, and Einarson Thomas. Drug-related issues with HIV/AIDS and their socieconomic impacto n familias: A literatura review. Pharmacoepidemiology, 2007. Supp 2. 16: p. S1-S274.

Márcio Machado, Mónica Lopera, Jorge Diaz-Rojas, Luis Eduardo Jaramillo, Thomas R. Einarson. Pharmacoeconomic of Antidepressants in moderate-to-severe depressive disorder in Colombia. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública. 2008; 24 (4): 233-239

Chavéz BM, Sierra O, Lopera MM, Montoya P. El plan de Atención Básica en los municipios descentralizados de Colombia, 2001-2003 [The Basic Health Care Plan (PAB) in decentralized

municipalities in Colombia, 2001-2003]. Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública.2004; 22 (2): 77-89.

Botero JH., Castaño A., Montoya MN., Ocampo NE., Hurtado MI., and Lopera MM. A preliminary study of the prevalence of intestinal parasites in immunocompromised patients with and without gastrointestinal manifestations. Revista del Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Pablo, July-August 2003; 45 (4): 197-200.

Mónica María Lopera Medina, Jorge Humberto Botero Garcés, Martha Inés Hurtado, Lilliam Del Carmen Canas Rodríguez, Norma Elena Ocampo Rodas.Toxocariosis ocular en menores de edad, Colombia [Ocular toxocariasis in Children, Colombia] Iatreia ISSN: 0121-0793, 2001 vol:14 fasc: 4 págs: 241 – 241.

Mónica María Lopera Medina, Jorge Humberto Botero Garcés, Martha Inés Hurtado, Lilliam Del Carmen Canas Rodríguez, Norma Elena Ocampo Rodas. Seroprevalencia de toxocariosis en menores de edad con sintomatología ocular, remitidos a la sección de Parasitología intestinal, Facultad de Medicina-Universidad de Antioquia. Estudio piloto Colombia [Seroprevalence of Ocular toxocariasis in children with ocular illness- Medicine school, University of Antioquia], Infectio ISSN: 0123-9392, 2001 vol:5 fasc: 2 págs: 108 – 108.

Botero JH, Hurtado MI, Ocampo NE, Cañas L, Bravo JD y Lopera M. Frecuencia de toxocariosis ocular en menores de edad, remitidos a la sección de Parasitología Intestinal, Facultad de Medicina, University of Antioquia. 2-000-2.001 [Frequence of intestinal parasites in immunocompromised patients]. Acta Médica Colombiana 2001; 26 (6): 290-294.

Tamayo L, Valencia M, Vasquez M, Villa M, Robledo S y Lopera M. Caracterización de la vaginosis bacteriana y factores de riesgo asociados en mujeres de 14-65 años de la población de la zona minera de Amagá, Antioquia 1999 [Caracterization of bacterial vaginosis and related risk factors in 14-65 years of age women, in a miner region of Amagá-Antioquia] . Revista Epidemiológica de Antioquia Vol 25 N 4. 2000. pag 325-331.


ACADEMIC VISITS

  • Academic visitto Imperial College of London and World Health Organization Headquarters. Double mobility exchange Colombia- UK, funded by British Council and The Colombian Ministry of Education. June-July 2013
  • Academic visit. University of Nantes. France. June 2013.


WORKSHOPS AND COURSES

  • Diploma in negotiation. EAFIT University. July to November, 2014
  • Diploma in Economic evaluation in health. July 2013-October 2013
  • International course on Health Systems. Gallile Institute. Israel. July 2012
  • Qualified in university teaching and didactics foundation. University of Antioquia, November 2010
  • Information and communicationtechnologies. University of Antioquia. November 2010
  • International Fellowship in Pharmacoeconomics. Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto-Canada, July- August 2007.
  • International Workshop: Interdisciplinary Methodology for Social Determination Research and Health Inequities as a political tool. Quito-Ecuador, June 2007.
  • VII Symposium of HIV/AIDS: “A look at the current therapy of people living with HIV. La María hospital. Medellín. November 2007.
  • Virtual Teaching Environment Course. Catholic University of NorthColombia, May-July 2005.
  • Atlas.TI: Informatics Tool for qualitative analysis of data. NationalUniversity of Colombia. April –July, 2009.
  • XII InternationalSeminar of Bioethics, Body, Technology and Society. [Seminario Internacional Cuerpo, Tecnología y sociedad]. Universidad el Bosque. Bogotá, Agosto 18 y 19 de 2006.
  • VII Symposium of Comprehensive Social Security, 2002.
  • Epidemiological Methods for Research. Public Health National Faculty,University of Antioquia, 2002.


PARTICIPATION IN ACADEMIC EVENTS

First International Conference in Health Systems [Primera Conferencia Internacional en Sistemas de Salud]. Pontificia Javeriana University. Bogotá-Colombia November 2010 (Oral presentation).

23 rd International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management, Quebec City, August, 2007 (Poster)

VI Colombian Conference on Psychology and Public Health [VI Conferencia Colombiana en Psicología y Salud Pública]. Neiva–Huila, April 2007 (Oral Presentation)

International Environmental Seminary. Cali, Colombia [Seminario Internacional Ambiental]. November 2005. (Oral Presentation)

Public Health Research Meeting. Cali,Colombia. National Health Basic Plan Assessment in decentralized cities in Colombia, 2001- 2003. 2004 (Oral Presentation)

V Colombian Conference on Infectious Diseases,Cartagena de Indias 2001 (Poster)

Topics in Infectology, University of Antioquia. Medellin 2002. (Oral Presentation)

Topics in Infectology, University of Antioquia. Medellin 2001 (Oral Presentation)


AWARDS

Grant from Government of Canada to develop a social research study, funded byForeign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), February to August 2008.

Professor at AntioquiaUniversity. “Merit Calling 200 Years”, 2005.

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