Maribel Almonte Pacheco
Implementation Scientist
Early Detection Prevention and Infections
Year | Degree | Major | Institution | Country/Town |
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2003 | PhD in Cancer Epidemiology | University College London, University of London | United Kingdom / London | |
1999 | MSc in Epidemiology | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London | United Kingdom / London | |
1997 | Statistical Engineer | Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina | Peru / Lima | |
1992 | M.P.H. in Biostatistics | University of Michigan | USA / Ann Arbor | |
1990 | BSc Statistics | class prize for ranking first | Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina | Peru / Lima |
Current Research Projects
Latin American consortium for cervical cancer prevention.
Maribel Almonte, Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, Gloria Sanchez, Jose Jeronimo, Caterina Ferreccio, Rolando Herrero.
Evaluation of strategies for the optimal clinical management of women with ASCUS – co-investigator
Gloria Sanchez, Armando Baena, Maribel Almonte, Rolando Herrero, Peter Sasieni.
ESTAMPA study (Estudio de TAMizaje y triaje con pruebas de Papillomavirus)
Maribel Almonte, Rolando Herrero and international collaborators.
International Prevalence Surveys of Helicobacter pylori in High and Low Risk Areas for Stomach Cancer (Epidemiological Investigation of Gastric Malignancies - ENIGMA)
Rolando Herrero, Paula Gonzalez, Maribel Almonte and international collaborators.
Selected Publications
Almonte M, Ferreccio C, Luciani S, Gonzales M, Delgado JM, Santos C, Alvarez M, Cuzick J, Sasieni P. Visual inspection after acetic acid (VIA) is highly heterogeneous in primary cervical screening in Amazonian Peru. PlosOne (in press).
Ronco G, Dillner J, Elfstrom KM, Tunesi S, Snidjers PJF, Arbyn M, Kitchener K, Segnan N, Gilham C, Giorgi-Rossi P, Berkhof J, Peto J, Meijer CJLM, the International HPV screening working group. Efificacy of HPV-based screening for prevention of invasive cervical cancer: follow-up of four European randomised controlled trials. Lancet, in press.
Pereira-Scalabrino A, Almonte M, dos-Santos-Silva I. Country-level correlates of cervical cancer mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean. Salud Publica Mex. 55(1):5-15.
Almonte M, dos Santos Silva I, Asare A, Gilham C, Sargent A, Bailey A, Turner A, Desai M, Kitchener H, Peto J. Sexual behaviour and HPV infection in British women, by postal questionnaires and telephone interviews. J M Virol. 83(7): 1238-46. Epub 2011 Apr 22.
Almonte M, Ferreccio C, Gonzales M, Delgado JM, Buckley CH, Luciani S, Robles SC, Winkler JL, Tsu VD, Jeronimo J, Cuzick J, Sasieni P. Risk factors for high-risk human papillomavirus infection and co-factors for high-grade cervical disease in Peru. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 21(9):1654-63.