School of Medicine - Department of Public Health
Álvaro Javier
IDROVO VELANDIA
Director of Revista Salud UIS
CONTACT
Information
idrovoaj@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
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GENERAL
Biography
Professor and researcher with experience in Latin America, especially Colombia and Mexico. Interested in socio-environmental determinants of health, environmental injustice and socio-environmental conflicts and mixed studies in Population Health.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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PhD in Public Health Sciences Area of Concentration Epidemiology
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública / Escuela de Salud Pública de México, 2006
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Master of Science in Environmental Health
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública / Escuela de Salud Pública de México, 2003
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Master in Public Health
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2000
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Occupational Health and Hygiene Specialist
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, 1998
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Medical Surgeon
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1996
Director of Revista Salud UIS
CONTACT
Information
idrovoaj@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2944
Outstanding
Works
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Genetic Instability among Hitnü People Living in Colombian Crude-Oil Exploitation Areas
Article, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
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Mining leachate contamination and subfecundity among women living near the USA–Mexico border
Article, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2019