photo collage, ACTIVA

Research Network—

ACTIVA Project:

Cultural Norms and Attitudes towards Violence
in Selected Cities in Latin America and Spain

This list of collaborating researchers in the PAHO Multicenter Project, all experts in the field of violence prevention, is included to facilitate networking and exchange. Their institutions are recognized by PAHO as centers of excellence in this area whose efforts to prevent violence are endorsed by PAHO. The list is sorted by country.

Dr. Leandro Piquet Carneiro
Departamento de Ciência Política, Universidade de São Paulo
Avenida Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 315, Sala 2047
Cidade Universitária
BRA-05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Phone: (+55-21) 818-3754
Fax: (+55-21) 211-2269
E-mail: lpiquet@usp.br

Lic. Marco V. Fournier
Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas
Universidad de Costa Rica
Ciudad Universitaria "Rodrigo Facio"
San José, Costa Rica
Phone/Fax: (+506) 224-1844
E-mail: mfournier@cariari.ucr.ac.cr

Dr. Ceci Vilar Noronha
Instituto de Saúde Coletiva
Universidade Federal de Bahía
Rua Padre Feijó, 29, Sala 8, 4o. andar
BRA-40110-170, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Phone: (+55-71) 245-0151
Fax: (+55-71) 237-5856
E-mail: ceci@ufba.br

Lic. José Miguel Cruz Alas
Instituto Universitario de Opinión Pública (IUDOP)
Universidad Centro Americana "José Simeón Cañas"
Apartado Postal (01) 168
Autopista Sur
San Salvador, El Salvador
Phone: (+503) 273-4400
Fax: (+503) 273-7020
E-mail: mcruz@iudop.uca.edu.sv

Dr. Enrique Oviedo Saavedra
Sur Profesionales Consultores, Ltda.
José Manuel Infante 85, Providencia
Santiago, Chile
Phone: (+56-2) 236-0470
Fax: (+56-2) 235-9091
E-mail: quique@surprofesional.cl

Dr. Florentino Moreno
Departamento de Psicología
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
E-28223 Madrid, Spain
Phone: (+34-1) 394-2966
Fax: (+34-1) 394-3189
E-mail: pssoc12@emducms1.sis.ucm.es , fmoreno@correo.cop.es

Dr. Luis F. Vélez
Centro de Investigaciones de Salud y Violencia/CISALVA
Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle
Calle 4 #36-00
Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Phone: (+57-2) 556-0255
Fax: (+57-2) 556-0253
E-mail: luivelez@mafalda.univalle.edu.co

Dr. Roberto Briceño-León
Laboratorio de Ciencias Sociales
Avenida Central de Venezuela, Apartado Postal 47.795
VEN-1041-A Caracas
Venezuela
Phone: (+58-2) 693-1765
Fax: (+58-2) 693-1765
E-mail: rbriceno@reacciun.ve , lacso@reacciun.ve

Technical Advisors

Dr. Alberto Concha-Eastman (contact person)
Division of Disease Prevention & Control
Program on Non-Communicable Diseases
Violence & Injury Prevention Unit (HCP/HCN/VIO)
Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
525 23rd Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037-2895, USA
Phone: (+202) 974-3890
Fax: (+202) 974-3625
E-mail: conchaal@paho.org

Dr. Rodrigo Guerrero
Fundación Carvajal
Apartado 46
Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Phone: (+57-1) 554-2949
E-mail: guerrerr@ibm.net

Dr. Rebecca de los Ríos
Regional Advisor in Public Health
Division of Health & Human Development
Research Coordination Program (HDP/HDR)
Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
525 23rd Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037-2895, USA
Phone: (+202) 974-3132
Fax: (+202) 974-3680
E-mail: delosrir@paho.org

Dr. Alfred McAlister
University of Texas, Houston, School of Public Health
1200 Herman Pressler, Room E-904
Houston, TX 77030-9960, USA
E-mail: amcalister@mail.utexas.edu

Dr. Pamela Orpinas (contact person)
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, University of Georgia
300 River Road
Athens, GA 30602, USA
Phone: (+706) 542-4370, x542
Fax: (+706) 542-4956
E-mail: porpinas@coe.uga.edu

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