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Injury Epidemiology Program

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Andrés Villaveces

 

Research Assistant Professor
Epidemiology
University of North Carolina
School of Public Health
2006 - present

 

 

Email: avillav@unc.edu

Phone: 919-966-6625

Fax: 919-966-0466

UNC - Injury Prevention Research Center

Suite 500, 137 East Franklin Street, CB 7505

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505

United States

 

 

Summary of Research Interests

Injury prevention and control, research methods, injury prevention and the built environment, international health, history of injury prevention and control.

 

 

Educational Background

MD, Escuela Colombiana de Medicina, Bogotá, Colombia

Medicine, 1991


MPH, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

International Health, 1996


PhD, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, WA
Epidemiology, 2000

 

 

Languages

Fluent in Spanish, English, French

Good knowledge of Portuguese

 

 

Professional Memberships

American College of Epidemiology (ACE)

American Public Health Association (APHA)

International Society for Violence and Injury Prevention (ISVIP)

Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)

Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR)

International Council on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety (ICADTS)

 

Editorial Board member

Colombia Médica

Injury Prevention Journal

BMJ Case Reports

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Revista Investigaciones Andina

 

 

Other positions

1998-present, Research Associate

Injury Epidemiology

Instituto Cisalva,

Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

 

Previous Positions

2004-2006, Scientific Chief of Clinics

Unit of Quality of Care,

Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

2003-2004, Emergency Healthcare Specialist

Injury Epidemiology Assessment, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Transport Research Laboratory and Leeds School of Medicine, UK

 

2001-2003, Medical Officer

Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention,

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

1996-2000, Research Associate

Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA


1992-1994, Assistant Instructor

Community Medicine, Escuela Colombiana de Medicina, Bogotá, Colombia

 

1991-1992, Physician

Cerro Norte Health Clinic, Bogotá, Colombia

 

 

Publications

Villaveces A, Stucky BD, Runyan CW, Moore KS, Berlin SP. The development of an instrument for evaluating core competencies in violence and injury prevention. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2009 (In press)

 

Samuel JC, Akinkuotu A, Villaveces A, Charles AG, Lee CN, Hoffman IF, Miller WC, Baloyi P, Hoffman M, Brown LB, Muyco AP. Epidemiology of injuries at a tertiary care center in Malawi. World J Surg 2009 Sep;33(9):1836-41.

 

Villaveces A, DeRoo LA. Child delinquency and the prophylaxis of crime: a view from the early twentieth century Latin America. Pan Am J Pub Health. 2008;24(6):449-454.

 

Cruz TH, Marshall SW, Bowling JM, Villaveces A. The Validity of a Proxy acculturation Scale among U.S. Hispanics. Hispan J Behav Sci. 2008;30(4):425-446.

 

Bangdiwala SI, Haedo AS, Natal ML, Villaveces A. Graphical interpretation of diagnostic tests using the agreement chart and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008;61(9):866-874.

 

Runyan CW, Villaveces A, Stephens-Stidham S. Improving Infrastructure for Injury Control: A Call for Policy Action. Inj Prev. 2008 Aug;14(4):272-273

 

Briceño-León R, Villaveces A, Concha-Eastman A. Understanding the unequal distribution of homicide in Latin America. Int J Epidemiol. 2008;37(4):751–757

 

Hugonnet S, Villaveces A, Pittet D. Nurse Staffing Level and Nosocomial Infections: Empirical Evaluation of the Case Crossover and Case-Time-Control Designs. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Jun;165(11):1321-7. Epub 2007 Mar 30.

 

Cléopas A, Villaveces A, Charvet A, Kolly V, Bovier P, Perneger, TV. Patient assessments of a hypothetical medical error: effects of health outcome, disclosure, and staff responsiveness. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006 Apr;15:136-41.

 

Villaveces A, Kammeyer JA, Bencevic H. Injury prevention education in medical schools: An international survey of medical students. Inj Prev. 2005 Dec;11(6):343-7.

 

Grossman DC, Mueller BA, Riedy C, Dowd MD, Villaveces A, Prodzinski J, Nakagawara J, Howard J, Thiersch, N, Harruff R. Gun storage practices and risk of youth suicide and unintentional firearm injuries. JAMA. 2005 Feb 9;293(6):707-14.

