International Health
MHS and PhD
2 Years
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Peru
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima – Peru.
- Computer System Engineering, BSc., 1985-1991
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima – Peru,
- Informatics, MSc, 1994-1998.
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
- Biostatistics, MHS, 1998-2000.
- Health Policy, MHS, 2001-2002.
- International Health, PhD, 1998-2007
Appointments
US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment (NMRCD), Lima, Perú. Deputy Director, Department of Parasitology, and Director, Public Health Training
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Management, Head of Research Promotion, Vice-Rectory of Research Coordinator, Masters Program in Epidemiological Research
Employment history:
2007-present, Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima – Perú. Consultant in Biostatistics.
2006-present, Cochrane Collaboration, Statistical Methods Group. Member
2002-present, Graduate School of Business Administration (ESAN), MBA Program, Lima, Perú. Part Time Professor
1998, Ministry of Health, Basic Health and Nutrition Project, Lima – Perú. Consultant in Informatics and Monitoring
1991-1998, PRISMA, Research Department. Lima, Perú. Head, Information Systems Unit, Biostatistics/Epidemiology Consultant
Parasitic Infections
Infectious Diseases Epidemiology
Outbreak Investigations
Research Capacity Building
Research Methods
Selected publications (10/50)
- Cordeiro dos Santos M, Lescano AG, Costa Alecrim MG. Outbreak of Haff Disease in the Brazilian Amazon. In press, Rev Panam Salud Publ
- Lescano AG, Garcia HH, Gilman RH, Gavidia CM, et al, for the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. Taenia solium cysticercosis hotspots surrounding tapeworm carriers: clustering on human seroprevalence but not on seizures. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009;3:e371
- Lescano AG, Larasati RP, Sedyaningsih ER, Bounlu KB, Araujo-Castillo R, et al. Statistical Analyses in Disease Surveillance Systems. BMC Proceedings 2008, 2(3):S7
- Salmon-Mulanovich G, Lescano AG, Gonzaga VE and Blazes DL. Occupational health in the developing world: a role for the medical research community? J Occup Environ Med. 2007;49:1184-8
- Nash TE, Pretell EJ, Lescano AG, Bustos JA, et al; for The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. Perilesional brain oedema and seizure activity in patients with calcified neurocysticercosis: a prospective cohort and nested case-control study. Lancet Neurol. 2008;7:1099-105
- Lescano AG, Salmon-Mulanovich G, Pedroni E and Blazes DL. Outbreak Investigation and Response Training. Science 2007;318:574-5
- Lescano AG, Garcia HH, Gilman RH, Guezala MC, et al and the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. Swine cysticercosis hotspots surrounding Taenia solium tapeworm carriers. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2007;76:376-83
- Jeri C, Gilman RH, Lescano AG, Mayta H, Ramirez ME, et al. Species identification after treatment for human taeniasis. Lancet 2004;363:949-50
- Berkman DS, Lescano AG, Gilman RH, Black MM and Lopez S. Stunting, Diarrheal Disease and Parasitic Infections in Peruvian Infants: Their Effect on Cognitive Test Scores in Late Childhood. Lancet 2002;359:564-71
- Sanghavi DM, Gilman RH, Lescano-Guevara AG, Checkley W, Cabrera LZ, et al. Am J Epidemiol 1998;148:384-
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