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Alvaro Ernesto Castillo Carniglia

Full Professor

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Social epidemiologist with interests in the intersection between substance use, violence, and social context, including policy and program evaluation.

Educación

  •  PhD in Public Health, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2013
  •  MSc in Public Health Nutrition, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2009
  •  BA in Social Anthropology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2007

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral fellow Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - 2018

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR

    Vicerrectoría de Investigación

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - 2018

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR

    Vicerrectoría de Investigación

    Santiago, Chile

    2019 - 2024

  •   Adjunct assistant professor Other

    NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

    New York, Estados Unidos

    2019 - 2021

  •   Full Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIAN

    Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia

    Santiago, Chile

    2024 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Head of Research Department Full Time

    Servicio Nacional para la Prevención y Rehabilitación del Consumo de Drogas y Alcohol

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2016

  •   Researcher Full Time

    Servicio Nacional para la Prevención y Rehabilitación del Consumo de Drogas y Alcohol

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2011

Formación de Capital Humano


2020 - Camila Letelier MPH. Adviser master thesis (Public Health, Universidad Mayor).
2020 - Magdalena Ahumada MA. Member of master thesis committee (Master in Research Methods, U. Diego Portales).
2019 - Leonardo Vallejos MPH. Adviser master thesis (Public Health, Universidad Mayor).
2019 - Andrés Gonzalez. MA. Member of master thesis committee (Master in Research Methods, U. Diego Portales).
2016 - Barbara Castro. M.Sc. Member of master thesis committee (Master in Nutritional Science, Universidad de Chile).
2015 - Rodrigo Portilla Huidobro. M.P.H. Co-adviser for master thesis (Master in Public health, Universidad de Chile).


Difusión y Transferencia


INVITED TALKS
Castillo-Carniglia A. “Acquiring and standardizing cross-national data on cannabis use in South America: lessons learned and future directions”. International Cannabis Toolkit Workshop/Lisbon Addictions. October 2019. Lisbon, Portugal

Castillo-Carniglia A. “The adaptation and validation of the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) in Chile”. Cooperation Program on Drugs Policies between Latin America and the European Union (COPOLAD). October 2017. Santiago, Chile.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “The synthetic control group method”. Ministerio de Salud Pública. May, 2017. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “The health and social consequences of the national marijuana legalization in Uruguay”. Ministerio de Salud Pública. November 2016. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Análisis metodológico de estudios en población escolar”. Population health surveys Seminar. Departamento de Epidemiología, Ministerio de Salud. June 2015. Santiago, Chile.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Estudio de caracterización de la oferta de tratamiento a nivel nacional”. Reunión de trabajo para el diseño de estudios pilotos en pacientes en tratamiento por consumo de cocaínas fumables. Organizations of American States (OAS)/US State Dapartment. April 2015. Brasilia, Brasil.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Epidemiology and public policy: the case of marijuana”. Hospital Sotero del Río. November 2014. Santiago, Chile.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Use of synthetic drugs in Chile”. Synthetic drugs Seminar. Jefatura Nacional Antinarcóticos y Contra el Crimen Organizado, PDI. August 2014. Santiago, Chile.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Magnitud y tendencia del consumo de alcohol y otras drogas en Chile”. Conferencia y conversatorio sobre Jóvenes, Consumos y Procesos Identitarios. Centros de Estudios Socioculturales (CESC). Universidad Central. June 2014. Santiago, Chile.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Diseño de un estudio longitudinal en personas en tratamiento por uso de drogas”. Organizations of American States (OAS)/US State Dapartment. April 2014. Sao Paulo, Brasil.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Trens on the use of alcohol and other drugs in Chile”. Taskforce on the promotion of evidence-based demand reduction programs and policies. Cooperation Program on Drugs Policies between Latin America and the European Union (COPOLAD). February 2014. Madrid, España.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Measuring drug and alcohol use in national drug surveys”. Fourth workshop on drug use measurements, Cooperation Program on Drugs Policies between Latin America and the European Union (COPOLAD). December 2013. Santiago, Chile.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Alcohol attributable mortality in Chile”. Taskforce on the implementation of mortality indicators in the reduction of drug demand. Cooperation Program on Drugs Policies between Latin America and the European Union (COPOLAD). Agosto 2013. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Drug and alcohol use in Chile”. Research on demand reduction taskforce. Cooperation Program on Drugs Policies between Latin America and the European Union (COPOLAD). January 2013. Lisboa, Portugal.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Measurement error in national drug surveys”. First workshop on consensus on methods, indicator and protocols. Cooperation Program on Drugs Policies between Latin America and the European Union (COPOLAD). March 2012. Bogotá, Colombia.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Measurement and use of synthetic drugs in Chile”. Primera reunión regional del programa Global SMART (Synthetics Monitoring: Analyses, Reporting and Trends) para América Latina. Global SMART Program, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. September 2011, Lima Perú.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Fundamentos y Técnicas de la Entrevista Motivacional”. XXIV Curso Avances en Pediatría: Pediatría del siglo XXI, perspectivas de un país desarrollado. August 2007. Temuco, Chile.

