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Yvonne N. Flores

Administrative Director, International School

Volcanes 113 Col. Lomas de Coyuca · Cuernavaca, Morelos, C.P. 62165, México

Phone:  (52-777) 313-9954;  Fax:  (52-777) 322-7040;  E-mail:  yflores@jhsph.edu

yflores@internationalschool.edu.mx

      Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health                                          1997-2002

      Department of Population and Family Health Sciences 

      Ph.D., Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Minor in Epidemiology

   Dissertation:  Evaluating the use of different HPV testing strategies as compared to the Pap, for

                        the detection of cervical cancer in Mexico: Epidemiologic and economic analyses.

      University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health                                            1993‑1995

      Department of Health Services

      M.P.H., Health Policy and Management

      Scripps College.                                                                                                                     1988‑1992

      B.A., Biology and French 

      CONACYT.   Full tuition scholarship and stipend.                                                                      1997-2002

      PAHO.  Fellowship for dissertation research.                                                                             2000-2002

      International Institute of Education. Scholarship for graduate study in the social sciences.        1997-1999           
USAID. Awarded a small grant to conduct demographic research in Mexico.                                        1998

      Gates Fellowship. Full tuition scholarship.                                                                                 1997-1998

      Ann G. Quealy Memorial Fellowship.  UCLA Department of Health Services Award.                      1995

      UCLA SPH Department of Health Services. Full tuition scholarship.                                      1993-1995

Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS). Cuernavaca, Mexico.                           1999-Present

Researcher

Oversee all reproductive health and health economics research activities. Coordinate a longitudinal research study that compares the Pap test to HPV testing for the detection of cervical cancer. Designed the questionnaires that are being used to collect information from the study participants. Trained interviewers to appropriately apply the questionnaires, supervise the data collection and analysis activities. Oversee the economic evaluation of a national intervention to improve family medicine services at IMSS.

      National Population Council. Mexico City, Mexico.                                                          1996-1997

Supervisor of Evaluation and Training Department

Designed, implemented and supervised various projects including a national survey of family planning services in Mexico, a social marketing program to distribute oral contraceptive pills at the community level, and a first-of-its-kind telephone hotline to provide family planning and reproductive health information.  

UCLA Family Planning Clinic. Los Angeles, CA.                                                                             1993‑1995

Research Director/Community Health Programs Representative

Developed and conducted various research projects at a community clinic, including patient education and satisfaction surveys, patient flow analysis, quality control of clinic services, and a cohort study on the effects of Norplant. Planned, implemented and evaluated clinic projects as a Title X Intern, supervised the abnormal Pap clinic activities. Family Planning and HIV Pre- and Post-test Counselor. 

UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine. San Francisco, CA.                        1994-1995

Research Assistant

Participated in a study on the accessibility and use of prenatal care services in California.  Conducted extensive interviews with post-partum women in Los Angeles, to survey their pregnancy and prenatal care.  Helped code and analyze the data obtained.

National Institute of Public Health. Cuernavaca, Mexico.                                                          Summer 1994

Research Collaborator

Conducted a qualitative analysis of the reproductive attitudes and behaviors of the members of a rural community in Mexico.  Presented the preliminary findings at the 1994 APHA conference in Washington, D.C.                    

Culver City Youth Health Center. Culver City, CA.                                                                                   1994

Consultant

Collected and analyzed health center utilization data to determine and recommend the most efficient organizational structure and financing mechanisms for the health center, for the 1994-1995 academic year.

AIDS Response Program. Garden Grove, CA.                                                                                             1993

Benefits Counselor 

Developed and implemented educational programs to inform HIV positive individuals about public and private insurance programs. 

Salmerón J, Lazcano EC, Lörincz AT, Hernández M, Hernández P, Leyva A, Uribe M, Manzanares H, Antúnez A, Carmona E, Ronnett BM, Sherman ME, Bishai D, Ferris D, Flores Y, Yunes E, Shah K. Comparison of HPV-based assays with Papanicolaou smears for cervical cancer screening in Morelos State, Mexico. Cancer Causes and Control, 2002. Accepted.

Flores Y, Bishai D, Lazcano EC, Shah K, Lörincz AT, Hernández M, Salmerón J. Evaluación del uso de la prueba de VPH como alternativa de detección de cáncer cervical en México. In: Retos de la Seguridad Social en Salud en el Siglo XXI: La Evaluación y Gestión Tecnológica. IMSS, 2002.

Flores Y, Shah K, Lazcano EC, Hernández M, Bishai D, Ferris D, Lörincz AT, Hernández P, Salmerón J. Design and methods of the evaluation of an HPV-based cervical cancer screening strategy in Mexico: The Morelos HPV Study. Salud Publica Mex. 2002; 44(3): 335-344.

Dzuba I, Yunes Díaz E, Allen B, Flores Y, Lazcano Ponce EC, Shah K, Bishai D, Lörincz AT, Ferris D, Turnbull B, Hernández Avila M, Salmerón Castro J. The acceptability of self-collected samples for HPV testing vs. the Pap test as alternatives in cervical cancer screening. J Womens Health Gend Based Med. 2002; 11(3): 265-275.

International Papillomavirus Conference. Paris, France. Flores Y, Bishai D, Lörincz A, Lazcano E, Hernández M, Salmerón J, Shah K. “Cost-Effectiveness of HPV testing, as compared to the Pap, in Mexico.” October 2002.

International Papillomavirus Conference. Florianopoilis, Brazil. Flores Y, Bishai D, Lörincz A, Lazcano E, Yunes E, Hernández M, Salmerón J, Shah K. “HPV viral load differences in cases and controls:  Self-collected vs. clinician exfoliated specimens.” September 2001.

International Conference: Challenges to Social Security and Health Services in the XXI Century: Evaluation and Implementation of Technology. Mexico City, Mexico. Flores Y, Bishai D, Lazcano E, Shah K, Lörincz A, Hernández M, Salmerón J. “Evaluating the use of HPV testing, as compared to the Pap, for cervical cancer screening at IMSS, Morelos.” August 2001.

International Papillomavirus Conference. Barcelona, Spain. Flores Y, Bishai D, Perez-Cuevas R, Lörincz A, Lazcano E, Shah K, Salmerón J. “Willingness-to-pay to reduce risk of cervical cancer, as part of a cost-benefit analysis of the HPV test as compared to the Pap test, at IMSS clinics in Mexico.” July 2000.

American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C., Flores Y, Castro R. “Reproductive attitudes and practices in Ocuituco, Mexico.” October 1994.

National Institute of Public Health of Mexico and the Johns Hopkins School

of Public Health Summer Institute in Epidemiology                                                             2000-2001

Guest Speaker on HPV and cervical cancer.

Scripps College                                                                                                                      1988-1992

Teaching Assistant for the Spanish Department

      Languages:             Spanish (fluent)

                                    French (competent conversational and written)

      Computer Skills:      STATA, SAS, SPSS, EpiInfo, Microsoft Office, DATA 4.0, Reference Manager

      Additional Skills:      Certified HIV Pre and Post‑Test Counselor, Certified Basic Health Worker

      Lived and traveled: Latin America, Caribbean, Europe, North America