Magaly M. Blas Marzo 2016 CURRICULUM VITAE

Magaly M. Blas, MD, MPH, PhD ______

PERSONAL DATA

Last name: Blas Name: Magaly Telephone: 51-1-3653557 Cel: 51-995386711 Email: [email protected]

CAREER SUMMARY

Dr. Magaly Blas was born and raised in Lima, Peru. She studied Medicine at Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (UPCH) where she graduated as the second-highest graduate of her medical school class. Afterwards, she was selected as the Peruvian counterpart Scholar for the first cohort of the Fogarty/Ellison Fellowship Program from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which allowed her to deepen her research experience in the field of sexually transmitted infections (STI). After this fellowship, Magaly was awarded consecutive scholarships to conduct first a Masters and then a Ph.D. in Public Health (MPH) in the epidemiology track with certificates in both STI/HIV and Biomedical and Health Informatics at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. It was during her track on Biomedical and Health informatics that Magaly developed interest in the study of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to solve health problems. Magaly combined both interests, STI and ICT for the development of her PhD thesis. She conducted the first online randomized controlled trial in Latin America that evaluated the effect of a video-based intervention to increase HIV testing among Peruvian MSM. For this study, Magaly received the 2010 Global Health Council’s new investigator award in Washington DC. After finishing her PhD, Magaly was awarded the NIH-Fogarty Global Research Initiative Program (GRIP) for new foreign investigators award. This competitive grant allowed international researchers who studied in the US, funding for up to 5 years to conduct research in their home country. Magaly’s project built on her previous PhD research was a randomized controlled trial that assessed the effect of a combined web-based intervention that included an online-video, email, chat, and cell-phone text motivational messages to increase the number of MSM who get tested for HIV. In parallel, Magaly received the 2009-2010 Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellowship for her research project aimed to assess the association between Human Papilloma Virus (a virus that causes cervical cancer) and Human T- lymphotropic virus infection (a neglected virus that causes leukemia/lymphoma among other diseases) in indigenous Women from the Peruvian Amazon. Motherhood had an important impact in Magaly´s life as her current focus is to improve maternal and child health in remote rural areas in the Peruvian Amazon. Magaly is currently the principal investigator of a Grand challenges Canada grant to develop the Mama River Program. This program is training community agents (traditional midwives, health promoters and community mobilizers) to use smartphones to georeference and collect basic information from pregnant women at their communities, and send this information to a Medical Ship in order to program antenatal care visits. Blas - 2

Mama River is also training community agents to send alerts to the medical ships whenever a high- risk pregnancy is identified. Magaly has recently been awarded the 2016 Elsevier Foundation Award for early career women scientists in the developing world and the 2016 Loreal-UNESCO Concytec Award for Peruvian women scientists. Dr. Blas is an associate professor at UPCH School of Public Health and an affiliate associate professor at the Department of Global Health at the UW.

EDUCATION

DEGREE INSTITUTION AND LOCATION (if MM/YY FIELD OF STUDY applicable) Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia MD 03/2002 Medicine Fogarty International Center - National Institutes Scholar 06/2005 International Clinical of Health, MD Research

University of Washington, Seattle, WA MPH 03/2007 Epidemiology concentration in HIV and STI and in Biomedical Informatics

University of Washington, Seattle, WA PhD 08/ 2008 Epidemiology

Fogarty International Center - National Institutes Fellow 07/2009 International Clinical of Health, MD Research

University of Washington -Department of Global Post-Doc 02/2011 Global Health Health

Rockefeller-Penn, PA Fellow 06/2011 Women´s Health

CURRENT POSITION

1. Associate Professor at the School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.

2. Affiliate Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, School of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1. Position: Principal investigator August 2014 - Now Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia 2

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Founding agency: Grand Challenges Canada/Concytec-Fondecyt Mama River: A maternal and newborn health program for remote communities in the Peruvian Amazon The Mama River program will train traditional midwives to use smartphones (widely available in Peru) to collect information from pregnant women at their communities and to schedule antenatal care visits by the medical ship staff. It will alert the medical vessel whenever a high-risk pregnancy is identified and send reports when a birth occurs, making civil registration and administrative follow-up more effective. The system will also send reports whenever a mother or child death occurs in order to do a verbal or social autopsy to establish the biological, social, behavioral, and health systems contributors to death.

