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Valeria Stuardo Avila

Valeria Stuardo

    Profesora Asociada, Escuela de Salud Pública, Universidad de Chile
    Doctora en Salud Pública

    Teléfono: +562 29786522
    E-mail: valeria.stuardo@uchile.cl

    La Dra. Valeria Stuardo Ávila es Magíster y Doctora en Salud Pública, especialista en el estudio de los aspectos socio-epidemiológicos relacionados con las enfermedades transmisibles, especialmente VIH/ITS. Tiene amplia experiencia  liderando  proyectos  de base comunitaria sobre vigilancia epidemiológica, monitorización social  y salud sexual en poblaciones vulnerables y de difícil acceso, como población sexo-diversa, trabajadoras sexuales y población migrante, en equipos  multi y transdisciplinares, con metodologías mixtas, cuali-cuantitativas. Ha trabajado en el Departament de Salut de Barcelona;  Centre d'Estudis Epidemiològics sobre les Infeccions de Transmissió Sexual i Sida de Catalunya (CEEISCAT);  Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Geneva, Suiza,  actualmente  es profesora asociada de la  Escuela de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Chile. Múltiples congresos y publicaciones a nivel nacional e internacional y redes de investigación colaborativa.

    Antecedentes académicos

    • Doctora en Salud Pública, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona-España
    • Magíster en Salud Pública, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona/universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona-España
    • Licenciada en Obstetricia, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco-Chile

    Áreas de interés

    • Epidemiología de las enfermedades transmisibles 

    • VIH/SIDA e ITS

    • Salud sexual

    • Investigación de base comunitaria

    Proyectos de investigación 

    • 2024-2026: Latin American Gay, Bisexual and other  Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) Internet Survey (LAMIS project). PI Chile, Funding: International Coalition on AIDS, France (Coalition PLUS).

    • 2022-2025: Community based surveillance of socio-epidemiological aspects linked to sexual health and related communicable diseases in migrant population in Chile (COSMIC project). PI, Funding: National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, FONDECYT REGULAR N° 1220371.

    • 2022-2023: Study on knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and practices related to the monkeypox virus in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Latin America (LIBERO-POX). PI Chile. Funding: International Coalition on AIDS, France (Coalition PLUS)- The Ibero American Network on Gay Men, others MSM and Trans Studies (RIGHT PLUS).

    • 2020-2022. Multi-country study aimed at evaluating the impact of the Covid-19 health crisis on vulnerable populations, people living with HIV and community settings (EPIC project). PI Chile. Funding: International Coalition on AIDS, France (Coalition PLUS).

    • 2019-2022. Vulnerability contexts, sexual practices and institutional barriers to address sexual health, HIV and other STIs in the migrant population: recommendations for the different levels of Chilean health system (MIRADASS project). Principal associated research. Funding: National Fund for Research and Development in Health-Chile, FONIS SA19I0023.

    • 2020-2022. Multi-country study aimed at evaluating the impact of the Covid-19 health crisis on vulnerable populations, people living with HIV and community settings (EPIC project). PI Chile. Funding: International Coalition on AIDS, France (Coalition PLUS)

    • 2022-2023: Study on knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and practices related to the monkeypox virus in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Latin America (LIBERO-POX). PI Chile. Funding: International Coalition on AIDS, France (Coalition PLUS)- The Ibero American Network on Gay Men, others MSM and Trans Studies (RIGHT PLUS). 

    • 2022-2025: Community based surveillance of socio-epidemiological aspects linked to sexual health and related communicable diseases in migrant population in Chile (COSMIC project). PI, Funding: National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, FONDECYT REGULAR N° 1220371.

    • 2007-2010: “Synergies between HIV Infection and Human Papillomavirus: Cervical Cancer and its Prevention in HIV-infected women”. Co-researcher / coordinator. Funding: Foundation for Research and Prevention of AIDS in Spain (FIPSE) FIPSE 32620/06, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Spain (MTAS) 81 / 062007-2010.

    • 2012-2014:“Sociodemographic, behavioral and clinical factors associated with the screening pattern of cervical cancer in women living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)”. Principal Investigator (PI). Funding: Vice-Rectory for Research and Development (VID) University of Chile U-INICIA 1/0812

    • 2012-2014:“Sociodemographic factors related to tuberculosis in high incidence districts in the Metropolitan Region”. 2012-2014. PI, Funding: School of Public Health, University of Chile. 

    • 2012-2014: “Sociocultural aspects involved in the adherence to antiretroviral treatment for HIV / AIDS: development of qualitative indicators for new intervention models”. PI, Funding: National Fund for Research and Development in Health-Chile, FONIS SA12I2037

    • 2014-2017: “Bio-behavioural surveillance for HIV / AIDS in hard-to-reach populations in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile”. PI, Funding: National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, FONDECYT 11140021.

    • 2015-2017:“Beliefs and experiences in sexuality of adolescents living with HIV acquired perinatal from hospitals in the Metropolitan Region and V Region.” Methodological assessor. Funding: National Fund for Research and Development in Health-Chile, FONIS SA15I20033

    • 2017-2020: “Latin American Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) Internet Survey (LAMIS)”. PI Chile, Funding: Local financing of the participating countries.

