Vilma Irazola

I am the Director of the Department of Research in Chronic Diseases and Director of the South American Centre of Excellence for Cardiovascular Health, (CESCAS), at the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS) in Buenos Aires. My research is focused on health promotion, and chronic disease prevention and management in Latin America and globally. I have extensive experience in conducting epidemiological and intervention studies in the field of Implementation Science in hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular risk and cancer. I am also Co-Director of the Master´s Degree Program in Clinical Effectiveness at the University of Buenos Aires, faculty member of the School of Implementation Science run by the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), Adjunct Professor of Research in Public Health at the Cross Continental MPH in Global Health at New York University, and Visiting Professor of the Bernard Lown Scholars Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Since 2016, I am senior researcher of the National Council of Scientific Research of Argentina (CONICET).