2. Position: Principal investigator April 2014 - Now Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Founding agency: Fogarty/US National Institutes of Health Runachay: Promoting the use of Information and communication technologies for Global Health The goal of this proposal is to promote and increase research training and the use of Information Communication Technologies for global health research within Spanish- speaking countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Africa through three levels of training opportunities: Short Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) in Spanish, Medium-term interactive online courses that will include mentor interaction, and Practicums and mentored research awards.

3. Position: Principal investigator April 2014 - Now Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, University of Washington Founding agency: Fogarty/US National Institutes of Health Exploring Psychosocial Determinants of Poor Engagement in Cancer Services for Women in Peru The goal of this proposal is to explore the role of stigma and other psychological/cultural characteristics in relation to engagement in breast/cervical cancer services among cancer survivors.

4. Position: Principal investigator July 2010 to June 2014 Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, NGO Via Libre and Epicentro Founding agency: Fogarty/US National Institutes of Health Tu Nexo: Randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of a novel web-based intervention to increase HIV testing in men who have sex with men in Lima- Peru. The major objective of this project is to assess the effect of a combined online video, e- mail, chat and SMS intervention in increasing HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Peru. 3

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5. Position: Co-Investigator September 2009- September 2014 Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Founding agency: Fogarty/US National Institutes of Health QUIPU: The Andean Global Health Informatics Research and Training Center The goal of this proposal is to establish the “QUIPU: Andean Global Health Informatics Research and Training Center”, a center of excellence for training and research in global health informatics to serve as a hub for addressing the national and regional needs for high-quality training in the Andean Region.

6. Position: Principal investigator September 2012 to February 2013 Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Founding agency: Vine Trust, Scotland Evaluating the impact of the Amazon Hope Program The objective of this study is to determine the demographic characteristics, as well as the prevalence of chronic and infection diseases of the population that is reached by the Amazon Hope Program. This program provides medical and dental care to people who live in 160 remote communities along six Amazon basins.

7. Position: Principal investigator January 2011 to March 2013 Institution: Cayetano Heredia Medical Clinic Founding agency: Merck Sharp and Dohme Analizate: A study of HPV prevalence in multiple anatomical sites among men who have sex with men in Peru The objective of this project was to determine the type-specific prevalence of anal, penile, and mouth/throat HPV infection, as well as anal and penile abnormalities in MSM.

8. Position: Co-investigator June 2011-present Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Founding agency: Fogarty/National Institutes of Health HIV prevention aboard: A cluster randomized controlled trial to increase HIV testing and condom use among riverboat crewmembers who travel on the Amazon River

9. Position: Principal Investigator January 2010 to December 2012 Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, University of Washington & Merck Founding agency: Fogarty/US National Institutes of Health AINBO: Association between Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and Human T- lymphotropic virus (HTLV) among indigenous women from the Peruvian Amazon 4

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The objective of this project was to determine the type-specific prevalence of HPV infection of the cervix and the prevalence of epithelial cell abnormalities of the cervix of HTLV-positive and HTLV-negative women 15 to 39 years old from Shipibo-Konibo communities in Pucallpa.

10. Position: Co-investigator January 2009-January 2012 Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Johns Hopkins and NGO Via Libre Founding agency: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Merck Investigation: Implementation of a clinical trial that tested a standard and a modified schedule of the HPV vaccine (Gardasil) in female sex workers. This study also assessed the prevalence of different HPV types and cervical abnormalities in this population.

11. Position: Co-investigator March 2008 to November 2008 Institution: NGO Via Libre Founding agency: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Merck Barriers for HPV Vaccination among Female Sex Workers Implementation of the study that evaluated the barriers for HPV vaccination among Female Sex Workers

12. Position: Principal Investigator January 2007- September 2008 Institution: University of Washington, NGO Via Libre Founding agency: University of Washington Principal investigator - Online randomized controlled trial to increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men Lead the development and implementation of an online randomized controlled trial to increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Peru. Performed focus groups with each MSM subgroup (transvestite, gay-identified MSM and non-gay identified MSM), co-participated in the development of an Internet video for each MSM subgroup, developed online data-collection tools, participated in the implementation of the randomization system on the Internet and participated in the counseling and testing of the participants who finally attended the clinic.