SCIENTIFIC MEETING PRESENTATIONS (INCLUDES ONLY PRESENTATION AS FIRST AUTHOR)

Castillo-Carniglia A, Webster D, Wintemute G. “Inconsistent effect on background checks of newly-enacted comprehensive background check policies in 4 US states”. 52th SER meeting. June, 2019, Minneapolis. United States. Oral presentation

Castillo-Carniglia A, Pizarro E, Marín MJ, Rodríguez N, Gaete J. “Substance use disorders among cocaine paste users of the Metropolitan Area of Santiago, Chile”. 52th SER meeting. June, 2019, Minneapolis. United States. Poster presentation

Castillo-Carniglia A, Pizarro E, Marín JD, Rodriguez N, Gaete J. “Trastornos por uso de sustancias en usuarios de pasta base del Área Metropolitana de Santiago”. V Congreso Chileno de Salud Pública/VII Congreso Chileno de Epidemiología. December, 2018, Concepción, Chile. Oral presentation. Medwave 2019;19(Suppl 1):SP115

Castillo-Carniglia A. Ponicki W. Gruenewald P. Santaella-Tenorio J. Kim JH. Fink D. Davis C. Martins SS. Pear V. Henry SG. Wintemute GJ. Keyes KM. Cerdá M. “County-level association between medical marijuana laws and prescription opioid overdose deaths in the US”. [Poster presentation in the NIDA International Forum. June, 2018, San Diego, United States].

Castillo-Carniglia A. Gaidus A. Ponicki W. Gruenewald P. Marshall BLD. Fink D. Martins SS. Wintemute GJ. Cerdá M. “Prescription drug monitoring programs and prescription opioid overdose: exploring sources of heterogeneity”. [Poster presentation in CPDD 80th Annual Scientific Meeting. June, 2018, San Diego, United States].

Castillo-Carniglia A. Rivera-Aguirre A. Keyes KM. Cerdá M. “Age-period-cohort effect in marihuana use in three South American countries”. [Poster presentation in 51th Annual Meeting of the Society of Epidemiologic Research. June, 2018, Baltimore, United States].

Castillo-Carniglia A. Ponicki W. Gruenewald P. Santaella-Tenorio J. Kim JH. Fink DS. Davis C. Martins AA. Pear V. Henry SG. Wintemute GJ. Keyes KM. Cerdá M. “Association between medical marijuana laws and prescription opioid overdose deaths: a county-level analysis from 2002 to 2015”. [Poster presentation in 51th Annual Meeting of the Society of Epidemiologic Research. June, 2018, Baltimore, United States].

Castillo-Carniglia A. Gaidus A. Ponicki W. Gruenewald P. Marshall BLD. Fink D. Martins SS. Wintemute GJ. Cerdá M. “Prescription drug monitoring programs and prescription opioid overdose: exploring socioeconomic sources of heterogeneity”. [Oral presentation in 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Epidemiologic Research. June, 2017, Seattle, United States].

Castillo-Carniglia A. Kagawa RMC. Webster D. Vernik J. Cerdá M. Wintemute G. “Effect of California’s comprehensive background check and misdemeanor violence prohibition policies on firearm mortality”. [Oral presentation in 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Epidemiologic Research. June, 2017, Seattle, United States].

Castillo-Carniglia A. Pear VA. Shev A. Tracy M. Hamilton A. Keyes KM. Cerdá M. “Limiting alcohol outlet density to prevent violence? Using agent-based models to simulate a population-wide intervention”. [Online abstract in 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Epidemiologic Research. June, 2017, Seattle, United States].

