Profesora Asociada del Departamento de Salud Pública de la Facultad de Medicina de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile y ex presidenta de la Sociedad Chilena de Epidemiología (SOCHEPI). Presidenta del Comité de Salud Ambiental Infantil de la Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría. Investigadora Principal en Centro Fondap Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases ACCDIS.
Médica Veterinaria, Magister en Ciencias Biológicas, Doctora en Salud Pública, Universidad de Chile.
ÁREAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN
En su trabajo indaga en las enfermedades crónicas, asociadas con exposiciones ambientales, el desarrollo de capacidades en los equipos de salud con foco en las exposiciones ambientales y daños en salud poblacional y el fortalecimiento de la epidemiología ambiental.
Investigadora Responsable del Fondecyt Regular 122680 «Chronic kidney disease: understanding its causality in agricultural communities», 2022-2026.
ÚLTIMAS 10 PUBLICACIONES
Calvert, C., Brockway, M., Zoëga, H., Miller, J. E., Been, J. V., Amegah, A. K., Racine-Poon, A., Oskoui, S. E., Abok, I. I., Aghaeepour, N., Akwaowo, C. D., Alshaikh, B., Ayede, A. I., Bacchini, F., Barekatain, B., Barnes, R., Bebak, K., Bérard, A., Bhutta, Z. A., Azad, M. B. (2023). Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during COVID-19 lockdowns in 26 countries. Nature Human Behaviour, 7(4), 529-544. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01522-y
Pozo, K., Cortés, S., Gómez-Aburto, V. A., Guida, Y., Torres, M., De Carvalho, G. O., Příbylová, P., Klánová, J., & Jorquera, H. (2023). Human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of an agricultural area of central Chile and inhalation cancer risk assessments. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 14(3), 101695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2023.101695
Simon, F., Gironás, J., Rivera, J. I., Vega, A., Arce, G., Molinos‐Senante, M., Jorquera, H., Flamant, G., Bustamante, W., Greene, M., Vargas, I. T., Suárez, F., Pastén, P., & Cortés, S. (2023). Toward sustainability and resilience in Chilean cities: Lessons and recommendations for air, water, and soil issues. Heliyon, 9(7), e18191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18191
Ríos-Blancas, M. J., Pando-Robles, V., Razo, C., Cárcamo, C., Mendoza, W., Pacheco‐Barrios, K., Miranda, J. J., Lansingh, V. C., Demie, T. G., Saha, M., Okonji, O. C., Yiğit, A., Cahuana-Hurtado, L., Chacón-Uscamaita, P. R., Bernabé, E., Culquichicón, C., Chirinos-Cáceres, J. L., Cárdenas, R., Alcalde‐Rabanal, J. E., . . . Garcia, P. J. (2023). Estimating mortality and disability in Peru before the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of the Disease Study 2019. Frontiers In Public Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1189861
Muñoz-Arango, D., Torres-Rojas, F., Tapia, N., Vega, M., Alvear, C., Pizarro, G., Pastén, P., Cortés, S., Vega, A., Calderón, R., Nerenberg, R., & Vargas, I. T. (2023). Perchlorate and chlorate assessment in drinking water in northern Chilean cities. Environmental Research, 233, 116450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116450
Lazarus, J. V., Han, H., Mark, H. E., Alqahtani, S. A., Schattenberg, J. M. J., Soriano, J. B., White, T. M., Zelber–Sagi, S., Aali, A., Abbasi‐Kangevari, M., Abu‐Gharbieh, E., Abu-Shawer, O., Aggarwal, M., Ahinkorah, B. O., Ahmad, A., Ahmadi, A., Alahdab, F., Alkhayyat, M., Almustanyir, S., . . . Dirac, M. A. (2023). The global fatty liver disease Sustainable Development Goal country score for 195 countries and territories. Hepatology, 78(3), 911-928. https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000000361
Cortés, S. (2023). Air pollution and environmental epidemiological evidence in Chile: alerts for decision-makers and citizens. Journal Of Epidemiology And Community Health, 78(3), 199-202. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-220594
Ciciretti, R., Barraza, F., De la Barrera, F., Urquieta, L., & Cortés, S. (2021). Relationship between Wildfire Smoke and Children’s Respiratory Health in the Metropolitan Cities of Central-Chile. Atmosphere, 13(1), 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13010058
Collaboration, Kocarnik, J., Compton, K., Dean, F., Fu, W., Gaw, B. L., Harvey, J. D., Henrikson, H. J., Lu, D., Pennini, A., Xu, R., Ababneh, E., Abbasi‐Kangevari, M., Abbastabar, H., Abd-Elsalam, S., Abdoli, A., Abedi, A., Abidi, H., Abolhassani, H., Adedeji, I. A., Force, L. M. (2022). Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019. JAMA Oncology, 8(3), 420. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6987
De Almeida, L. M., Cortés, S., Vilensky, M., Valenzuela, O., Cortés-Sanabria, L., De Souza, M., Barbeito, R. A., Abdelhay, E., Artagaveytia, N., Daneri-Navarro, A., Llera, A. S., Müller, B., Podhajcer, O. L., Velázquez, C., Alcoba, E. B., Alonso, I., Bravo, A., Camejo, N., Carraro, D. M., Zlatar, Z. (2022). Socioeconomic, Clinical, and Molecular Features of Breast Cancer Influence Overall Survival of Latin American Women. Frontiers In Oncology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.845527
