Personaje del mes de junio

Por más de quince años, he tenido el gusto de conocer y trabajar muy de cerca con Celia. Su desarrollo profesional y científico dentro del Centro de Estudios en Salud (CES), inicialmente como investigadora asociada y actualmente como Co-Directora del Centro, ha sido marcado un constante crecimiento, producto del dinamismo, perseverancia e integridad con las que aborda todas las actividades que realiza. Sus meritos científicos han sido reconocidos nacional e internacionalmente, habiéndola hecho acreedora por ejemplo al Premio de la Academia De Ciencias, y a ser miembro del Comité de Expertos sobre la Enfermedad de Chagas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Internacionalmente, ha tenido una participación extensa, promoviendo en todo momento proyectos y áreas de investigación nuevas que expandan las actividades y el desarrollo del CES; siendo uno de sus últimos logros la incorporación de actividades de investigación dentro del CES sobre la epidemiología del Virus del Oeste del Nilo. Celia es sin lugar a dudas un ejemplo para muchos profesionales, especialmente mujeres, ya que ha logrado desarrollar exitosamente una carrera tanto profesional, así como en su hogar como madre y esposa. CES, se siente muy orgulloso y afortunado de contar con ella como profesional y como amiga.

Byron Arana

Name (last, first) Cordón-Rosales, Celia

Title Licda

Position Co-Director of the Center for Health Studies and Senior Research Biologist

Insitution (name, subdivision) Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Instituto de Investigaciones - Center for Health Studies

E-mail ccrz@cdc.gov

Phone +502 2364 0336/40 ext. 427

Fax +502 2369 7539

Positions and Honors

Positions

1987-1989 Research assistant at the Medical Entomology Research and Training Unit, Guatemala (MERTUG), US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Center for Health Studies (CHS), Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG).

1989-1998 Research biologist and lecturer MERTUG and CES.

1998 to date Co-Director and Senior Research Biologist at CHS and MERTUG

Awards

1991 The Third World Academy of Science Award for Young Scientists

1994 Gorgas Memorial Institute Fellowship, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Societies and Organizations

2004 Delegate of UVG to the Bio-Technology Commission, National Science Council, Guatemala

2001 to 2003 Delegate of UVG to the National Health Council of Guatemala

1998 to date Member of the National Commission for the Control of Chagas Disease

1998 - 1999 Member of Chagas Disease Operational Research Steering Committee, Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization.

1997 to date Member of the Latin American Network on the Biology and Control of Triatomines (ECLAT)

1994 -1995 Member of the Board of Directors, Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales de Guatemala

1992 to date Ordinary member of the Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales de Guatemala (National Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences, Guatemala)

Education/Training

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE (if applicable)	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
Colegio Monte María, Guatemala	Teacher	1973‑1978	Elementary School Education in Urban Areas
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala	Licenciatura	1979-1986	Biology specialized in medical entomology
FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	---------	1994	Molecular Biology of Anophelines
Colorado State University at Fort Collins	---------	1996	Biology of Disease Vectors
Instituto Nacional de Salud, Colombia	---------	1998	Current techniques in malaria research

Selected Publications

2003 Durvasula, R.V., Sundaram, R.K., Cordón-Rosales, C., Pennington, P., and Beard, C.B.: Rhodnius prolixus and its symbiont, Rhodococcus rhodnii: a model for paratransgenic control of disease transmission. In: Bourtozis, K., and Miller, T.A.: Insect Symbionts, Washington, DC: CRC Press

2003 Nakagawa, J., Hashimoto, K., Cordón-Rosales, C., Juárez, J.A., Trampe, R. and Marroquín, L.M. Impact of vector control on Triatoma dimidiata in the department of Jutiapa in Guatemala. Ann.Trop Med Parasitol. 97(3):288-97.

2003 Monteiro, F.A., Barrett, T.V., Fitzpatrick, S., Cordón-Rosales, C., Feliciangeli, D. and Beard, C.B. Molecular phylogeography of the Amazonian Chagas disease vectors Rhodnius prolixus and R. robustus. Mol Ecol 12(4):997-1006

2003 Nakagawa, J ., Cordón-Rosales, C., Juárez, Itzep, C., and Nonami, T.: Vector control against Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata in the department of Zacapa in Guatemala. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 98: 98(2):277-281

2003 Rizzo NR, Arana BA, Diaz A, Cordón-Rosales C, Klein RE, Powell, M. Chagas Disease Seroprevalence Among School Age Children in the Endemic Area of Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 68(6):678-682

2002 JM Anderson, JE Lai, EM Dotson, C Cordón-Rosales C. Ponce, DE Norris and CB Beard. Identification and characterization of microsatellite markers in the Chagas Disease vectors of Triatoma dimidiata. Infection, genetics and evolution 30: 1-6.

2002 C B Beard, C Cordón-Rosales, R V Durvasula. Bacterial symbionts and their potential use in the control of Chagas Disease transmission. Ann. Rev. Entomol 47:123-41.

1999 R.V. Durvasula, A. Kroger, M. Goodwin, A. Panackal, O. Kruglov, J. Taneja, A. Gumbs, F. F. Richards, C.B. Beard and C. Cordón-Rosales. Strategy for introduction of foreign genes into field populations fo Chagas Disease Vertors. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92(6):939-943.

1999 W.G. Brogdon, J.C. McAllister, A.M. Corwin and C. Cordón-Rosales. Independent selection of multiple mechanisms for pyrethroid resistance in Guatemalan Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 92(2):298-302.

Other relevant support

2002-2004 Research on ‘A strategy for spreading modified genes in Chagas’ Disease vectors” in collaboration with Ravi Durvasula, Ben Beard, Celia Cordón-Rosales, Pamela Pennington. Funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH). Consultant.

2001-2002 Research on “Genetic variability of T. cruzi as a determinant of myocardial tropism” in collaboration with Pamela Pennington (PI), MERTUG/CDC-UVG, and Benjamin Beard, US CDC. Funded by WHO Chagas Pathogenesis Committee Task Force, TDR, WHO. Co-Principal Investigator

2001-2002 Research on “Molecular genetic analysis of Triatoma dimidiata dispersal patterns from domiciliated and potential sylvatic foci in Guatemala" in collaboration with Pamela Pennington (PI), MERTUG/CDC-UVG, and Benjamin Beard, US CDC. Funded by Chagas Operational Task Force, TDR, WHO. Co-Principal Investigator

2000-2001 Research on “Assessing the role of Triatoma dimidiata and Rhodnius prolixus as vectors of Chagas disease in Central Amreica” in collaboration with Pamela Pennington, MERTUG/CDC-UVG, and Benjamin Beard, US CDC. Funded by Gorgas Memorial Fellowship Program. Co-Investigator

1999-2001 Research on “Evaluation of insecticide barrier spraying to prevent re-infestationby sylvatic or peri-domestic Chagas’ Disease vectors in Central America, with M.Perich (PI). Funded by the Special Program for Tropical Disease Research, World Health Organization Co-Investigator.

1999-2002 Research on “Entomological survey of Chagas’ Disease vectors in five department of Guatemala: stratification of transmission risk and feasibility for vector elimination”, funded by the Special Program for Tropical Disease Research, World Health Organization. Principal Investitgator.

1999 Research on “Chagas Disease seroprevalence among school age children in the endemic area of Guatemala”, funded by Special Program for Tropical Disease Research, World Health Organization. Co-Investigator.