CARLOS A. GUERRA L. Jose Puerta N39-64 y Eloy Alfaro, Quito - Ecuador Tel: +593 994 267 944 carlos.guerraloaiza@gmail.com A medical doctor and malaria researcher with four years of post-doctoral research experience working for the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) at the University of Oxford, UK. Research experience extends to one year of research assistance and three years of doctoral work at the same university. Published various papers on global malaria epidemiology and mapping, including the first global maps of malaria transmission in 40 years. Native Spanish speaker, very fluent in English.
EDUCATION
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University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Nov, 2007 DPhil Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology Thesis: “Mapping the contemporary global distribution limits of malaria using empirical data and expert opinion”
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University of Oxford, Oxford, UK MSc in Environmental Change and Management (First Class Degree) Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography Thesis: “Malaria and Climate Change in Ecuador: Are highland populations at risk?”
Sep, 2002
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Universidad Central, Quito, Ecuador Doctor in Medicine (First Class Degree)
Sep, 1996
WORK EXPERIENCE 07/2011 – present
Collaborator - Research and Policy for Infectious Disease Dynamics (RAPIDD) program, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, USA. •
06/2005 – 05/2010
Doctoral and post-doctoral researcher for the Malaria Atlas Project (www.map.ox.ac.uk), Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK. • •
12/2002 – 09/2003
Design, development and management of a database of all mark-release-recapture studies done on mosquito vectors
Designed and managed the main malaria database of MAP. Responsible for developing global maps of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria.
Research Assistant. TALA Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK. Began working on mapping diseases by creating large disease geo-databases for spatial models. Soon focused on malaria mapping.
01/2000 – 07/2001
Project Officer. Sustainable Forest Management Corporation, Quito, Ecuador. Implementation and monitoring of a secondary forest management community project in the Amazon region, Ecuador
12/1997 – 12/1999
Physician. General Medical Practice. CETCUS Medical Centre, Quito, Ecuador. Support practitioner at a private clinic in Quito, Ecuador. Main practices involved ultrasound and radiologybased intervention medicine.
09/1995 – 09/1996
Medical Intern. Vozandes Hospital, Quito, Ecuador. Medical internship working in general practice at a large and prestigious hospital in Quito, Ecuador
09/1993 – 09/1994
Medical Intern. Vozandes Hospital, Quito, Ecuador. Medical internship working in general practice at a large and prestigious hospital in Quito, Ecuador
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PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC WORK 1. Gething PW, Elyazar IR, Moyes CL, Smith DL, Battle KE, Guerra CA, et al. A Long Neglected World Malaria Map: Plasmodium vivax Endemicity in 2010. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Sep;6(9):e1814. 2. Arevalo-Herrera M, Quinones ML, Guerra CA, Cespedes N, Giron S, Ahumada M, et al. Malaria in selected non-Amazonian countries of Latin America. Acta tropica. 2012 Mar;121(3):303-14. 3. Gething PW, Patil AP, Smith DL, Guerra CA, Elyazar IR, Johnston GL, et al. A new world malaria map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in 2010. Malaria journal. 2011;10:378. 4. Hay SI, Okiro EA, Gething PW, Patil AP, Tatem AJ, Guerra CA, et al. Estimating the global clinical burden of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in 2007. PLoS medicine. 2010;7(6):e1000290. 5. Guerra CA, Howes RE, Patil AP, Gething PW, Van Boeckel TP, Temperley WH, et al. The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010;4(8):e774. 6. Dellicour S, Tatem AJ, Guerra CA, Snow RW, ter Kuile FO. Quantifying the number of pregnancies at risk of malaria in 2007: a demographic study. PLoS medicine. 2010;7(1):e1000221. 7. Patil AP, Okiro EA, Gething PW, Guerra CA, Sharma SK, Snow RW, et al. Defining the relationship between Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate and clinical disease: statistical models for disease burden estimation. Malaria journal. 2009;8:186. 8. Hay SI, Guerra CA, Gething PW, Patil AP, Tatem AJ, Noor AM, et al. A world malaria map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in 2007. PLoS medicine. 2009 Mar 24;6(3):e1000048. 9. Tatem AJ, Guerra CA, Kabaria CW, Noor AM, Hay SI. Human population, urban settlement patterns and their impact on Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity. Malaria journal. 2008;7:218. 10. Snow RW, Guerra CA, Mutheu JJ, Hay SI. International funding for malaria control in relation to populations at risk of stable Plasmodium falciparum transmission. PLoS medicine. 2008 Jul 22;5(7):e142. 11. Guerra CA, Gikandi PW, Tatem AJ, Noor AM, Smith DL, Hay SI, et al. The limits and intensity of Plasmodium falciparum transmission: implications for malaria control and elimination worldwide. PLoS medicine. 2008 Feb;5(2):e38. 12. Smith DL, Guerra CA, Snow RW, Hay SI. Standardizing estimates of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate. Malaria journal. 2007;6:131. 13. Price RN, Tjitra E, Guerra CA, Yeung S, White NJ, Anstey NM. Vivax malaria: neglected and not benign. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2007 Dec;77(6 Suppl):79-87. 14. Guerra CA, Hay SI, Lucioparedes LS, Gikandi PW, Tatem AJ, Noor AM, et al. Assembling a global database of malaria parasite prevalence for the Malaria Atlas Project. Malaria journal. 2007;6:17. 15. Guerra CA, Snow RW, Hay SI. A global assessment of closed forests, deforestation and malaria risk. Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. 2006 Apr;100(3):189-204. 16. Guerra CA, Snow RW, Hay SI. Defining the global spatial limits of malaria transmission in 2005. Advances in parasitology. 2006;62:157-79. 17. Guerra CA, Snow RW, Hay SI. Mapping the global extent of malaria in 2005. Trends in parasitology. 2006 Aug;22(8):353-8. 18. Snow RW, Guerra CA, Noor AM, Myint HY, Hay SI. The global distribution of clinical episodes of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Nature. 2005 Mar 10;434(7030):214-7. 19. Omumbo JA, Guerra CA, Hay SI, Snow RW. The influence of urbanisation on measures of Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence in East Africa. Acta tropica. 2005 Jan;93(1):11-21. 20. Hay SI, Guerra CA, Tatem AJ, Atkinson PM, Snow RW. Urbanization, malaria transmission and disease burden in Africa. Nature reviews. 2005 Jan;3(1):81-90. 21. Omumbo JA, Hay SI, Guerra CA, Snow RW. The relationship between the Plasmodium falciparum parasite ratio in childhood and climate estimates of malaria transmission in Kenya. Malaria journal. 2004 Jun 17;3:17. 22. Hay SI, Guerra CA, Tatem AJ, Noor AM, Snow RW. The global distribution and population at risk of malaria: past, present, and future. The Lancet infectious diseases. 2004 Jun;4(6):327-36.
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