Castillo-Carniglia A. Kagawa RMC. Webster D. Vernik J. Cerdá M. Wintemute G. “Comprehensive background check policy and rate of background checks in Colorado, Delaware, and Washington”. [Online abstract in 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Epidemiologic Research. June, 2017, Seattle, United States].

Castillo-Carniglia A Cerdá M, Zheng L. Robins, RW. “Family factors, generational status and substance use disorders among Mexican-origin adolescents”. [Online abstract in 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Epidemiologic Research. June, 2017, Seattle, United States].

Castillo-Carniglia A. Ponicki W. Gaidus A. Gruenewald P. Marshall BLD. Wintemute GJ. Martins SS. Cerdá M. “Assessing the impact of heterogeneous hospital discharge data systems on the estimation of opioid overdose: implications for longitudinal and cross-state comparison”. [Online abstract in 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Epidemiologic Research. June, 2017, Seattle, United States].

Castillo-Carniglia A. Kaufman JS. Pizarro E. Marín JD. Wintemute G. Cerdá M. “Effect of the 2011 school strikes and occupations on adolescent marijuana and alcohol use in Chile”. Epidemiology Congress of the Americas. June, 2016, Miami, United States. Oral presentation.

Castillo-Carniglia A. Kaufman JS. Pino P. “Geographical distribution of alcohol attributable mortality in Chile: a Bayesian spatial analysis”. First Latin American ISI Satellite Meeting on Small Area Estimation (SAE). August, 2015. Santiago, Chile. Oral presentation.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Necesidades de investigación en el tratamiento de drogas en Chile”. LXX Conferencia anual SONEPSYN de Psiquiatría. June 2015. Santiago, Chile. Invited oral presentation.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Evaluación de resultados terapéuticos: el Treatment Outcomes Profile (TOP)”. LXVIII Congreso de Neurología, psiquiatría y neurocirugía. October 2013. Viña del Mar, Chile. Invited oral presentation.

Castillo-Carniglia A. Ansoleaga E. “Neighborhood socioeconomic status and security and individual hazardous alcohol drinking in Chile: A multilevel analysis” and “Association between employment status and hazardous alcohol consumption in Chile”. 3rd North American Congress of Epidemiology. Montreal, Canadá. June, 2011, Montreal, Canada. Poster. Am J Epidemiol. 2011;173(Suppl):S48 and S121.

Castillo-Carniglia A. Albala C. “Factores asociados a satisfacción vital en una cohorte de adultos mayores de Santiago, Chile”. 2° Congreso Chileno de Salud Pública. November, 2010, Santiago, Chile. Oral presentation. Rev Chil Salud Pública 2010; Vol 14 (2-3): 302-3.

Castillo-Carniglia, A. Kain, J. “Modificación de los patrones de actividad física en escolares obesos: intervención controlada en madres de Macul, Santiago”. XV Congreso Latinoamericano de Nutrición (SLAN). November, 2009. Santiago, Chile. Oral presentation.

Castillo-Carniglia A. Smith C. Hirsch S. Brito A. “Entrevista motivacional, consumo de frutas y verduras y riesgo cardiovascular en prevención secundaria: ¿Cuál es la evidencia disponible?”. XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, Bromatología y Toxicología (SOCHINUT). November, 2008. Puerto Varas, Chile. Poster.

Castillo-Carniglia A. Smith C. Hirsch S. Brito A. “¿Es efectiva la consejería para aumentar el consumo de frutas y verduras y disminuir el riesgo cardiovascular en prevención secundaria?” .XIV Congreso Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Nutricionistas y Dietistas CONFELANYD. October, 2008. Viña del Mar, Chile. Oral presentation.

Castillo-Carniglia A. Smith C. Hirsch S. Brito A. “Efectividad de la consejería para aumentar el consumo de frutas y verduras y disminuir el riesgo cardiovascular en prevención secundaria”. IV Congreso Iberoamericano de Promoción del Consumo de Frutas y Verduras. August 2008. Santiago, Chile. Poster.

Castillo-Carniglia A. “Evolución de la situación nutricional y epidemiológica en Chile: ¿un proceso exitoso?”. Jornada Iberoamericana sobre los efectos de los cambios globales en la salud humana y la vulnerabilidad alimentaria. June 2008. Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Oral presentation.