13. Position: Co-investigator January 2006 to November 2006 Institution: University of Washington Founding agency: University of Washington Pregnancy outcomes in women infected with Chlamydia trachomatis Developed literature review, data analysis, outline, writing and submission for publication of the population-based cohort study about pregnancy outcomes in women infected with Chlamydia trachomatis in Washington State.

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14. Position: Principal Investigator Junio 2005-Marzo 2006 Institution: University of Washington, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, NGO Via Libre Founding agency: University of Washington Internet as a tool to access high-risk men who have sex with men Lead the development of the study protocol and the implementation of a feasibility study to assess the use of the Internet as a tool to access high-risk men who have sex with men (MSM) in Peru. Performed focus groups with MSM, developed online data-collection tools, performed data-analysis, writing and submission of the paper.

15. Position: Physician July 2002 to August 2003 and January 2004 to June 2004 Institution: Via Libre Clinic Fellow - Randomized controlled trial of the Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine (Gardasil) Collected medical histories, performed physical examinations, collected gynecological samples, as well as provided contraceptives and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to the study participants.

16. Position: Principal Investigator January 2000 to December 2001 Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Association between HTLV and Norwegian Scabies Designed the study protocol, performed interviews to the participants, data entry, data analysis, writing and publication of the study.

17. Position: Principal Investigator October 1998 to May 1999 Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Project HOPE: Vitamin A Deficiency in Children Under 5 Years Old in a Rural Community of the Peruvian Jungle Designed the study protocol, performed interviews to the mothers, performed anthropometric measures to the infants, and participated in the blood sample analysis of Vitamin A and hematocrit, participated in data entry, analysis, writing and publication of the study.

18. Volunteer – Warmi March 2001 to March 2002 Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Participated in the incorporation of women with HIV into occupational activities, performed workshops to improve the knowledge about HIV care, treatment and mother to child transmission, facilitated workshops to increase self-esteem in this population

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 6

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-Clinic, NGO Vía Libre, Lima, Perú, 2004-2008 -Health Department of the Peruvian Naval School, Lima, Peru, April 2002-May 2003 -Internships: Gynecology and Internal Medicine in Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru. Surgery in Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru Pediatrics in Instituto de Salud del Niño, Lima, Peru and Rural Rotation in Hospital, Ilo, Moqegua, Peru.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1. Professor and coordinator of the Public Health and Global Health course for the undergraduate program on Health Administration. School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (since 2014) 2. Professor, Master in Epidemiological Research. School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (since 2010) 3. Professor, Master and Certificate Program in Biomedical Informatics, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (since 2012) 4. Professor, Global Health Summer Course. School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (since 2013) 5. Professor, Master in Control of Tropical and Infectious Diseases. Institute of Tropical Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (2011).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ACTIVITIES

PUBLICATIONS

a) Scientific articles

1. Blas M, Bravo F, Castillo W, Castillo WJ, Ballona R, Navarro P, Catacora J, Cairampoma R, Gotuzzo E. Norwegian Scabies in Peru: The Impact of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I Infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 Jun;72(6):855-7. 2. Blas M, Bravo F, Gotuzzo E, Castillo W, Cairampoma R. Norwegian Scabies and Tropical Spastic Paraparesis in HTLV-1-Infected Patients. Report of 3 Cases and Literature Review. Rev. Soc. Peruana Med. Inter. 16(3) 2003. 3. Alva I, Blas M, De Los Santos V, Grados F, Gutierrez M. Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency in Children Under 5 Years Old in a Rural Community of the Peruvian Jungle. Paediatrica 2004; 6(1): 7-12. 4. Hsieh EJ, Blas MM, La Rosa Roca S, Garcia PJ. Sexually transmitted infections and private physicians in Peru, 2003. Rev Panam Salud Pública. 2006 Oct;20(4):223-229.