    • 2018-2020: The Iberoamerican Network on Gay Men, other MSM and Trans Studies (RIGHT Plus). PI, Funding: National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research CONICYT- International Cooperation Program, REDES N° 180058.

    • 2019-2020: “Pilot monitoring of HIV community testing in one NGO of the Metropolitan Region”. PI, Funding: Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile.

    Publicaciones

    • Stuardo V, Agustí C, Godinez JM, Montoliu A, Torné A, et al. (2012) Human Papillomavirus Infection in HIV-1 Infected Women in Catalonia (Spain): Implications for Prevention of Cervical Cancer. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47755. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047755. Corresponding author.

      Bahamonde Harvez C, Stuardo Ávila V. The cholera epidemic in Latin America reemergence and morbidity and mortality. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2013;33(1):40–6. Corresponding author.

    • Stuardo V, Agustí C, Casabona J (2013) Low Prevalence of Cervical Cancer Screening Among HIV-Positive Women in Catalonia (Spain). J AIDS Clinic Res S3: 004. doi:10.4172/2155-6113.S3-004. Corresponding author.

    • Cristian Bahamonde, Valeria Stuardo, Bárbara Hott-Harvey, José Manríquez y Pedro Mardones. Meningococcal disease in the Metropolitan Region of Chile and its correlation with environmental factors. Rev Chilena Infectol 2014; 31 (6): 645-650.  Corresponding autor.

    • LEAL F, Ingrid; STUARDO A, Valeria; MOLINA G, Temístocles  y  GONZALEZ A, Electra. Early menarche and its association with risk behaviors in adolescents. Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol. 2015, vol.80, n.1.

    • José Manríquez, Valeria Stuardo. Adherence to HART in HIV: the importance of the socio-cultural context involved. Rev Chilena Infectol 2015; 32 (3): 361-362. Corresponding author.

    • Stuardo Ávila, V., Manriquez Urbina, J. M., Fajreldin Chuaqui, V., Belmar Prieto, J. & Valenzuela Santibáñez, V. Model of socio-cultural dimensions involved in adherence to antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in public health care centers in Chile. AIDS Care28, 1441–1447 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2016.1179252.Corresponding autor.

    • Stuardo Avila, Valeria  y  Gajardo Jauregui, Jean. Older adult and HIV: beyond the perception of risk. Rev. méd. Chile [online]. 2016, vol.144, n.10, pp.1367-1367. ISSN 0034-9887.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872016001000020. Corresponding autor.

    • Bielka Carvajal Gutiérrez, Valeria Stuardo Ávila, José Manuel Manríquez Urbina, Julieta Belmar Prieto, Cinta Folch. Adaptation of a biobehavioral survey for HIV surveillance in Chilean sex workers. Gac Sanit. 2017;31(6):478–484. Corresponding autor.

    • Julieta Belmar, Valeria Stuardo, Cinta Folch, Bielka Carvajal, Maria José Clunes, Alexandra Montoliu and Jordi Casabona. A typology of female sex work in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 2017 Aug 11:1-14. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2017.1355478. Corresponding author.

    • Belmar J, Stuardo V. Adherence to anti-retroviral treatment for HIV / AIDS in women: a socio-cultural perspective. Rev Chilena Infectol 2017; 34 (4): 352-358. Corresponding autor.

    • Valeria Stuardo A. Forgotten prevention: HIV reemergence in Chile. Rev Chilena Infectol 2017; 34 (4): 419-420. Corresponding autor.

    • Julieta Belmar, Valeria Stuardo, Cinta Folch, Alexandra Montoliu, Jordi Casabona. Linked factors to access to sexual health check-ups of Female Sex Workers in the Metropolitan region of Chile.  Int J Public Health (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1175-6. Corresponding author.

    • Leire Roldan, Valeria Stuardo, Susanne Strömdahl. Correlates of condomless anal intercourse among men who have sex with men in Santiago de Chile. Int J STD AIDS. 2019 Mar;30(3):231-240. doi: 10.1177/0956462418802927. Corresponding author.

    • Stuardo Ávila V, Fuentes Alburquenque M, Muñoz R, Bustamante Lobos L, Faba A, Belmar Prieto J, Casabona J. Prevalence and  associated factors  with HIV infection in homo-bisexual population and other MSM in the Metropolitan Region of Chile: a reemerging public health problem. AIDS Behav. 2019 Apr 5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02486-9. Corresponding author.

    • Olmos C, Stuardo V, Ramonda P, Peña C. Socio-epidemiological caracterization and evolution of tuberculosis in the Metropolitan Region of Chile, 2005 to 2018. Rev Chilena Infectol 2020; 37 (3): 237-243. Corresponding author.

    • Olmos C, Stuardo V, Ramonda P, Peña C. Evolution of tuberculosis/HIV coinfection in the Metropolitan Region of Chile,  from 2005 to 2018. Rev Med Chile 2020; 148: 618-625. Corresponding author.

