Dr. María Teresa Murguia Peniche

About the Doctor

1. Education: a. Master's in Public Health: Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. Practicum at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Birth Defects. Atlanta, GA. 2012 to 2013. b. Specialty in Neonatology, Metro-Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA, 1989-1992. c. Specialty in Neonatology, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico City, Mexico, 1986-1987. d. Specialty in Pediatrics, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico City, Mexico, 1983-1986. e. Medical degree, Universidad La Salle, Mexico City, Mexico, 1975-1980. 2. Current certification: pediatrics, neonatology. 3. Professional Experience: a. Deputy Director of Research. Community Interventions, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes. August 2013 to present. b. Director of the Childhood Program of the Centro Nacional para la Salud de la Infancia y Adolescencia (CeNSIA) of the Secretaría de Salud Federal, Mexico City, 2010-2012. i. Teaching activities for the country's pediatricians. ii. Creation of practical management guidelines and manuals in pediatrics. iii. Supervision and creation of Health standards and laws for Childhood and Adolescence. iv. Supervision of Childhood and Adolescent Health activities in the States. v. Research projects and support in communities with lower development indices. vi. Coordination of councils for the creation of health initiatives. vii. Coordination of Academic Events for Health leaders in pediatrics nationwide. c. Head of the Department of Neonatology, Hospital Infantil de México, Mexico City, 2001-2010. i. Clinical care in the neonatal intensive care unit. ii. Administration. iii. Teaching as professor of the neonatology course and neonatology residency. iv. Research in clinical studies and basic medicine (Respiratory Syncytial Virus, herpes simplex, immunology) and perinatal epidemiology. v. Coordination of the academic and university neonatology program d. Head of Neonatal Intermediate Care, Hospital Infantil de México, Mexico City, 1992-2001. 4. Medical/pediatrics/neonatology license: Mexico (current) and Texas, USA until 2009. 5. Teaching Experience: a. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. i. Professor of neonatology: 2001-2010 ii. Professor, course A/pediatrics: 1992-2001 iii. Academic member, pediatrics: 2001-2010 b. Neonatal resuscitation instructor (1989-present) c. National instructor for the Acute Care of at Risk Newborn (ACoRN) program d. Universidad Latinoamericana: school of dentistry. i. Professor of anatomy: 1980-1981. ii. Professor of biochemistry: 1980-1981. e. Universidad La Salle. i. Biochemistry instructor: 1976-1978. 6. Awards. a. Distinction with the 'Fellowship Foege', granted by the Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH), Emory University, to complete the Master's in Public Health at RSPH. 2012-2013. b. Rafael Soto Allande Award, granted by the Academia Mexicana de Pediatría, for the book: Neonatología: Esencia, Arte y Praxis. Editor-in-chief: Dra. Teresa Murguia Peniche, associate editors: Dra. Dina Villanueva García and Dr. Gabriel Lara. 2012. Awarded by the Secretary of Health of Mexico, Salomón Chertorivski. c. First place in research competition at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA, 1992. d. Honorable mention in the UNAM and Universidad La Salle medical exam. 1980. e. Various research awards at national and international neonatology congresses. 7. Other professional activities. a. General Coordinator of the Centros Regionales de Atención Integral en Salud Reproductiva (CRAISaR), Mexico. 2013-present. b. World Health Organization (WHO): Reviewer of guidelines on vitamin A use in pediatrics. c. Coordinator of NEOSANO (perinatal network in Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Mexico City). 2001-2010. d. National coordinator of the Acute Care of at Risk Newborn (ACoRN) course, part of the ACoRN society, British Columbia Canada. 2008-present. e. WHO seminar to reduce infant deaths globally. Held in Japan (7 weeks, 2007). f. Member of the UNAM Pediatrics Academic Group, supervising neonatal programs in the country. 2001-2010. g. Member of the 'Board' for Neonatal Nutrition, for the preparation of the book on nutrition for the premature infant; Tsang, Koletzko, Uauy and Poindexter, eds., Munich, Germany 2013. h. Member of the Wyeth International 'Nutrition Advisory Board'. i. Member of the Mead-Johnson 'Nutrition Advisory Board'. j. Member of the Splenda, Johnson & Johnson Advisory Board. k. Member of the McDonald's Advisory Board (McDonald's Mom). 8. Publications: a. More than 40 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. b. Chapters and/or theses: 58 in national and international books. c. Three books. USA: 1) Premie Parents Handbook; Mexico: 2) Neonatología: Esencia, Arte y Praxis, 3) Infectologia Neonatal. 9. Research: a. Member: i. Senior Fellow of the 'Global Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health (GCC/RH)' in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University (2013-present). ii. Society for Pediatric Research (SPR), USA, present. iii. Researcher, Secretaria de Salud (D, until 2010). iv. Former SNI 1 (inactive). b. Papers presented at international and national scientific meetings: 50 (Canada, USA, Mexico, Germany). c. Grants obtained: 8 (international and national). d. Collaborative work (infectious disease, nutrition, and perinatal epidemiology): i. Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Nutrición, Save the Children Mexico, WHO, Pan American Health Organization. ii. USA: Metro-Health Medical Center (Respiratory Syncytial Virus), Food and Drug Administration (Respiratory Syncytial Virus), National Institutes of Health (Respiratory Syncytial Virus), University of Alabama (Herpes simplex in newborns), Centers for Disease Control, Birth Defects Branch, HERS Group (HIV Epidemiology Research Study, Cytomegalovirus), Emory University and the Reproductive Health Collaborative Group, WHO, CDC, and the Georgia Department of Health (perinatal epidemiology). iii. Others: University of Melbourne, Australia (pocket hand book, training course for communities). 10. Societies: Academia Mexicana de Pediatría, Society for Pediatrics Research.

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