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Ana Cecilia Rodr\u00edguez C\u00e9spedes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Acad\u00e9mico de N\u00famero<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Consultora para la Fundaci\u00f3n M\u00e9dicos Sin Fronteras (Fondation M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    La Dra. Rodr\u00edguez obtuvo su t\u00edtulo de m\u00e9dica en 1989 y la especialidad en salud p\u00fablica en 1992, ambos en la Universidad de Costa Rica. Posteriormente tom\u00f3 cursos avanzados en epidemiolog\u00eda y bioestad\u00edstica en el Instituto Karolinska en Suecia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    En 1992, se incorpor\u00f3 a un grupo de investigaci\u00f3n en la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica como epidemi\u00f3loga y se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como Directora del Registro de C\u00e1ncer de Costa Rica durante dos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    De 1996 al 2015, fue Investigadora Principal y co-Investigadora Principal en diversos estudios costarricenses financiados por el Instituto Nacional del C\u00e1ncer de los Estados Unidos (NCI), incluyendo el Proyecto Epidemiol\u00f3gico Guanacaste (PEG) HPV Natural History Study<\/em>, un estudio longitudinal de cohorte poblacional con 10.049 mujeres, y el Costa Rican Vaccine Trial (CVT)<\/em>.Del 2005 al 2008, realiz\u00f3 una pasant\u00eda como investigadora visitante senior en la Divisi\u00f3n de Epidemiolog\u00eda y Gen\u00e9tica del NCI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    La mayor parte de su investigaci\u00f3n se ha centrado en la neoplasia cervical y en la historia natural de la infecci\u00f3n por el virus de papiloma humano (VPH). Asimismo, ha trabajado de manera extensa en estrategias de prevenci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer cervicouterino, incluyendo la vacunaci\u00f3n contra el HPV, el tamizaje y la detecci\u00f3n de la neoplasia cervical. En la \u00faltima d\u00e9cada, se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como consultora de la Divisi\u00f3n de Epidemiolog\u00eda y Gen\u00e9tica del C\u00e1ncer del NCI y, m\u00e1s recientemente, ha colaborado con iniciativas internacionales orientadas al desarrollo de m\u00e9todos mejorados de tamizaje, triaje y tratamiento m\u00e1s adecuados para poblaciones vulnerables y de dif\u00edcil acceso, a trav\u00e9s del estudio del consorcio PAVE. M\u00e1s recientemente, se incorpor\u00f3 a la Fundaci\u00f3n M\u00e9dicos Sin Fronteras (Fondation M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res<\/em>) como consultora para continuar impulsando la implementaci\u00f3n de la estrategia PAVE que incorpora elementos de inteligencia artificial para la prevenci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer cervicouterino.  La Dra. Rodr\u00edguez es parte del Comit\u00e9 Editorial de la Revista Acta M\u00e9dica Costarricense desde el 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Publicaciones representativas: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • Rodr\u00edguez, A. C.<\/strong>, Schiffman, M., Herrero, R., Wacholder, S., Hildesheim, A., Castle, P. E., Solomon, D., Burk, R., & Proyecto Epidemiol\u00f3gico Guanacaste Group (2008). Rapid clearance of human papillomavirus and implications for clinical focus on persistent infections. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 100(7), 513\u2013517.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Rodr\u00edguez, A. C.<\/strong>, Schiffman, M., Herrero, R., Hildesheim, A., Bratti, C., Sherman, M. E., Solomon, D., Guill\u00e9n, D., Alfaro, M., Morales, J., Hutchinson, M., Katki, H., Cheung, L., Wacholder, S., & Burk, R. D. (2010). Longitudinal study of human papillomavirus persistence and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2\/3: critical role of duration of infection. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 102(5), 315\u2013324.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Kreimer, A. R., Rodriguez, A. C<\/strong>., Hildesheim, A., Herrero, R., Porras, C., Schiffman, M., Gonz\u00e1lez, P., Solomon, D., Jim\u00e9nez, S., Schiller, J. T., Lowy, D. R., Quint, W., Sherman, M. E., Schussler, J., Wacholder, S., & CVT Vaccine Group (2011). Proof-of-principle evaluation of the efficacy of fewer than three doses of a bivalent HPV16\/18 vaccine. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 103(19), 1444\u20131451.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Schiffman M, Castle PE, Jeronimo J, Rodr\u00edguez AC<\/strong>, Wacholder S. Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer. Lancet 2007;370(9590):890-907.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Herrero, R., Castle, P. E., Schiffman, M., Bratti, M. C., Hildesheim, A., Morales, J., Alfaro, M., Sherman, M. E., Wacholder, S., Chen, S., Rodriguez, A. C.,<\/strong> & Burk, R. D. (2005). Epidemiologic profile of type-specific human papillomavirus infection and cervical neoplasia in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The Journal of infectious diseases, 191(11), 1796\u20131807.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Hildesheim, A., Herrero, R., Wacholder, S., Rodriguez, A. C.<\/strong>, Solomon, D., Bratti, M. C., Schiller, J. T., Gonzalez, P., Dubin, G., Porras, C., Jimenez, S. E., Lowy, D. R., & Costa Rican HPV Vaccine Trial Group (2007). Effect of human papillomavirus 16\/18 L1 viruslike particle vaccine among young women with preexisting infection: a randomized trial. JAMA<\/em>, 298<\/em>(7), 743\u2013753.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Schiffman M, Herrero R, Desalle R, Hildesheim A, Wacholder S, Rodriguez AC<\/strong>, Bratti MC, Sherman ME, Morales J, Guillen D, Alfaro M, Hutchinson M, Wright TC, Solomon D, Chen Z, Schussler J, Castle PE, Burk RD. The carcinogenicity of human papillomavirus types reflects viral evolution. Virology 2005;337:76-84.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Castle, P. E., Schiffman, M., Herrero, R., Hildesheim, A., Rodriguez, A. C<\/strong>., Bratti, M. C., Sherman, M. E., Wacholder, S., Tarone, R., & Burk, R. D. (2005). A prospective study of age trends in cervical human papillomavirus acquisition and persistence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The Journal of infectious diseases, 191(11), 1808\u20131816.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Herrero, R., Quint, W., Hildesheim, A., Gonzalez, P., Struijk, L., Katki, H. A., Porras, C., Schiffman, M., Rodriguez, A. C.,<\/strong> Solomon, D., Jimenez, S., Schiller, J. T., Lowy, D. R., van Doorn, L. J., Wacholder, S., Kreimer, A. R., & CVT Vaccine Group (2013). Reduced prevalence of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) 4 years after bivalent HPV vaccination in a randomized clinical trial in Costa Rica. PloS one, 8(7), e68329.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Hildesheim, A., Herrero, R., Castle, P. E., Wacholder, S., Bratti, M. C., Sherman, M. E., Lorincz, A. T., Burk, R. D., Morales, J., Rodriguez, A. C<\/strong>., Helgesen, K., Alfaro, M., Hutchinson, M., Balmaceda, I., Greenberg, M., & Schiffman, M. (2001). HPV co-factors related to the development of cervical cancer: results from a population-based study in Costa Rica. British journal of cancer, 84(9), 1219\u20131226..<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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