Fabiola León-Velarde
Fabiola León-Velarde Servetto (Lima, June 18, 1956) is a Peruvian physiologist who has devoted her research to the biology and physiology of high altitude adaptation. Born in Lima, Peru. She is the daughter of Carlos Leon-Velarde Gamarra and Juana Servetto Marti from Uruguay, and granddaughter of Angelica Gamarra. Under the mentorship of high altitude physiologist Carlos Monge Cassinelli, she obtained a BSc. in Biology (1979), an MSc (1981) and DSc (1986) in physiology at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Perú.She was Rector of the Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH). She was previously Vice-President for Research of UPCH and Chairwoman of the Department of Biological and Physiological Sciences at the same university. She has also been Vice-President of the International Society for Mountain Medicine and, during nine years has been doing collaborative research with the Human Respiratory Section of the Laboratory of Physiology of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, where she has been invited as "Fellow" of the "Queen's College". At the moment, she is also Associated Investigator of ARPE/UFR of Medicine of the University of Paris XIII in France.
She has been a consultant in diverse national and international institutions, including the International Center of Research for Development (CIID) of Canada, on the health problems in the Andean Region and of the International Labour Organization (OIT). In the last years she has participated as a Consultant in the Antamina Mining Project and at the Andean Organism of Health. At the present time, she is Review Committee member of the National Council of Science and Technology [CONCYTEC], the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Promotion (SECYT-FONCYT), the International Foundation for Science (IFS) and member of the Board of Directors of the National Superintendence of Higher University Education (SUNEDU).
Leon-Velarde has a vast scientific production that has been published in more than 80 abstracts and more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in international scientific journals. She is also author of chapters in several books about altitude sickness and related topics particularly in the Andes. She is a member of important scientific societies such as The American Physiological Society and the Academy of Sciences of Latin America.
Leon-Velarde is a founding member of the judging panel of [http://premiopoder.pe PODER's Think Tank of the Year Awards] that aim to celebrate the good work done by think tanks in the country.
Leon-Velarde is the mother of one son, Gianpiero Leoncini Leon-Velarde. Provided by Wikipedia
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5by Patricia Siques, Patricia Siques, Julio Brito, Julio Brito, Edzard Schwedhelm, Eduardo Pena, Eduardo Pena, Fabiola León-Velarde, Fabiola León-Velarde, Juan José De La Cruz, Rainer H. Böger, Rainer H. Böger, Juliane Hannemann, Juliane HannemannGet full text
Published 2019-05-01
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6by Christopher W Belter, Patricia J Garcia, Alicia A Livinski, Fabiola Leon-Velarde, Kristen H Weymouth, Roger I GlassGet full text
Published 2019-07-01
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7by Nicole Lüneburg, Patricia Siques, Julio Brito, Karem Arriaza, Eduardo Pena, Hans Klose, Fabiola Leon-Velarde, Rainer H. BögerGet full text
Published 2016-01-01
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8by Julio Brito, Patricia Siques, Rosario López, Raul Romero, Fabiola León-Velarde, Karen Flores, Nicole Lüneburg, Juliane Hannemann, Rainer H. BögerGet full text
Published 2018-03-01
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9by Ainash Childebayeva, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Nathan Chesterman, Fabiola Leon-Velarde, Maria Rivera-Ch, Melisa Kiyamu, Tom D. Brutsaert, Abigail W. Bigham, Dana C. DolinoyGet full text
Published 2021-10-01
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10by Patricia Siques, Julio Brito, Karen Flores, Stefany Ordenes, Karem Arriaza, Eduardo Pena, Fabiola León-Velarde, Ángel L. López de Pablo, M. C. Gonzalez, Silvia ArribasGet full text
Published 2018-06-01
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11by Eduardo Pena, Patricia Siques, Julio Brito, Silvia M. Arribas, Rainer Böger, Juliane Hannemann, Fabiola León-Velarde, M. Carmen González, M. Rosario López, Ángel Luis López de PabloGet full text
Published 2020-11-01
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12by Patricia Siques, Ángel Luis López de Pablo, Julio Brito, Silvia M. Arribas, Karen Flores, Karem Arriaza, Nelson Naveas, M. Carmen González, Alexander Hoorntje, Fabiola León-Velarde, M. Rosario LópezGet full text
Published 2014-01-01
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13by Julio Brito, Patricia Siques, Silvia M. Arribas, Angel L. López de Pablo, M. Carmen González, Nelson Naveas, Karem Arriaza, Karen Flores, Fabiola León-Velarde, Ruth Pulido, Stefany Ordenes, M. Rosario LópezGet full text
Published 2015-01-01
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14by Karen Flores, Karen Flores, Patricia Siques, Patricia Siques, Julio Brito, Julio Brito, Stefany Ordenes, Stefany Ordenes, Karem Arriaza, Karem Arriaza, E. Pena, E. Pena, Fabiola León-Velarde, Rosario López, Ángel L. López de Pablo, Silvia ArribasGet full text
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16by Joshua Mark Galanter, Juan Carlos Fernandez-Lopez, Christopher R Gignoux, Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Ceres Fernandez-Rozadilla, Marc Via, Alfredo Hidalgo-Miranda, Alejandra V Contreras, Laura Uribe Figueroa, Paola Raska, Gerardo Jimenez-Sanchez, Irma Silva Zolezzi, Maria Torres, Clara Ruiz Ponte, Yarimar Ruiz, Antonio Salas, Elizabeth Nguyen, Celeste Eng, Lisbeth Borjas, William Zabala, Guillermo Barreto, Fernando Rondón González, Adriana Ibarra, Patricia Taboada, Liliana Porras, Fabián Moreno, Abigail Bigham, Gerardo Gutierrez, Tom Brutsaert, Fabiola León-Velarde, Lorna G Moore, Enrique Vargas, Miguel Cruz, Jorge Escobedo, José Rodriguez-Santana, William Rodriguez-Cintrón, Rocio Chapela, Jean G Ford, Carlos Bustamante, Daniela Seminara, Mark Shriver, Elad Ziv, Esteban Gonzalez Burchard, Robert Haile, Esteban Parra, Angel Carracedo, LACE ConsortiumGet full text
Published 2012-01-01
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