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5. Blas MM, Canchihuaman FA, Alva IE, Hawes SE. Pregnancy outcomes in women infected with Chlamydia trachomatis: a population-based cohort study in Washington State. Sex Trans Infect. 2007;83:314-318. 6. Curioso WH, Blas MM, Nodell B, Alva IE, Kurth AE. Opportunities for providing web- based interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections in Peru. PLoS Med. 2007 Feb; 4(2):e11. 7. Blas MM, Alva IE, Cabello R, Garcia PJ, Carcamo C, Redmon M, Kimball AM, Ryan R, Kurth AE. Internet as a tool to access high-risk men who have sex with men from a resource-constrained setting: a study from Peru. Sex Transm Infect. 2007 Dec; 83(7):567- 70. 8. Curioso WH, Blas MM. Internet, Addiction, Cybersex and Sexually Transmited Infections: Fiction or reality?. Rev Med Her 2007; 18(1):52-3. 9. García PJ, Blas MM. Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV: A global and local overview of the epidemics. Rev Med Exp Sal Pub 2007;(3). 10. Alva IE, Blas MM, Garcia PJ, Cabello R, Kimball AM, Holmes KK. Risks and benefits of Internet use among people living with HIV/AIDS in Lima, Peru. Rev Med Exp Sal Pub 2007;(3). 11. Blas MM, Alva IE, Carcamo C, Cabello R , Goodreau SM, Kimball AM, Kurth A. Effect of an online video-based intervention to increase HIV testing in men who have sex with men in Peru. PLoS One. 2010 May 3;5(5):e10448. 12. Curioso WH, Garcia PJ, Castillo GM, Blas MM, Perez-Brumer A, Zimic M, Red QUIPU. Strengthening global health informatics research within the Andean region through international collaboration. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. 2010; 27(3): 449- 57. 13. Brown B, Carcamo C, Blas MM, Valderrama M, and Halsey N. Peruvian Females Sex Workers: understanding HPV and barriers to vaccination. Vaccine 2010 Oct 15. 14. Blas MM, Alva IE, Cabello R, Carcamo C, Kurth AE. Risk Behaviors and Reasons for not Getting Tested for HIV among Men Who Have Sex with Men: An Online Survey in Peru. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e27334. Epub 2011 Nov 9. PubMed PMID: 22096551; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3212560. 15. Brown B, Blas MM, Cabral A, Carcamo C, Gravitt PE, Halsey N. Oral sex practices, oral human papillomavirus and correlations between oral and cervical human papillomavirus prevalence among female sex workers in Lima, Peru. Int J STD AIDS. 2011 Nov;22(11):655-8. PubMed PMID: 22096051. 16. Blas MM, Curioso WH, Garcia PJ, Zimic M, Carcamo CP, Castagnetto JM, Lescano AG, Lopez DM. Training the biomedical informatics workforce in Latin America: results of a needs assessment. BMJ Open. 2011 Jan 1;1(2):e000233. PubMed PMID: 22080537. 17. Brown B, Blas M, Cabral A, Carcamo C, Gravitt P, Halsey N. Randomized trial of HPV4 vaccine: assessing the response to HPV4 vaccine in two schedules among Peruvian female sex workers. Vaccine. 2012;30(13):2309-14. PMID: 22306855. PMCID: PMC3296898. 18. Alva IE, Orellana ER, Blas MM, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Cotrina A, Chiappe M, Kochel TJ, Carcamo CP, García PJ, Zunt JR, Buffardi AL, Montano SM. HTLV-1 and -2 Infections