    • Olmos Claudio, Stuardo Valeria. Distribution of COVID-19 and tuberculosis in the Metropolitan Region of Chile: differents diseases, similar inequalities. Rev Med Chile 2020; 148: 963-969. Corresponding author.

    • Olmos C, Stuardo V, Ramonda P, Peña C. Epidemiological evolution of tuberculosis in the pediatric population of the Metropolitan Region of Chile: 2005 a 2018. Rev Chil Pediatr. 2020;92(2): XX-XX DOI:10.32641/rchped.vi92i2.2141. Corresponding author.

    • Cristian Lisboa Donoso, Valeria Stuardo Avila. Aspects associated with sexualized drug use among gay men and other men who have sex with men: A cross-sectional study from LAMIS 2018 –Chile. Sex Health. 2020 Dec;17(6):493-502.doi: 10.1071/SH20089. Corresponding author.

    • Constanza Adrián, Valeria Stuardo. Acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among gay men and other men who have sex with men: analysis of LAMIS 2018 – Chile. Rev Chilena Infectol 2021; 38 (5): 655-666. Corresponding autor.

    • Reyes-Díaz M, Celly A, Folch C, Lorente N, Stuardo V, Veras MA, et al. (2022) Latin American Internet Survey for Men who have Sex with Men (LAMIS-2018): Design, methods and implementation. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0277518. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277518

    • Pedro Ferrer-Rosende, María Feijoo-Cid, María Isabel Fernández-Cano, Sergio Salas-Nicás, Valeria Stuardo-Ávila, Albert Navarro-Giné. Implementation of web-based respondent driven sampling in epidemiological studies. BMC Med Res Methodol 23, 217 (2023).https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-023-02042-z

    • Lisboa C, Stuardo V, Folch C (2023) Sexualized drug use among gay men and other men who have sex with men in Latin America: A description of the phenomenon based on the results of LAMIS-2018. PLoS ONE 18(10): e0287683. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287683 Corresponding author.

    • C. Adrian Parra, V. Stuardo Ávila, P. Contreras Hernández, C. Quirland Lazo, C. Bustos Ibarra,  M. Carrasco-Portiño, J. Belmar Prieto, J. Barrientos, C. Lisboa Donoso, K. Low Andrade. The structural and intermediary determinants in sexual health care access in migrant population: A Scoping Review. Public Health 2023 Dec 19:227:54-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.11.031. Corresponding author.

    • İbrahim Sönmez, Nicolas Lorente, Jocelyn Viviana Mesias Gazmuri, Axel J. Schmidt, Kai J. Jonas, Valeria Stuardo Avila, Ulrich Marcus, Maria Amelia Veras, Jordi Casabona Barbarà, Cinta Folch (2024). Sex Work, Syndemic Conditions, and Condomless Anal Intercourse among Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Engage In Sex Work in Latin America. Sexual Health 21, SH23112. doi:10.1071/SH23112, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39288251/

    • Ferrer Rosende P, Esteve Matalí L, Stuardo Ávila V, Fuentes Alburquenque M, Navarro Giné A. Potential biases in epidemiological studies using respondent-driven sampling method: a comparison between its face-to-face and online application: e202412062es. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 4 de diciembre de 2024 [citado 10 de diciembre de 2024];98:7 páginas. Disponible en: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/579

    • Contreras-Hernández, P., & Stuardo Ávila, V. (2024). From the private to the public: Continuum of sexual–racial violence against migrant women. European Journal of Women’s Studies, 31(4), 456 474.     https://doi.org/10.1177/13505068241294174

    • Rodrigo Nikobin; Julio Mella-Cobas; Maria Amelia Veras; Francisco Inácio Bastos; Jordi Casabona Barbarà, Valeria Stuardo Ávila, Dartiu Xavier da Silveira. Patterns of drug combinations used by men who have sex with men in Brazil. Braz J Psychiatry. 2025 Jan 19. doi: 10.47626/1516-4446-2024-3874.  

    • Stuardo Ávila, V., Apffel Font, O., León Cáceres, Á. et al. Impact of COVID-19 on key populations and people living with HIV: recommendations and sociopolitical responses from the EPIC community research program in Latin America. BMC Public Health 25, 971 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22017-7

    • Adrian Parra, C., Stuardo Ávila, V., Lisboa Donoso, C. et al. Developing socio-epidemiological indicators of sexual health among migrant population in Chile. Arch Public Health 83, 98 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-025-01587-3

    • Reinoso-Cataldo MB, Carrasco-Portiño M, Bustos-Ibarra C, Stuardo-Ávila V. Migration and access to sexual and reproductive health from the perspective of health agents in northern Chile. Medwave. 2025 Mar 27;25(2):e3009. English, Spanish. doi: 10.5867/medwave.2025.02.3009. PMID: 40146927.

    • Lisboa Donoso C, Stuardo V, Robles VH, Lorente N, Cortés E, Parra V, Sagredo G, Rojas D. Impacto de la COVID-19 y el acceso al tratamiento en personas viviendo con VIH en Chile. Rev. Chilena. Infectol. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.4067/s0716-10182025000200117

    Agosto, 2025

     

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