Castillo-Carniglia A. Romo M. Weisstaub G. Castillo-Durán C. “Estado nutricional, contexto social y cultura alimentaria: visión antropológica de la obesidad infantil”. XLV Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Investigación Pediátrica (SLAIP). October, 2007. La Serena, Chile. Oral presentation.

Castillo-Carniglia A. Romo M. Weisstaub G. Castillo-Durán C. “Estado nutricional, hábitos alimentarios y contexto cultural: una visión antropológica de la obesidad infantil”. IX Congreso Internacional de Obesidad. August, 2007. Santiago, Chile. Poster.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Deans' Team Award for Excellence

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS

    Estados Unidos, 2017

    UCD School of Medicine Deans' Team Award for Excellence. Award as part of the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program. US$5,000

  •   Robertson Fellowship in Violence Prevention Research

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS

    Chile, 2016

    Robertson Fellowship, which covered 75% of my effort for two years.

  •   Dr. Abraham Stekel award

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Chile, 2007

    Award for young researchers with academic interests. US$5,300 aprox


 

Article (43)

Does substance use disorder treatment completion reduce the risk of treatment readmission in Chile?
Global Pain and Aging: A Cross-Sectional Study on Age Differences in the Intensity of Chronic Pain Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in 20 Countries
The Epidemiology of Violent Deaths in Chile between 2001 and 2018: Prevalence, Trends, and Correlates
Changes in opioid prescribing after implementation of mandatory registration and proactive reports within California’s prescription drug monitoring program
Polydrug Use and Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders in a Respondent Driven Sampling of Cocaine Base Paste Users in Santiago, Chile
Workplace bullying and mental health in Chilean workers: the role of gender
Association of Recreational Cannabis Laws in Colorado and Washington State With Changes in Traffic Fatalities, 2005-2017
Cross-country differences in age trends in alcohol consumption among older adults: a cross-sectional study of individuals aged 50 years and older in 22 countries
Measuring Relationships Between Proactive Reporting State-level Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and County-level Fatal Prescription Opioid Overdoses
The impact of cannabis legalization in Uruguay on adolescent cannabis use
Trends in marijuana use in two Latin American countries: an age, period and cohort study
A typology of prescription drug monitoring programs: a latent transition analysis of the evolution of programs from 1999 to 2016
California's comprehensive background check and misdemeanor violence prohibition policies and firearm mortality
Effect on background checks of newly-enacted comprehensive background check policies in Oregon and Washington: A synthetic control approach
Investigating how perceived risk and availability of marijuana relate to marijuana use among adolescents in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay over time
Limiting Alcohol Outlet Density to Prevent Alcohol Use and Violence: Estimating Policy Interventions Through Agent-Based Modeling
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Opioid Overdoses Exploring Sources of Heterogeneity
Prescription drug monitoring programs operational characteristics and fatal heroin poisoning
Psychiatric comorbidities in alcohol use disorder
Sex differences in nonmedical prescription tranquilizer and stimulant use trends among secondary school students in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay
Association Between Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Nonfatal and Fatal Drug Overdoses A Systematic Review
Comprehensive background check policy and firearm background checks in three US states
Firearm mortality in California, 2000-2015: the epidemiologic importance of within-state variation
Firearms, alcohol and crime: convictions for driving under the influence (DUI) and other alcohol-related crimes and risk for future criminal activity among authorised purchasers of handguns
Repeal of Comprehensive Background Check Policies and Firearm Homicide and Suicide
A randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention for alcohol and drugs linked to the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) in primary health care in Chile
Association between demographic and socioeconomic variables and mortality due to cirrhosis and other liver diseases
School collective occupation movements and substance use among adolescents: A school-level panel design
The effects of using answer sheets on reported drug use and data quality in a classroom survey: A cluster-randomized study
Adaptation and Validation of the Instrument Treatment Outcomes Profile to the Chilean Population
Geographical distribution of alcohol-attributable mortality in Chile: A Bayesian spatial analysis
The harm to others from drinking. A population study
Alcohol use and self-reported violent events in Chile
Small area associations between social context and alcohol-attributable mortality in a middle income country
Alcohol-Attributable Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost in Chile in 2009
Associations between social vulnerability, employment conditions and hazardous alcohol consumption in Chile
Consumption and social assessment of fortified milk delivered by the National Complementary Feeding Program in Chile [Consumo y valoración social de la leche purita fortificada y cereal del Programa Nacional de Alimentación Complementaria (PNAC) en Chile]
Factors associated with life satisfaction in a cohort of older people in Santiago, Chile
Estudio de autoagresiones en un grupo de adolescentes de la Región Metropolitana en Chile
Psychosocial risk at work and mental illness in hospital workers
Counseling on healthy lifestyles and behavioral change in obese school children=> controlled intervention in mothers/caretakers [Consejería en vida sana y cambio de conducta en escolares obesos=> intervención controlada en madres/cuidadoras]
Identifying Cultural Representations of Families and the Health Team to Improve the Management of Severe Malnutrition in Childhood
Is counseling an effective strategy to increase fruits and vegetables consumption and decrease the cardiovascular risk in secondary prevention? A review [¿Es efectiva la consejería para aumentar el consumo de frutas y verduras y disminuir el riesgo cardio