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among 10 Indigenous Groups in the Peruvian Amazon. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012;87(5):954-6. PMID: 22964719. 19. Brown B, Blas MM, Cabral A, Byraiah G, Guerra-Giraldez C, Sarabia-Vega V, Carcamo C, Gravitt PE, Halsey NA. Human papillomavirus prevalence, cervical abnormalities and risk factors among female sex workers in Lima, Peru. Int J STD AIDS. 2012 Apr;23(4):242-7. 20. Blas MM, Alva IE, Garcia PJ, Carcamo C, Montano SM, Muñante R, Zunt JR. Association between human papillomavirus and human T-lymphotropic virus in indigenous women from the Peruvian Amazon. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e44240. 21. Blas MM, Menacho LA, Alva IE, Cabello R, Orellana ER (2013) Motivating Men Who Have Sex with Men to Get Tested for HIV through the Internet and Mobile Phones: A Qualitative Study. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54012. 22. Nureña CR, Brown B, Galea JT, Sánchez H, Blas MM (2013) HPV and Genital Warts among Peruvian Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender People: Knowledge, Attitudes and Treatment Experiences. PLoS ONE 8(3): e58684. 23. Menacho LA, Blas MM, Alva IE, Cabello R, Orellana ER. Short Text Messages to Motivate HIV Testing Among Men Who have Sex with Men: a Qualitative Study in Lima, Peru. The Open AIDS Journal. Open AIDS J. 2013 Apr 05;7:1-6. 24. Brown B, Blas MM, Heidari O, Carcamo C, Halsey NA. Reported Changes in sexual behavior and HPV knowledge in Peruvian female sex workers following participation in an HPV vaccine trial. Int J STD AIDS. 2013 Jul;24(7):531-5. 25. Blas MM, Alva IE, Garcia PJ, Carcamo C, Montano SM, Mori N, Muñante R, Zunt JR. High Prevalence of Human T-lymphotropic virus infection in Indigenous Women from the Peruvian Amazon. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 5;8(9):e73978. 26. Low HC, Silver MI, Brown BJ, Leng CY, Blas MM, Gravitt PE, Woo YL. Comparison of Hybribio GenoArray and Roche human papillomavirus (HPV) Linear Array for HPV genotyping in anal swab samples. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Dec 10. pii: JCM.02274-14. 27. Kinsler JJ, Blas MM, Cabral A, Carcamo C, Halsey N, Brown B. Understanding STI Risk and Condom Use Patterns by Partner Type Among Female Sex Workers in Peru. Open AIDS J. 2014 May 30;8:17-20. doi: 10.2174/1874613601408010017. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 24949112; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4062928. 28. García PJ, Egoavil MS, Blas MM, Alvarado-Vásquez E, Curioso WH, Zimic M, Castagnetto JM, Lescano AG, Lopez DM, Cárcamo CP. [Development and institutionalization of the first online certificate and Master Program of Biomedical Informatics in global health in Peru]. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. 2015 Jun;32(2):356-60. Spanish. PubMed PMID: 26338399. 29. Shroff N, Brown B, Kinsler J, Blas M, Carcamo C, Halsey N. Barriers and Facilitators in the Recruitment and Retention of Peruvian Female Sex Workers in a Randomized HPV Vaccine Trial. Vaccines and Vaccination 4: 198. 30. Soohoo M, Blas M, Byraiah G, Carcamo C, Brown B. Cervical HPV Infection in Female Sex Workers: A Global Perspective. Open AIDS J. 2013 Dec 30;7:58-66. 31. Blas MM, Brown B, Menacho L, Alva IE, Silva-Santisteban A, Carcamo C. HPV Prevalence in Multiple Anatomical Sites among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Peru. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 5;10(10):e0139524. 9

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32. Menacho LA, Blas MM. [How to produce a video to promote HIV testing in men who have sex with men?]. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. 2015 Sep;32(3):519-25. Spanish.

b) Books and book chapters

1. Blas MM, Alva IE, Garcia PJ, Carcamo C, Montano SM, Muñante R, Zunt JR. Asociación entre el virus del papiloma humano y el virus linfotrópico de células T humanas en mujeres indígenas de la Amazonía Peruana. Salud Pública en el Perú, aproximaciones y nuevos horizontes. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.

2. Curioso WH, Kurth AE, Blas MM, Klausner J. Information and Communication Technologies for Prevention and Control of HIV infection and Other STIs. In Holmes KK. et al., ed. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 4th edition; NY, McGraw-Hill;2007.

3. Curioso WH, Blas MM, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Canchihuaman F, Garcia PJ. Information and Communication Technologies to Support HIV and STI Care in Developing Countries. In Somesh Gupta, Bhushan Kumar, eds. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2nd ed. New Delhi, India: Elsevier, 2012: pages 150-160

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

1. M. Blas. Human Papilloma Virus and Laryngeal Papillomatosis, Otorhinolaryngology Conference, Oct 2015

2. M Blas. Good Clinical Practices. 2nd Conference Pharmaceutical Industry. November 2015

3. M. Blas. Kuskaya: An Interdisciplinary Training Program in Innovations in Global Health. Global Health Conference on the Development of Sustainable Global Health Programs. Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, Octubre 2015.

