Soy Médico-cirujano, Magíster en Salud Pública y Doctorado en Epidemiología y Salud Poblacional. Desde el año 2011 me integré como académico en la unidad de Nutrición Pública del INTA y actualmente formo parte del equipo de investigadoras del Centro de Investigación en Ambientes Alimentarios y Prevención de Enfermedades Crónicas Asociadas a la Nutrición (CIAPEC). Mi principal área de investigación ha estado enfocada en estudiar la epidemiología del cáncer de mama. Actualmente estoy evaluando cómo la nutrición y el crecimiento durante la infancia puede afectar o no la composición mamaria al final de la pubertad. Además, he estado trabajando en modelos para optimizar esquemas de tamizaje de cáncer de mama en Chile. Participo en actividades docentes con alumnos del Magíster y Doctorado en Nutrición y Alimentos del INTA (tesistas y unidades de investigación) y dicto el curso de postgrado “Epidemiología de las Enfermedades Crónicas: Principio y Métodos”.
Grado Académico
- PhD London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- MPH, Universidad de Chile
- Médico Cirujano, Universidad de Chile
Unidad Académica
Nutrición Pública
Laboratorio
Áreas de interés
Adjuntos
| 2017 | Busch AS, Hagen CP, Main KM, Pereira A, Corvalan C, Almstrup K, Mericq V, Juul A. Genetic variation of Follicle-stimulating hormone action is associated with age at testicular growth in boys. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017; 102(5):1740-1749 |
| 2017 | Burton A, Maskarinec G, Perez-Gomez B, Vachon C, Miao H, Lajous M, López-Ridaura R, Rice M, Pereira A, Garmendia ML, Tamimi RM…et al. Mammographic density and ageing: A collaborative pooled analysis of cross-sectional data from 22 countries worldwide. PLoS Med. 2017 Jun 30;14(6):e1002335 |
| 2017 | Pereira A, Iñiguez G, Corvalan C, Mericq V. High DHEAS is associated with earlier pubertal events in girls but not in boys. J Endocr Soc. 2017 May 19; 1(7):800-808 |
| 2017 | Binder AM, Corvalan C, Mericq V, Pereira A, Santos JL, Horvath S, Shepherd J, Michels KB. Faster ticking rate of the epigenetic clock is associated with faster pubertal development in girls. Epigenetics. 2017 Dec 13 (In Press) |
| 2017 | Mericq V, Pereira A, Uauy R, Corvalán C. Early BMI gain and later height growth predicts higher DHEAS concentrations in 7-year-old Chilean children. Horm Res Paediatr. 2017; 87(1):15-22 |
| 2017 | Martínez-Arroyo A, Moreno-Macías H, Pereira Scalabrino A, Garmendia ML. Metabolic syndrome and mammographic density in premenopausal Chilean women. Nutr Cancer. 2017; 69(2):254-260 |
| 2017 | Pereira A, Garmendia ML, Uauy R, Neira P, Lopez-Arana S, Malkov S, Shepherd J. Determinants of volumetric breast density in Chilean premenopausal women. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Apr; 162(2):343-352 |
| 2017 | Gaskins AJ, Pereira A, Quintiliano D, Shepherd JA, Uauy R, Corvalán C, Michels KB. Dairy intake in relation to breast and pubertal development in Chilean girls. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017; 105(5):1166-1175 |
| 2016 | McCormack VA, Burton A, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Hipwell JH, Dickens C, Salem D, Kamal R, Hartman M, Lee CP, Chia KS,Ozmen V, Aribal ME, Flugelman AA, Lajous M, Lopez-Riduara R, Rice M, Romieu I, Ursin G, Qureshi S, Ma H, Lee E, van Gils CH, Wanders JO, Vinayak S, Ndumia R, Allen S, Vinnicombe S, Moss S, Won Lee J, Kim J, Pereira A, Garmendia ML, Sirous R, Sirous M, Peplonska B, Bukowska A, Tamimi RM, Bertrand K, Nagata C, Kwong A, Vachon C, Scott C, Perez-Gomez B, Pollan M, Maskarinec G, Giles G, Hopper J, Stone J, Rajaram N,Teo SH, Mariapun S, Yaffe MJ, Schüz J, Chiarelli AM, Linton L, Boyd NF. International Consortium on Mammographic Density: Methodology and population diversity captured across 22 countries. Cancer Epidemiol 2016 Feb; 40:141-151 |
| 2016 | Burton A, Byrnes G, Stone J, Tamimi R, Heine J, Vachon C, Ozmen V, Pereira A, Garmendia ML, Scott C, Hipwell JH, Dickens C, Schüz J, Aribal M… et al. Mammographic density assessed on paired raw and processed digital images and on paired screen-film and digital images across three mammography systems. Breast Cancer Res. 2016; 18: 130 |
| 2015 | Pereira A, Corvalán C, Uauy R, Klein K, Mericq V. Ultrasensitive estrogen levels at 7 years of age predict earlier thelarche: evidence from girls of the growth and obesity Chilean cohort. Eur J Endocrinol 2015; 173(6):835-842 |
| 2014 | González L, Corvalán C, Pereira A, Kain J, Garmendia ML, Uauy R. Early adiposity rebound is associated with metabolic risk in 7-year-old children. Int J Obes (Lond) 2014; 38(10):1299-1304 |
| 2014 | Pereira A, Garmendia ML, González D, Kain J, Mericq V, Uauy R, Corvalán C. Breast bud detection: a validation study in the Chilean Growth Obesity Cohort Study. BMC Womens Health 2014 Aug 13; 14:96 |
| 2013 | Pereira-Scalabrino A, Almonte M, Dos-Santos-Silva I. Country-level correlates of cervical cancer mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean. Salud Pública de México 2013; 55(1):5-1 |
| 2012 | Pereira A, Garmendia ML, Alvarado ME, Albala C. Hypertension and the risk of breast cancer in Chilean women: a case-control study. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2012; 13(11):5829-5834 |
| 2008 | Murillo R, Almonte M, Pereira A, Ferrer E, Gamboa OA, Jerónimo J, Lazcano-Ponce, E. Cervical cancer screening programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. Vaccine, 2008. 26 Suppl 11: p. L37-48. |
| 2007 | Garmendia ML, Pereira A, Alvarado ME, Atalah E. Relation between insulin resistance and breast cancer among Chilean women. Ann Epidemiol 2007; 17(6):403409 |
| 2003 | Maida AM, Vasquez A, Herskovic V, Calderon JL, Jacard M, Pereira A, Widdel L.” A report on student abuse during medical training.” Med Teach. 2003 Sep;25(5): 497-501. |
| 2008 | Pereira, A. Valenzuela, MT, Mora J, Vera L. [Present situation of hepatitis B in Chile]. Rev Med Chil, 2008. 136(6): p.725-32. |
| 2006 | Maida A, Herskovic V, Pereira A, Salinas-Fernández L, Esquivel CC. [Perception of abuse among medical students of the University of Chile]. Rev Med Chil, 2006. 134(12): p. 1516-23 |
| 2005 | Gallardo V., Ugarte F., Barrera A., Godoy C., Pereira A., Eblen E. “Early detection of diabetic nephropathy and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus” Rev Chil Pediatr 2005. 76(3); 252-258. |