Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle) LESCANO, Andres G.

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NAME	POSITION TITLE
Andres G. Lescano, PhD, MHS, MHS	PROGRAM DIRECTOR (PD)
eRA COMMONS USER NAME
AGLESCANO

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training).
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima - Peru Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima - Peru Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD '' ''	B.S. M.S. M.H.S. M.H.S. Ph.D.	1985-1991 1994-1998 1998-2000 2001-2002 1998-2007	Systems Engineering Informatics Biostatistics Health Policy International Health

- A. Personal Statement

I have been conducting research in parasitic infections for two decades and during this time I have established myself as a young scientist with extensive experience in the epidemiology of emerging diseases and expertise in biostatistics and data management. For two years I led a multi-pronged operation at Emerge, the Emerging Diseases and Climate Change Research Unit at the School of Public Health and Administration of Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH/FASPA). Our work involved studies of the epidemiology, immunology, clinical aspects and the molecular biology of emerging and parasitic diseases relevant for the Americas. Treatment efficacy and drug resistance as well as molecular markers that can be associated with these outcomes are important elements in our research agenda. I am an active member of the Scientific Program Committee of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, have been the leading statistician in numerous successful NIH-funded programs, and a former member of the US DoD AFHSC/GEIS Malaria Strategic Steering Committee. I was also the PI of an NIH/FIC training grant and have a proven track record of scientific productivity working with international research groups. For nearly 15 years I lead important, long-term capacity building efforts in epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean that have trained thousands of epidemiologists and public health practitioners, such as an Outbreak Investigation and Response Course offered since 2002, a Masters' and Doctoral Program in Epidemiological Research since 2007 and a Field Epidemiology International Institute since 2008. My hope is to establish myself as a senior public health at the Peru Centers for Disease Control in the Ministry of Health, leading long-term disease prevention and control and capacity building efforts in Peru.

####### B. Positions and Honors

2017-2018	National Center for Epidemiology, Disease Control and Prevention, CDC Peru. Peruvian Ministry of Health. Director General .
2016-present	Epi-Core: Partnership between the Skoll Global Threats Funds, HealthMap, ProMED-mail of the International Member Society for Infectious Diseases, and TEPHINET. .
2016-present	Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Infectious Diseases. Adjunct Assistant Professor
2016-2017 2018-present	Universidad Doctoral Program in Epidemiological Research Universidad Doctoral Program in Epidemiological Research Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
2015-2017 2018-present	Universidad Emerging Universidad Emerging Peruana Cayetano Heredia, School of Public Health and Administration, Lima, Perú. Diseases and Climate Change Research Unit and Training Consortium .
2015-2016	Pan-American Pan-American Health Organization. Communicable Diseases and Health Assessment Section. .
2014-2016	Peruvian Technical Workgroup Peruvian Technical Workgroup Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion. .
2014-present	National Institutes of Health, Center for Scientific Review (CSR). Member, Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program.
2014-present	American Program Committee Member, Malaria sub-committee American Program Committee Member, Malaria sub-committee Society of Tropical Medicine &Hygiene. (2015-8). Nomination Committee. International Councilor, American Committee of Molecular, Cellular and Immunoparasitology, ACMCIP (2016-8), Alan J Magill Leadership Excellence Award Committee Member .
2012-present	Tulane Professor Tulane Professor University, School of Public, Department of Tropical Medicine.
2010-present	Johns Associate Professor Johns Associate Professor Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-Department of International Health.
2010-2015	US Department of Defense Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center / Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and . Member Response System (DoD-AFHSC/GEIS). Malaria Strategic Steering Committee
2010-present	Cysticercosis Member Cysticercosis Member Working Group in Peru
2009-present	University Professor, non-tenure track. Preventive Medicine & University Professor, non-tenure track. Preventive Medicine & of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. Community Health Department
2009-2011	Universidad Research Promotion Unit, Department of Research, Universidad Research Promotion Unit, Department of Research, Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. Science and Technology, Vice-Rectory of Research

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