4. Mentoring in Research. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, July 2015

5. M. Blas. Mama River: A Maternal and newborn health program from remote rural areas in the Amazon. Mobile Learning Week at UNESCO, Paris, February 2015.

6. M.Blas. Association between Human papiloma Virus and Human T lymphotropic Virus among indigenous women from the Peruvian Amazon. National Institutes of Health, July 2014.

7. M.Blas. From a Fogarty Fellow to a GRIP awardee: A Research Career at the National Institutes of Health. National Institutes of Health, July 2014 10

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8. M.Blas. Barriers and successes as a Fogarty Fellow. National Institutes of Health, July 2014

9. M.Blas, I. Alva. Indigenous vulnerability and Infectious diseases. VII Scientific Congress at the Peruvian National Institute of Health, November 2013

10. M.Blas, I. Alva. Ethical aspects of the research on indigenous health. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, July 2012

11. M.Blas, I.Alva. HPV and Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon and other parts of Latin America. Presented at the 28th International Papillomavirus Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 2012.

12. M. Blas. UPCH/UW Fogarty Training Course Focuses on Building Tomorrow’s Public Health Leaders. Presented at the PERLA symposium, Seattle, Washington, April 2011.

13. M Blas. The Fogarty International Center, a partner in my career. Presented at The Consortium of Universities for Global Health Meeting. Seattle, Washington, September 2010.

14. M. Blas, R. Cabello, S. Santos, and J Castro. A Multi-component intervention to increase HIV testing among Peruvian MSM. Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 2010.

15. M. Blas, I. Alva, C. Carcamo, R. Cabello, S. Goodreau, A.M. Kimball and A. E. Kurth. An Online Video-based Intervention to Increase HIV testing. Presented at The Global Health Conference. Global Health Council. Bethesda. June 2010

16. Blas M. An overview of the HPV vaccines. IV International Congress of Medical Students. February 2010, Chihuahua, Mexico.

17. Alva IE, Suárez J, Blas MM, Orellana R, Bartolo JC, Zavaleta C, Juan Reategui, Cabello R. Disseminating HIV information to indigenous and Afro-descendants through a blog. V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS and STDs. November 2009, Lima, Peru.

18. Bartolo JC, Alva IE, Medrano C, Orellana R, Santos S, Cabello R, Blas MM. Seeking sexual partners and STIs information over the Internet: A comparison between indigenous and mestizo migrants in Lima. V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS and STDs. November 2009, Lima, Peru.

19. M. Blas, I. Alva, C. Carcamo, P. Garcia, J. Zunt. Association between Human Papillomavirus and Human T-lymphotropic virus infection in Indigenous Women Living 11

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in the Peruvian Amazon. Fogarty International Research Scholars and Fellows Meeting. National Institutes of Health. Washington DC. July 2009

20. M. Blas, I. Alva, C. Carcamo, R. Cabello, S. Goodreau, A.M. Kimball and A. E. Kurth. Effect of an online video-based intervention to increase HIV testing in men who have sex with men in Peru. Presented at The International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research, London, England, June 2009.

21. E. Smith, J. Vasquez, C. Anton, R. Cabello, M. Blas. Using a mobile van to provide voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) to high-risk and closeted MSM. Presented at the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2008.

22. M. Blas, J. Zunt. HIV/AIDS and STD prevention and interventions in sexually marginalized communities in Peru. International Health Program Seminar. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. October 27, 2006

23. M. Blas. An Overview of the vaccines against the Human Papilloma Virus. Presented at the First Course: Actualization in Obstetrics. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Peru. February 27, 2006.

