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    Dr. Arantxa Colchero

    DR. ARANTXA COLCHERO

    Education:

    • 2007 –Ph.D in International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
    • 2001 – Master in Sciences, Health Economics, National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Mexico.
    • 1993 – Bachelor in Economics (Honors), National Autonomous University, Mexico.

    Academic appointments: 

    • Researcher in Medical Sciences E, Directorate of Health Economics of the Center for Research in Health Systems, INSP.
    • National System of Researchers, Level II.
    • Researcher affiliated with CISIDAT.

    Research interests:

    • Nutrition economics: how the food environment (prices, affordability, availability) has contributed to the obesity epidemic in less developed countries.
    • Design and impact evaluation of structural strategies to prevent and reduce obesity, such as fiscal policies and frontal labeling.
    • Design and impact evaluation of prevention and treatment interventions in populations at high risk of contracting HIV / AIDS, particularly in men who have sex with men and trans women.
    • Evaluation of optimal Pigouvian taxes (tax on alcohol, tobacco, sugary drinks and non-basic foods high in energy density).
    • Analysis of the response of the health system to the needs of the population and COVID-19 in Mexico.
    • Design and impact evaluation of prevention and treatment interventions in populations at high risk of contracting HIV / AIDS, particularly in men who have sex with men and trans women.
    • Technical efficiency studies in the provision of health services and associated factors.

    Featured projects:

    • Tax investigation and labeling of alcoholic beverages- 2021. PAHO
    • Fiscal strategies to fight obesity and diabetes in Mexico. Bloomberg Philanthropies- 2012-2019- Co-investigator.
    • Evaluating the impact of SSB and nonessential food taxes in Mexico. National Institutes of Health (NIH) – 2016-2020. Co-investigator.
    • Evaluation of the effectiveness and technical efficiency in producing services for patients with diabetes in Mexico: a pilot study. 2014-2017. Principal Investigator.

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    • Colchero MA, Moreno-Aguilar LA. Bautista-Arredondo S. The Covid-19 cascade of care in Mexico: symptoms, positivity, and health care seeking decisions amid the pandemic. Salud Pública de México, vol 63, 6. 2021
    • Colchero MA, Gómez R. Pineda-Anuñez CJ. Bautista-Arredondo S. Health care utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic in Mexico: the cascade of care. Salud Pública de México, vol 63, 6. 2021
    • Smith-Taillie L. Bercholz M. Popkin B. Reyes M. Colchero MA. Corvalán C. Changes in food purchases after the Chilean policies on food labelling, marketing, and sales in schools: a before and after study. Lancet Planetary Health. Vol 5. 2021.
    • Colchero MA. Guerrero-López CM. Barrientos-Gutiérrez T. Salmerón J. Bautista-Arredondo S. Willingness to pay for an intervention that reduces soda consumption among a sample of middle-class adult Mexicans. PLoS One. 16(8). 2021
    • Hernández-F M. Cantoral A. Colchero MA. Taxes to Unhealthy Food and Beverages and Oral Health in Mexico: An Observational Study. Caries Research. 55. 2021.
    • Moreno-Aguilar LA. Guerrero-López CM. Colchero MA. Quezada-Sánchez AD. Bautista-Arredondo S. Elasticidad precio y elasticidad ingreso de la demanda de cerveza en México. Salud Pública de México. 63. 2021.
    • Colchero MA, Guerrero-López CM, Quiroz-Reyes JA, Bautista-Arredondo S. Did “Conduce Sin Alcohol” a Program that Monitors Breath Alcohol Concentration Limits for Driving in Mexico City Have an Effect on Traffic-Related Deaths? 2020. Prev Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01133-3.
    • Smith Taillie L, Reyes M, Colchero MA, Popkin B, Corvalán C. An evaluation of Chile´s law of food labeling and advertising on sugar-sweetened beverage purchases from 2015 to 2017: a before and after study. 2020. PLoS Medicine. 17(2).
    • Sánchez-Romero LM, Canto-Osorio F. Gozález-Morales R. Colchero MA, Ng S, Ramirez-Palacios P, Salmerón J. Barrientos-Gutiérrez T. Association between tax on sugar sweetened beverages and soft drink consumption in adults in Mexico: open cohort longitudinal analysis of Health Workers Cohort Study. 2020. BMJ. 369: m1311.
    • Colchero MA, Gómez R, Bautista-Arredondo S. Caracterización de la cascada de atención en servicios públicoos en México en localidades de menos de 100 000 habitantes. 2019. Salud Pública de México. 61(6).
    • Unar-Munguía M. Monterrubio F, E. Colchero MA. Apparent consumption of caloric sweeteners increased after the implementation of NAFTA in Mexico. 2019. Food Policy. 84. 103-110.
    • Paraje G. Colchero A. Wlasiuk JM. Martner Stota A. Popkin B. The effects of the Chilean food policy package on aggregate employment and real wages. Health Affairs (100). 2021.
    • Hernández -F. Figueroa JL. Colchero MA. Association between density of stores and purchases of ultra-processed food and sugar-sweetened beverages in Mexico. Health and Place. 68. 2021.
    • Colchero MA. Gómez R. Figueroa JL. Rodriguez-Atristain A. Baustita-Arredondo S. Aumento en la oferta de consultorios adyacentes a farmacias y atención en servicios públicos en México entre 2012 y 2018. 2020. Salud Pública de México: 62: 851-858.
    • Colchero MA, Guerrero-López CM, Molina M, Unar-Munguía M. Affordability of food and beverages in Mexico between 1994 and 2016. 2019. Nutrients. 11(1).
    • Unar-Munguía M. Monterrubio F, E. Colchero MA. Apparent consumption of caloric sweeteners increased after the implementation of NAFTA in Mexico. 2019. Food Policy. 84. 103-110.
    • Hernández-F, M. Batis C, Rivera JA, Colchero MA. Reduction in purchases of energy-dense nutrient poor foods in Mexico associated with the introduction of a tax in 2014. Prev Med. 2019. 118: 16-22.
    • Ng SW, Rivera JA, Popkin BM, Colchero MA. Did high sugar-sweetened beverage purchasers respond differently to the excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Mexico? Public Health Nutrition. 2018.
    • Colchero MA, Rivera J, Popkin B, Ng S. In Mexico, Evidence of Sustained Consumer Response Two Years After Implementing A Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax. 2017. Health Affairs. 36(3).
    • Colchero MA, Bautista-Arredondo S. Cortés-Ortiz MA, Romero-Martinez M, Salas J. Sosa-Rubí SG. Uribe P. Impact and economic evaluations of a combination prevention program for MSM in Mexico: a quasi-experiment in 24 cities. 2016. AIDS. 30(2).
    • Colchero M.A, Contreras-Loya D, López-Gatell H, González de Cosío T. The costs of inadequate breastfeeding for infants in Mexico. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2015. 101(3).
    • Colchero MA, Cortes-Ortiz MA, Romero-Martínez M, Vega H., González A. Román R., Franco-Nuñez A, Bautista-Arredondo Sergio. HIV prevalence, sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behaviors among transwomen in Mexico City. 2015. Salud Pública de México. Vol 57. Supplement 2.
    • Colchero MA, Unar M, Salgado, Hernández-Ávila M, Rivera Dommarco JA. Price elasticity of the demand for sugar sweetened beverages and soft drinks in Mexico. 2015. Economics and Human Biology. 19.
    • Colchero MA, Caballero B., Bishai D., The effect of income and occupation on body mass index among women in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Surveys. Soc Sci Med. 2008. 66(9).