Results of Competition:

Graduate Thesis Grants in Public Health, First Round 2004


(13 April  2004)

The Research Promotion and Development Unit of the Pan American Health Organization takes pleasure in announcing the results of the competition for Graduate Thesis Grants in Public Health.

Following are the selected projects:

  1. Periodontal infection and preterm low birth weight in Rio de Janeiro - A case control study(*)
    Mario Vettore
    Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública
    Rio de Janerio, Brazil
  2. La mortalidad evitable como indicador de impacto de la reforma sanitaria. Colombia, 1985-2001
    Rubén Darío Arias
    Universidad de Alicante
    España
  3. Factores asociados a la utilización de los módulos de atención para la salud sexual y reproductiva por adolescentes derechohabientes del IMSS
    Xochitl Refugio Romero
    InstitutoMexicano del Seguro Social
    México

We wish to thank all the researchers who participated in the competition and to extend our congratulations to the winners.

Alberto Pellegrini
Chief, Research Promotion and Development Unit
Secretary, Internal Advisory Committee on Health Research (IACHR)

 
(*) Final approval for projects is contingent upon review and approval by the PAHO Ethical Review Committee.(PAHOERC).