24. M. Blas, I. Alva, R. Cabello, A. Kurth. Internet as a tool for HIV and STI prevention among high-risk populations in Peru. The ViaNet and SOMOS Project. Presented at the Second International Course: Informatics for Global Health: Advances in Public Health and Genomics. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. April 13, 2008

25. M. Blas, I. Alva, R. Cabello, A. Kurth. Importance of the Internet as a tool to access high-risk populations for HIV and STI in Peru: The ViaNet Project. Presented at the First International Course: Informatics for Global Health: Advances in Public Health and Genomics. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. November 13, 2005

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1. R. Cabello, M. Blas, I Alva. Acceptability of Internet and cell-phone messages to promote Papanicolaou testing among women living with HIV. Presented at the 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. July 2015, Vancouver, Canada.

2. B. Brown, C. Nurena, J. Galea, H. Sanchez, M. Blas. HPV and genital warts among Peruvian men who have sex with men: Knowledge, attitudes and treatment experiences. Presented at the 28th International Papillomavirus Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 2012.

3. B. Brown, M. Blas, C. Nurena, J. Galea, H. Sanchez. Issues affecting uptake of HPV vaccine among Peruvian MSM. Presented at the 28th International Papillomavirus 12

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Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 2012.

4. M. Blas, I Alva I, P Garcia, C Carcamo, S Montano, J Zunt. Acceptability of Cervical Cancer Screening in Indigenous Amazonian Women. Presented at the XVIII International Papillomavirus Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 2011.

5. I. Alva, M. Blas, R. Orellana, C. Medrano, E. Hurley, J.C. Bartolo, C. Zavaleta, N. Cueva, J. Reategui, S. Santos, R. Cabello. HIV outreach among Amazonian indigenous migrants living in Lima-Peru. Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 2010.

6. M. Blas, I. Alva, F. Degregori F, R. Cabello, S. Santos. Developing an effective online video- based intervention to increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men: Lessons learned. Presented at the Global MSM Forum, Vienna, Austria, July 2010.

7. Salazar, L. Liendo, A. Buffardi, M. Blas. Training caregivers to disclose the HIV status to Peruvian children living with HIV. Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 2010.

8. P. Salazar, L. Liendo, A. Buffardi, M. Blas, D. Salazar. Changing policies to protect HIV infected children in social abandonment: The power of the media. Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 2010. 9. Medrano C, Alva IE, Zavaleta C, Bartolo JC, Reátegui J, Orellana R, Cueva N, Moreno M, Bazan D, López A, Santos S, Cabello R, Blas MM. Facing the challenge of offering HIV and syphilis testing among Amazonian Indigenous migrants in Lima: An experience of inter- agency working. V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS and STDs. November 2009, Lima, Peru.

10. Calvo G, Smith E, Bendezu R, Medrano C, Santos S, Cabello R, Blas MM. Sexual behavior versus sexual identity: MSM who identify as heterosexuals. V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS and STDs. November 2009, Lima, Peru.

11. Huaman S, Moran S, Blas M, Mejía A, Cabello R. Male adolescents who are sexually exploited in Peru: A high-risk population with limited health-care access. V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS and STDs. November 2009, Lima, Peru.

12. Bendezu R, Smith E, Calvo G, Medrano C, Santos S, Cabello R, Blas MM. Risk factors for HIV in a bisexual population in Lima: The experience of the project SOMOS in Via Libre. V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS and STDs. November 2009, Lima, Peru.

13. Alva IE, Blas MM, Orellana R, Bartolo JC, Cabello R, Salvatierra J, Carcamo C, Montano SM, Zunt JR. Sex and the Internet: An online survey among HIV-Positive Men Who Have

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Sex with Men in Lima-Peru. 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa.

14. Brown B, Carcamo C, Valderrama M, Blas M, Halsey N. Acceptability Survey of HPV Vaccine Among Female Sex Workers in Lima, Peru. Presented at The International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research, London, England, June 2009

15. Blas M, Alva I, Cabello R, Carcamo C. Reasons for not taking an HIV test among Men who have Sex with Men: An Internet Study from Peru. Presented at the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2008.

16. Blas M, Alva I, Zorrilla R, Orellana E, Cabello R. Using Limesurvey, an open source survey tool to do online HIV research, in Peru. Presented at the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2008.

17. Alva I, Blas M, Orellana E, Smith E, Davila O, Cabello R. Dr. Green: an E-counseling experience for promoting HIV/AIDS prevention among MSM in Peru. Presented at the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2008.

