Ciesal

The aim of the Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Salud is to develop and strengthen health research with an interdisciplinary and translational approach integrating perspectives from basic sciences, clinical health, mental health, bioethics and public health.

The Centre

CIESAL researcher’s interesting thesis on the role of women during the pandemic is approved.

13/01/2023

The research was for a Master´s degree in Women´s Health at the Universidad Mayor

Head of CIESAL is elected as member of the Ministerial Advisory Commission on Health Research Ethics

12/01/2023

Eva Madrid is one of the three professionals chosen by the Undersecretary of Health to make up this important advisory Commission

CIESAL researcher defended her doctoral thesis in Dental Sciences at the Universidad de Chile

11/01/2023

The subject of Marjorie Borgeat’s research was an analysis of social inequality in cavities and tooth loss in adults in Chile.

Mental Health project with Valparaíso primary school teachers concludes first year successfully

11/01/2023

The project was led by a team from the University of Valparaiso comprising CIESAL director Eva Madrid and psychiatrist Fanny Leyton

CIESAL researcher wins Chilean Bipolar Disorder Society Research Project contest

23/12/2022

Dr Marcelo Arancibia's project aims to identify and analyse the potential biological traces left by child abuse

Our Centre’s mission is to identify and respond to health problems in the population and their determining factors, taking into account the humanistic, scientific and technological aspects of health practice in Chile.

CIESAL seeks to improve various health research-related fields to such as basic science, clinical studies, epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, research methodology, translational medicine, public health, mental health and bioethics, with a holistic, complex and integrative perspective.

Researchers

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News

Álvaro Ardiles takes over as the School of Medicine’s research coordinator

9/11/2022

Ardiles, who holds a doctorate in neuroscience from the UV, is one of CIESAL’s main researchers

CIESAL researchers speak at annual Cochrane Iberoamericana Conference

8/11/2022

The Cochrane Network brings together experts from around the world in evidence-based medicine.