 

Butchart A, Villaveces A. Commentary: Violence against women and the risk of infant and child mortality. Bull World Health Organ. 2003;81(1):17-18.

 

Villaveces A, Cummings P, Koepsell TD, Rivara FP, Lumley T, Moffat J. Association of Alcohol-related Laws with Deaths due to Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Crashes in the United States, 1980-1997. Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Jan 15;157(2):131-40.

 

Setia S, Villaveces A, Dhillon P, Mueller B. Neonatal jaundice in Asian, white, and mixed-race infants. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002 Mar;156(3):276-9.

 

Villaveces A, Cummings P, Espitia VE, Koepsell TD, McKnight B, Kellermann AL. Effect of a ban on carrying firearms on homicide rates in 2 Colombian cities. JAMA 2000;283(9):1205-9.

 

Gentilello LM, Rivara FP, Donovan DM, Villaveces A, Daranciang E, Dunn CW, Ries RR. Alcohol problems in women admitted to a level I trauma center: a gender-based comparison. J Trauma. 2000;48:108-14.

 

Gentilello LM, Rivara FP, Donovan DM, Jurkovich GJ, Daranciang E, Dunn CW, Villaveces A, Copass M, Ries RR. Alcohol interventions in a trauma center as a means of reducing the risk of injury recurrence. Ann Surg. 1999;230:473-80; discussion 480-3.

 

Gentilello LM, Villaveces A, Ries RR, et al. Detection of acute alcohol intoxication and chronic alcohol dependence by trauma center staff. J Trauma. 1999;47:1131-5; discussion

1135-9.

 

WHO/PAHO/UN publications

Villaveces A. Advocating for safe and healthy public transportation. Increasing health participation within a multisectoral framework. Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, 2009 (In press).

 

Co-author: Burns Chapter. In: World report on child injury prevention. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Publication forthcoming, 2008.

 

Villaveces, A. The impact of firearms on health. In: Regional Forum for the Exchange of Experiences in the Prevention and Control of Armed Violence. San Salvador: United Nations Development Program, 2006.

 

Training, Educating, Advancing Collaboration in Health on Violence and Injury Prevention (TEACH-VIP) Curriculum and training manuals. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2005.

 

Butchart A, Phinney A, Check P, Villaveces A. Preventing violence: a guide to implementing the recommendations of the World report on violence and health. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2004.

 

Racioppi F, Eriksson L, Tingvall C, Villaveces A. Preventing road traffic injury: a public health perspective for Europe. Copenhagen: Word Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe; April 2004.

 

Sminkey L, Butchart A, Villaveces A, McGee KS, Lanvers P, Depin E. Guide to United Nations resources and activities for the prevention of interpersonal violence. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2003.

 

Sminkey L, Butchart A, Villaveces A, Cerdá M. Resources section. In: Krug EG, et. al., Eds.World report on violence and health. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2002.

 

Villaveces A, Krug E, Butchart RA, Sharma G, Small Arms and Global Health. World Health Organization: Geneva, 2001. (Document WHO/NMH/VIP/01.1; available from Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland)

 

Concha-Eastman A, Villaveces A. Guidelines for the epidemiological surveillance on violence and injuries. (HCP/HCN/01.01)  Program on Non-Communicable Diseases, Division of Disease Prevention and Control. Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization: Washington, D.C., 2001

 

Other Publications

Hayes B, Yi H, Villaveces A. Information Visualization Services in a Library? A Public Health Case Study. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. June/July 2009;35(5):13-18

 

Villaveces A. Violencia y Salud. Revista Javeriana, Ene-Feb, 2009. Bogotá, Colombia.

 

Villaveces A. La prevención en las urbes colombianas. Newspaper editorial article published on June 9, 2008. Mendoza Online Newspaper, Mendoza, Argentina. Available at: http://www.mdzol.com/mdz/nota/51685-La-prevención-en-las-urbes-colombianas/

 

Villaveces A. A Comparative Statistical note on homicide rates in Colombia In: Charles Bergquist, Ricardo Peñaranda, and Gonzalo Sánchez G. Eds. Violence in Colombia, 1990-2000: Waging War and Negotiating Peace, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2001.

 

Other activities

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