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❚ Recent work/achievements
Director of Research on Chemicals and Ecotoxicology
National Institute of Ecology/Secretary of Environment, Mexico City, Mexico 2009 to 2013
Achievements: Put gender as defined in the federal government’s policy onto the environmental research agenda; spearheaded production of the first ever national chemical substance inventory in Mexico, based on public/private information sources, through promotion and management of broad consultation and collaboration.
Coordinator, Data Analyst and Report Developer
Evaluation of capacity building project: Mexico National Program for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Mexico City Office, 2014
Achievements: Created a standardized database from seven diverse data files; identified problems in data completeness and standardization, and produced the greatest quantity possible of useable data; specific recommendations for improvements for continuation of the program.
Provider of Developing Countries Report
Chemicals in Products project
Coordinated by United Nations Environmental Programme and Center for the Study of Public Policy, Boston, MA, United States, 2014
Achievements: Identified developing country limitations and capacities for participation in chemical identification and reporting through the global supply chains.
❚ Education highlights
Sc.D., Work Environment (2000)
Major in Policy, Minors in Industrial Hygiene/Clean Production and Ergonomics, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
M.Sc., Occupational Health (1988)
Air sampling for chemicals, toxicology, neurotoxicological measurement tools; Institute of Occupational Medicine, Havana, Cuba
Advanced Topics in Analysis of Public Policies and Analysis and Evaluation of Public Policies (2010/2011)
Two 40-hour courses given by El Colegio de México, Mexico City, Mexico
❚ Past consulting clients
- Center for Technical Consultations on the Job Content Questionnaire, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- Center for the Study of Public Policy, Boston, USA
- El Colegio de Sonora (research institution), Hermosillo, Mexico
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico (SEMARNAT – Mexico)
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean/United Nations
- International Labour Organization – Safe Work Programme
- International Labour Organization, Mexico Sub-regional Office
- National Institute of Public Health and IPAS (Health, Access, Rights) – Mexico
- National Programme for Environmental Assessment and Monitoring of Persistent Toxic Substances, National Institute of Ecology (Mexico)
- Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Semillas (Mexican Association for the Rights of Women), Mexico City
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
❚ International Perspective
- collaborations on books
- comparative study of chemical regulations
- chemicals in products from perspective of developing countries
- work for five different international organizations
- work on international Conventions
- country/region representative
- presentations at international conferences
- collaboration in academic programs
❚ My currents interests include…
… working with integrated internal teams to improve production in companies (efficiency in use of materials/replacement of the most hazardous chemicals/improved work organization, leading to reduced workplace stress/integrated regulatory compliance);
… collaborating in efforts to make upstream supply chains greener, helping supplier companies located in less developed economies to become more competitive and sustainable.