18. Valderrama M, Blas M, Carcamo C, García P, Bernabé A, Cotrina A, Chiappe M, Guerra C, Garnett G, Hall E, Espinoza B, Meza R, Gadea N, Kochel T, Montano S, Chauca G, Holmes K. High HIV and Syphilis Prevalence among male commercial sex workers from the Peruvian Amazon. Presented at the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2008.

19. Blas M, Alva I, Cabello R, Garcia P, Redmon M, Kurth A, Kimball AM, Ryan R. The Internet as a tool to promote HIV and syphilis testing among men who have sex with men from Peru. Presented at the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, Seattle, Washington, July 2007.

20. Blas M, Alva I, Cabello R, Garcia P, Redmon M, Kurth A, Kimball AM, Ryan R. Response to an Internet Survey of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Peru. In Mednet 2006: 11th World Congress on Internet in Medicine. Toronto Canada, October 13-20 2006.

21. Blas M, Canchihuaman F, Alva I, Hawes S. Pregnancy Outcomes in Women Infected with Chlamydia trachomatis: a Population-Based Cohort Study in Washington State. Presented at the 13th Annual Washington State Joint Conference on Health. Yakima, Washington, October 2006.

22. Blas M, Alva I, Cabello R, Garcia P, Redmon M, Kurth A, Kimball AM, Ryan R. Internet as a new venue to access high-risk men who have sex with men (MSM) from a resource- constrained setting. Presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada, August 13-18, 2006 14

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23. Alva I, Blas M, Cabello R, Kimball A and García P. Risks and Benefits of Internet Use Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in a Resource-constrained Setting. Presented at the 3rd International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. July 24 - 27, 2005

24. Hsieh E, Blas M, García P. The Role of Private Physicians in Health Care Delivery in Developing Countries: A Study from Peru. Presented at the Scientific Meeting of the Fogarty/Ellison Overseas Fellowship in Global Health and Clinical Research. Washington DC. March 13, 2006

25. Blas M, De Los Santos V, Alva I, Grados F, Gutiérrez M, Benavente L. Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency in Children Under 5 Years Old in a Rural Community of the Peruvian Jungle. Jornadas Científicas “Hugo Lumbreras Cruz” Lima, Perú. 1999.

COUNTRY EXPERIENCE Peru, United States

LANGUAGES

Spanish-native English-fluent

HONORS

-2016 Elsevier Foundation Award for early career women scientists in the developing world.

-2016 Loreal-UNESCO Concytec Award for Peruvian women scientists.

-Honorous mention at the Peruvian National Epidemiology Award for the research study “Effect of an online video-based intervention to increase HIV testing in men who have sex with men in Peru. PLoS One. 2010 May 3;5(5):e10448.” Lima, September 2011

-New investigator in Global Health Award. Global Health Council. Bethesda. June 2010

-Rockefeller-Penn Fellow. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. February 2010-June 2011

-Fellowship in the Fogarty Overseas Fellow Program. NIH, Bethesda. July 2009-July 2010

-Scholarship granted to participate in the Women's Global Health Scholars Program, University of California, San Francisco. September 2006 - September 2007

-Scholarship granted by the International Research & Training Program in Biomedical Informatics to pursue an MPH and a PhD in epidemiology, University of Washington. January 15

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2005- August 2008

-Scholarship granted by the International AIDS Research and Training Program to perform epidemiology and biostatistics training, University of Washington. September 2003-December 2003

- Fellowship in the Fogarty/Ellison Overseas Schoolar Program. NIH, Bethesda, July 2004.

-Second place in the class ranking in Medical School. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. February 2002

-Student Conference Travel Award. International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment; July 24 - 27, 2005; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

-“Honor al Exito“ Award of Procter and Gamble. December 2002

-Winner of the second contest of Social Responsibility between University Students with the project: Women, you are not alone with AIDS, a program for the integration of women with HIV; Peru; March 2001

-Honorable mention in the first competition of Social Responsibility between University Students with the project: Prenatal control and congenital syphilis prevention in rural zones of Comas; Peru; March 2000.

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