
Full Name
Mejía, Raúl M
Categoría del Investigador
Titulares
Área de CEDES
Salud, Economía y Sociedad
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Biography
Dr Mejia is a leading expert in the epidemiology and risk factors of cardiovascular disease in Argentina and the Latin America. Dr. Mejía participated as Co-Pi in the “Tobacco Use Among Argentinean Youth: A Cohort Study” and P.I. at the “Tobacco Control Research and Training in South America Project”, at the “Cinema smoking and youth smoking in Latin America Project” both funded by Fogarty/NIH, and the project “An Evidence Base for Policies to Reduce SSB Consumption in Argentina” funded by IDRC, Canada. From April 2018 to December 2019 he was the Director of Health Research at the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Argentina where he was responsible for conducting the ministry's research policies and coordinating the implementation and evaluation of calls for research projects promoted by the ministry. Currently, Dr Mejia is Chief of the Department of Ambulatory Care at the Hospital de Clinicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, the most prestigious hospital in Argentina. Dr. Mejia graduated with honors from the University of Buenos Aires and later obtained a Doctorate in Medical Humanities. In 2008 he received the Global Health Leadership Award from the Global Health Research Initiative, Canada, through he directed the “Mentoring in Tobacco Control Research in Argentina”. Project. He is the lead investigator at CEDES focused on cardiovascular epidemiology and risk factors and leads and active research team studying the cost-effectiveness of interventions such as the implementation of tobacco control laws or salt reduction in processed foods aimed to reduce cardiovascular risks in Argentina. He has a strong background in mentoring, he has mentored over 30 junior researchers in Argentina and the US over his 20 years as a senior investigator and 100 peer-reviewed papers were published by his group since 2001, most in international journals.
Biografía
Médico, Diploma de Honor de la Facultad de Medicina, Doctor de la Universidad de Buenos Aires área Humanidades Médicas.. Investigador titular del CEDES desde 2011. Investigador Adjunto del CONICET. Jefe del departamento de Atención Ambulatoria del Hospital de Clínicas de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Durante 2018 y 2019 se desempeñó como Director de Investigación para la Salud, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación. Desde 2002 ha participado como investigador principal en proyectos de investigación en control de tabaco y Enfermedades Crónicas no Transmisibles, en proyectos financiados por el National Institute of Health (NIH) , EEUU y el International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. En 2006 participó de un programa de entrenamiento en Mentoría y Liderazgo organizado por el International Development Research Centre, Canadá, y en 2008 fue beneficiario de la Beca para Liderazgo en Salud Mundial de Canadá. Durante la beca implementó el Programa de Mentoría para la Investigación en Control de Tabaco en Argentina. Ha sido presidente de la Sociedad Argentina de Medicina Interna General, y co-chair del Resource Group on Mentoring de la Canadian Coalition for Global Health research y es miembro de la Society of General Internal Medicine, Estados Unidos.
Publications
(Otros)
Fecha de publicación
- 14 2020 - 2023
- 48 2010 - 2019
- 26 2000 - 2009
- 3 1990 - 1999
Tipo de Material
Fulltext
- 54 No Fulltext
- 37 With Fulltext
Resultados 1-20 de 91.
Fecha de publicación | Título | Autor(es) | |
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1 | Apr-2022 | Satisfacción laboral de los médicos que trabajan en los servicios de emergencias en la República Argentina durante la pandemia por COVID-19 | Galvalisi, Nazareno ; Penalba, Marina ; Pérez, Adriana ; Cabrera, Noelia ; Mejía, Raúl M |
2 | Apr-2022 | Impacto sanitario de la prohibición total de publicidades de tabaco en Argentina | Mejía, Raúl M ; Konfino, Jonatan ; Fernández, Alicia ; Salgado, Maria Victoria ; Penko, Joanne ; Coxson, Pamela ; Pichon-Riviere, Andrés ; Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten |
3 | 2022 | Trends in High-Intensity Statin Therapy After Myocardial Infarction Among U.S. Adults, 2011-2019 | Colantonio, Lisandro ; Wang, Zhixin ; Chen, Ligong ; Mejía, Raúl M ; Bittner, Vera ; Muntner, Paul ; Rosenson, Robert |
4 | 29-Dec-2021 | Utilización de prácticas clínicas para promover la cesación tabáquica en personas que viven con VIH en Argentina | Correa-Fernández, Virmarie ; Mejía, Raúl M ; Pérez, Adriana ; Llaneza, Danielle ; Cabrera, Noelia ; Fridman, Vanesa ; Tamí-Maury, Irene |
5 | Sep-2021 | Inequidad en salud y consumo de tabaco | Mejía, Raúl M |
6 | Aug-2021 | Adaptación Transcultural y Validación de la Escala de Autoeficacia/Tentaciones en Argentina | Braun, Sandra ; Gelos, Diego Sánchez ; Ángel, Adriana ; Mejía, Raúl M |
7 | 15-Jul-2021 | Smoking Cessation Mobile Interventions in Latin America: A Systematic Review | Allaham, Fatema ; Cupertino, Ana Paula ; Cartujano-Barrera, Francisco ; Colugnati, Fernando Antonio Basile ; Arana-Chicas, Evelyn ; Mejía, Raúl M ; Sandoval, Lizbeth ; Gallegos-Carrillo, Katia ; Rubado, Michelle ; Rodríguez-Bolaños, Rosibel ; Galil, Arise G |
8 | 14-Jul-2021 | Modelling the impact of plain packaging of tobacco products on cardiovascular disease in Argentina | Fernández, Alicia ; Mejía, Raúl M ; Salgado, Maria Victoria ; Penko, Joanne |
9 | 25-Jun-2021 | Scoping health literacy in Latin America | Arrighi, E ; Mejía, Raúl M ; Peres, F ; Quijada, J G ; Vichnin, M ; Sørensen, K ; Gunther, C ; Pleasant, A ; Ruiz de Castilla, E M ; Lopez, R ; Myers, L |
10 | 15-Jan-2021 | La escala de afluencia familiar en la investigación sobre inequidades sociales en salud en adolescentes latinoamericanos | Pérez, Adriana ; Thrasher, James F ; Monzón, José Carlos ; Arillo-Santillán, Edna ; Barnoya, Joaquín ; Mejía, Raúl M |
11 | 28-Jul-2020 | Projected impact of a reduction in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption on diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Argentina: A modeling study | Salgado, Maria Victoria ; Penko, Joanne ; Fernández, Alicia ; Konfino, Jonatan ; Coxson, Pamela ; Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten ; Mejía, Raúl M |
12 | Jul-2020 | La disminución del consumo de gaseosas azucaradas en Argentina puede reducir la enfermedad cardiovascular | Salgado, Maria Victoria ; Mejía, Raúl M |
13 | 20-Jan-2020 | Youth working in tobacco farming: effects on smoking behavior and association with health status | Livaudais-Toman, Jennifer ; Mejía, Raúl M ; Pérez-Stable, Eliseo J ; Gregorich, Steven E ; Kaplan, Celia ; Alderete, Ethel |
14 | 2020 | The role of computer simulation models in the design of public policies | Salgado, Maria Victoria ; O'Flaherty, Enrique ; Mejía, Raúl M |
15 | Nov-2019 | Update of the cardiovascular disease policy model to predict cardiovascular events in Argentina | Coxson, Pamela ; Mejía, Raúl M ; Konfino, Jonatan ; Fernández, Alicia ; Salgado, M. Victoria ; Irazola, Vilma E ; Penko, Joanne ; Gutiérrez, Laura |
16 | Sep-2019 | Factores predictores del consumo de sustancias en adolescentes argentinos: estudio longitudinal | Morello, Paola ; Pérez, Adriana ; Peña, Lorena ; Braun, Sandra ; Thrasher, James F ; Mejía, Raúl M |
17 | 6-Feb-2019 | Especialistas del CONICET opinan acerca del consumo de azúcar | Mejía, Raúl M ; Maceira, Daniel ; Bergallo, Paola |
18 | Jan-2019 | Exposure to Alcohol Use in Movies and Problematic Use of Alcohol: A Longitudinal Study Among Latin American Adolescents | Mejía, Raúl M ; Pérez, Adriana ; Arillo-Santillán, Edna ; Braun, Sandra ; Sargent, James D ; Morello, Paola ; Thrasher, James F |
19 | Dec-2018 | The impact and relevance of tobacco control research in low-and middle-income countries globally and to the US | Nakkash, Rima ; Mejía, Raúl M ; Fong, Geoffrey T ; Barnoya, Joaquín ; Salloum, Ramzi G ; Maziak, Wasim ; Lando, Harry ; Berg, Carla J ; Drope, Jeffrey ; Thrasher, James F ; Cohen, Joanna E ; Parascandola, Mark |
20 | 20-Jul-2018 | Exposure to tobacco in video games and smoking among gamers in Argentina | Mejía, Raúl M ; Cabrera, Noelia ; Forsyth, Susan ; Pérez, Adriana ; Sargent, James D ; Thrasher, James F ; Peña, Lorena |