Abstract (2)

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND HAZARDOUS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN CHILE
NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND SECURITY AND INDIVIDUAL HAZARDOUS ALCOHOL DRINKING IN CHILE: A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS

BookSection (2)

La marihuana en el contexto internacional
Promoting Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs for Population Health: Research and Policy Implications

Letter (1)

LARGE INCREASE IN ADOLESCENT MARIJUANA USE IN CHILE

Proyecto (16)

Do substance use treatments improve health outcomes among patients? Population risk estimates using a registry-based retrospective cohort design
Prevalencia, formas de manifestación y factores facilitadores de la violencia laboral y sus efectos en la salud mental en población asalariada en Chile atendiendo desigualdades sociales y de género
Becas de Postdoctorado en el Extranjero Becas Chile
California Prescription Drug Monitoring Program enactment, analysis and response initiative
Health and social consequences of national marijuana legalization
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and opioid-related harm
Décimo Primer Estudio Nacional de Drogas en Población Escolar de Chile
Décimo Primer Estudio Nacional de Drogas en Población Genereal de Chile
Décimo Estudio Nacional de Drogas en Población Escolar de Chile
Décimo Estudio Nacional de Drogas en Población General de Chile
Noveno Estudio Nacional de Drogas en Población Escolar de Chile
Estudio sobre drogas en consultantes en salas de urgencia
Beca para estudios de doctorado en Chile
Evaluación de la prevalencia de anemia ferropriva en una muestra representativa de la Región Metropolitana y Quinta Región de los beneficiarios del Programa Nacional de Alimentación Complementaria (PNAC)
Evaluación de la estructura, funcionamiento y costos asociados del programa para la detección, diagnóstico y tratamiento de la depresión en APS que se asocian con mejores resultados
Modificaciones en la composicion corporal con la suplementacion con zinc, en pre-escolares obesos de estratos socioeconomicos bajos
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Alvaro Castillo

Full Professor

Departamento de Salud Pública

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

5
Esteban Calvo

Dean and Full Professor

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
MARIA ANSOLEAGA

RESEARCH DIRECTOR

PSYCHOLOGY

Universidad Diego Portales

SANTIAGO, Chile

2
Ricardo Uauy

Professor

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Teresita Rocha

Profesora Asistente

Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
José Medina

ANALISTA DE DATOS

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN SOCIEDAD Y SALUD

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Sergio Weisstaub

INTA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Nicolás Montalva

Profesor Asistente

Universidad Mayor

Santiago, Chile

1
Maria Icaza

PROFESORA ASOCIADA

UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

Talca, Chile

1
José Ruiz-Tagle

Docente Asistente

Escuela de Salud

Fundación Instituto Profesional DUOC UC

Santiago, Chile

1
Gonzalo Soto

Profesor Asistente

Escuela Salud Pública

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Carla Taramasco

Full professor

Universidad Andrés Bello

Viña del Mar, Chile

1
Juan San Martin

Docente

Psicología

Universidad Santo Tomas

Santiago, Chile

1
DIEGO PIÑOL

Investigador

Facultad de Gobierno

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Rubén Alvarado

Académico

Departamento de Salud Pública

Universidad de Valparaíso

Viña del Mar, Chile

1
Catalina Sieverson

Colaborador

Instituto Milenio para la Investigación en Depresión y Personalidad

Santiago, Chile

1
Cecilia Albala

Director, full professor

INTA/U CHILE

Santiago, Chile