Team

Board of Associates

Foto de Claudia Miranda con árboles de fondo, sonriendo
Director

Claudia Miranda 

claudia.miranda@micare.cl

PhD in Aging and Mental Health at University College London (UK). Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Universidad Andrés Bello.

See her line of research here.

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Alternate Director

Marcela Tenorio 

marcela.tenorio@micare.cl

PhD in Psychology at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Professor at Universidad de los Andes (Chile).

See her line of research here.

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Research Associate

Alejandra Araya

alejandra.araya.g@unab.cl

PhD in Nursing Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Professor at the School of Nursing, Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB), and member of the PhD in Nursing Science Faculty at UNAB.

See her line of research here.

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Research Associate

Andrés Aparicio

aaparicio@micare.cl

PhD in Arts, with a major in Theater Studies and Practices, at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Computer and Systems Engineer, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali.

See his line of research here.

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Research Associate

Paulina Arango 

parango@uandes.cl

PhD in Psychology at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Professor at the School of Psychology, Universidad de los Andes (Chile).

See her line of research here.

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Research Associate

María Beatriz Fernández

mrfernan@uc.cl

PhD in Sociology at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC). Professor at the Institute of Sociology UC, and researcher at the Center for the Study of Aging and Aging, CEVE UC.

See her line of research here.

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Research Associate

Vanessa Vega 

vanessa.vega@pucv.cl

PhD in Disability Research at University of Salamanca, Spain. Assistant professor at the School of Pedagogy of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.

See her line of research here.

Executive Team

Executive Director

Javiera Gutiérrez

javiera.gutierrez@micare.cl

Master in Social Work, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Public Administrator, Universidad de Chile.

Assistant to the Director
Isabel Arteaga

asistente.direccion@micare.cl

Bilingual executive secretary, Insec.

Administration and Finance Coordinator

Franci Llanes

franci.llanes@micare.cl

Public Accountant, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia.

Research Coordinator

Raffaela Carvacho

raffaela.carvacho@micare.cl

Psychologist and Master in Health Psychology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC).

Communications Coordinator

Belén Sabbag

belen.sabbag@micare.cl

Journalist and Bachelor’s degree in Social Communication, Universidad de Chile.  

Spokespersons’ Office

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Spokesperson

Gonzalo Osorio

oficinadevocerias@micare.cl

Researcher in Cognitive Accessibility, PUCV.

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Spokesperson

Carolina Lucero

oficinadevocerias@micare.cl

Researcher in Cognitive Accessibility, PUCV.
More Accessible Easy Reading Validator.

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Spokesperson

Felipe Pierret

oficinadevocerias@micare.cl

Self-advocate for intellectual disability.

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Spokesperson

Ricardo Pizarro

oficinadevocerias@micare.cl

Easy Reading Validator, Universidad de los Andes. Spokesperson for the Advisory Council on Mental Health of the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) and Administrative Assistant at ABCdin.

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Coordinator

Florencia Villaseca

oficinadevocerias@micare.cl

Psychologist from Adolfo Ibáñez University, specialized in the clinical area and in working with adolescents and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Postdoctoral Researchers

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Francisca Ortiz

franortizruiz@gmail.com

Sociologist from Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Master at Universidad Católica de Chile and PhD from Manchester University, United Kingdom.

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Javiera Rosell

jerosell@uc.cl

PhD in Psychology, Universidad Católica de Chile. Master in Psychogerontology, UMAI (Argentina), UC Psychologist. Deputy director of “Programa Adulto Mayor UC” and professor at UC Psychology.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Sarahí Rueda

 sarahi.rueda@micare.cl

Sociologist, Master’s in Territorial and Population Studies, and PhD in Demography from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. with a diploma from the European Doctoral School of  La European Doctoral School of Demography – Sapienza Universitat Di Roma (Italia) and The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany).

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