{"id":2315,"date":"2025-04-21T15:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T21:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anc.cr\/?page_id=2315"},"modified":"2025-04-21T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T21:38:08","slug":"maria-luisa-avila-aguero-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anc.cr\/en\/maria-luisa-avila-aguero-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar\u00eda Luisa \u00c1vila-Ag\u00fcero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-47c06fe3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mar\u00eda Luisa \u00c1vila-<strong>Ag\u00fcero<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Acad\u00e9mico de N\u00famero<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00e9dica Pediatra Infect\u00f3loga, jefa del Servicio de Infectolog\u00eda en el Hospital Nacional de Ni\u00f1os &#8220;Dr. Carlos S\u00e1enz Herrera&#8221;, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ex Ministra de Salud 2006-2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Profesora Asociada de Pediatr\u00eda de la Universidad de Costa Rica y Directora del Posgrado de Infectolog\u00eda Pedi\u00e1trica de la Universidad de Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miembro de la Academia Nacional (Costa Rica) de Medicina desde 2015 a la fecha y del\u2028 Consejo de la <em>International Society for Infectious Diseases <\/em>desde 2016-2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investigadora Asociada al Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n en Ciencias M\u00e9dicas (ICIMED) de la Universidad de Ciencias M\u00e9dicas de Costa Rica (UCIMED) desde el 2018 a la fecha<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investigadora Afiliada al <em>Center for Modeling and Analysis of Infectious<\/em> <em>Diseases<\/em> (CIDMA) de Yale University desde 2018 a la fecha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"width:500px;height:500px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2125\" height=\"1479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anc.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria-Luisa-Avila-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"height:500px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anc.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria-Luisa-Avila-2.jpg 2125w, https:\/\/www.anc.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria-Luisa-Avila-2-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anc.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria-Luisa-Avila-2-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anc.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria-Luisa-Avila-2-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anc.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria-Luisa-Avila-2-1536x1069.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.anc.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria-Luisa-Avila-2-2048x1425.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.anc.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria-Luisa-Avila-2-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2125px) 100vw, 2125px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\"><strong>Publicaciones:<\/strong><br>https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Avila-Aguero+ML&amp;sort=date<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reconocimientos:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Premio a la Investigadora Joven \u201cDr. Carlos S\u00e1enz Herrera\u201d, Hospital Nacional de Ni\u00f1os \u201cDr. Carlos S\u00e1enz Herrera\u201d. A\u00f1o 2004<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reconocimiento a la labor en Infectolog\u00eda Pedi\u00e1trica por la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Infectolog\u00eda Pedi\u00e1trica (SLIPE) A\u00f1o 2009<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Premio la L\u00e1mpara Dorada del Colegio Canadiense en Medicina. 2010<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reconocimiento a la labor a favor de las inmunizaciones en las Am\u00e9ricas. Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia. Ministerio de Salud. Lima-Per\u00fa 2010<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mujer costarricense destacada en Salud. Premio Vanidades LBel Costa Rica 2011<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dedicada de Honor de la Juramentaci\u00f3n nuevos especialistas y m\u00e1ster por el Colegio de M\u00e9dicos y Cirujanos. 2012<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"7\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Designaci\u00f3n entre las 50 mujeres m\u00e1s poderosas de Centro Am\u00e9rica. Revista Forbes. Noviembre 2014<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"8\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<em>Varayoc<\/em> de la Salud\u201d Reconocimiento de Voces Ciudadanas (ONG-Per\u00fa) a personalidades lideres comprometidas con la salud de la comunidad. Diciembre 2021<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"9\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>M\u00e9dica destacada en el \u00e1rea de la investigaci\u00f3n y la pol\u00edtica (reconocimiento) Colegio de M\u00e9dicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica Enero 2021<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"10\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Investigadora Cl\u00ednica destacada 2021-2022. Comisi\u00f3n de Investigaci\u00f3n de la Universidad de Ciencias M\u00e9dicas (UCIMED). Agosto 2022<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"11\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Distinci\u00f3n \u201cVacuno de Oro\u201d otorgada por la Asociaci\u00f3n Mexicana de Vacunolog\u00eda. Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, M\u00e9xico Agosto 2024<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"12\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reconocimiento por la labor en pro de la salud de los ni\u00f1os dominicanos y de Latinoam\u00e9rica. Sociedad Dominicana de Pediatr\u00eda. Santiago, Rep\u00fablica Dominicana Septiembre 2024<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"13\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reconocimiento de la Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Pediatr\u00eda por gestora al m\u00e9rito en investigaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica, contribuci\u00f3n a la ciencia, a la salud, y la inmunizaci\u00f3n y al desarrollo de vacunas en Am\u00e9rica Latina. Quito, Ecuador, Octubre 2024<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"14\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Distinci\u00f3n Instituto Balmis 2024, por la gran contribuci\u00f3n a la prevenci\u00f3n y cuidado de las enfermedades infecciosas en los ni\u00f1os de Latinoam\u00e9rica. Instituto Balmis de Vacunas. Almeria, Espa\u00f1a Noviembre 2024<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mar\u00eda Luisa \u00c1vila-Ag\u00fcero Acad\u00e9mico de N\u00famero M\u00e9dica Pediatra Infect\u00f3loga, jefa del Servicio de Infectolog\u00eda en el Hospital Nacional de Ni\u00f1os &#8220;Dr. Carlos S\u00e1enz Herrera&#8221;, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica. 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