0000-0002-9533-9343 About
Valeria Hirschler
Maipú 812 5 M Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: 54911 45690538
Office; 5411 48018387 www.dravaleriahirschler.com.ar
Emails: [email protected]
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EDUCATION
Medical Doctor
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina 1981
Paediatrics’ Residency 1982-1984 “Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutierrez”
Chief of residency 1985
Fellow of Nutrition and Diabetes1986-1988
Experience:
MD and Principal researcher in Paediatric Nutrition and Diabetes ; Nutrition and Diabetes Department, Durand Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2000-present.
Conduct research in Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome in children.
Responsible for designing and carrying out dozens of studies. Coordinate staff and residents in examining participants and processing data. Lead the development and construction of materials for presenting our results.
Serve as the consulting doctor for diabetes and nutrition in the pediatric ward and in the nutrition department.
Create and evaluate the statistics for all the research.
Coordinator of the epidemiology committee at the Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD) .
Coordinator with Dr. Martin Rodriguez of the Research Commission (CIDEI). Department of Education and Research (DEI), Argentine Diabetes Society.
Teaching experience
Director of the Pediatrics Course of Cardiovascular risks in children. Duration: 90hs,2009.
Associated professor of pediatrics and diabetes at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Teaching Diabetes and obesity in children during the academic year at the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine.
Skills
General skills: the ability to work as part of a team and independently; ability to work toward tight deadlines.
Master in medical statistics from the University Buenos Aires, Institute of Math
Computer literacy: extensive knowledge of SPSS, and Microsoft Office, expertise in using online scientific databases; good internet searching skills.
Languages: English ( fluent), French ( fluent), and Spanish (native speaker).
Employment
Employment history is unavailable.
Education
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Argentine Society of Diabetes (SAD)
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (63)
- Ability of TyG Index as a Marker of Insulin Resistance in Argentinean School Children. Save
- Pharmacotherapeutic options in pediatric obesity: an urgent call for further research. Save
- Association between Hepcidin and Type 2 Diabetes markers In Indigenous Argentinean Children living at High Altitude. Save
- Influence of Telemedicine on the Number of Visits and HbA1c Determinations in Latin American Children with Type 1 Diabetes. Save
- Cardiometabolic markers among Argentinean normal weight and overweight children with and without central obesity. Save
- Association Between High Birth Weight and Later Central Obesity in 9-Year-Old Schoolchildren. Save
- Adiposity, lifestyle behaviors, and cardiometabolic markers in Argentinean schoolchildren. Save
- Blood pressure level increase with altitude in three argentinean indigenous communities. Save
- Reply to "Discussion of 'Blood pressure levels among Indigenous children living at different altitudes'". Save
- Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol curves in Argentinean indigenous children living at high altitude and US children. Save