Jorge Mena
MD, MSc, Medical Epidemiologist
Location: Colombia
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As an MD with professional experience in clinical research, Dr. Jorge Mena has worked in different studies supporting recruitment, data safety monitoring and statistical analysis. For instance, I supported the recruitment and analysis of a cohort study to evaluate the ability of prehospital factors to predict in-hospital severity in trauma patients with life threatening injury.
He has also worked in the recruitment, data safety monitoring and analysis of a biomarker study to prove the prediction of lactate on resuscitative care in trauma patients transported by ground and air.
He also supports the recruitment and data safety monitoring in a clinical trial conducted to compare the survival between two techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
In addition to his experience in clinical research, he has solid professional experience in public health research and prevention, with suitable training in statistical and epidemiological methods and skills in the design of evaluation and public policies for intervention strategies targeted to prevent the occurrence of disease at population level.
During his research experience, he has mastered several statistical methods allowing me to perform analysis on advanced modeling techniques. In addition, he is able to combine these methods appropriately with writing skills to produce scientific manuscripts.
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Clifton Callaway, University of Pittsburgh Physicians Faculty. Department of Emergency Medicine.
“MD. PhD”
Frank Guyette., University of Pittsburgh Physicians Faculty. Department of Emergency Medicine..
“MD. MPH”
Publications
Daniel E. Cuartas, David Arango-Londoño, Gissel Guzmán-Escarria, Edgar Muñoz, Diana Caicedo, Delia Ortega, Andrés Fandiño-Losada, Jorge Mena, Miyerlandi Torres, Lena Barrera y Fabián Méndez. Spatio-temporal analysis of SARS-coV-2 in Cali, Colombia. Rev. Salud Pública. 22(2): 1-6, 2020
Delia Ortega-Lenis, David Arango-Londoño, Edgar Muñoz, Daniel E. Cuartas, Diana Caicedo, Jorge Mena, Miyerlandi Torres y Fabian Mendez. Predictions of a SEIR model for COVID-19 cases in Cali, Colombia. Rev. Salud Pública. 22(2): 1-6, 2020
Ortega Maffla, María; Roa, Jaime Arturo, Mena, Jorge; Echandía, Carlos. Intentional injuries in children under fourteen years of age. Hospital Universitario del Valle 2012-2013. Vol. 51 Núm. 2 (2018): Volumen 51 número 2, 2018.
JMena-Munoz, USrivastava, C Martin-Gill, BP Suffoletto, FX Guyette. Characterization of Out of Hospital Resuscitation Utilizing Blood Transfusion. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2016 Sep-Oct;20(5):586-93. doi: 10.3109/10903127.2016.1163447. Poster presentation in the Resuscitation Science Symposium of the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Dallas, November 17 of 2013.
Nichol G, Leroux B, Wang H, Callaway CW, Sopko G, Weisfeldt M, Stiell I, Morrison LJ, Aufderheide TP, Cheskes S, Christenson J, Kudenchuk P, Vaillancourt C, Rea TD, Idris AH, Colella R, Isaacs M, Straight R, Stephens S, Richardson J, Condle J, Schmicker RH, Egan D, May S, Ornato JP; ROC Investigators. Trial of Continuous or Interrupted Chest Compressions during CPR. N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 3;373(23):2203-14. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1509139.
Craig D. Newgard, Brittany J. Sanchez, Eileen M. Bulger, Karen J. Brasel, Adam Byers, Jason E. Buick, Kellie J. Sheehan, Frank Guyette, Richard V. King, Jorge Mena-Munoz, Joseph P. Minei, Robert H Schmicker. A Geospatial Analysis of Severe Firearm Injuries Compared to Other Injury Mechanisms: Event Characteristics, Location, Timing and Outcomes.
Francis X Guyette; Eric Meier; Jeffrey Kerby; Carolyn Williams; Robert Schlamp; Robert Wand; Jason McMullan; Delores Kannas; Susanne May; Mohamud Daya; Irada Ibrahim- Zada; Melinda Moffat; Karen Brasel; Riccardo Colella;Tim Fabian; Jorge Mena-Munoz; Eileen Bulger; Laurel Rokowski; Suzie Brennan; Robert Whitford; George Sopko; David Hoyt. Prehospital Lactate for Identification of the Need for Resuscitative Care in Trauma Patients Transported by Air. Oral presentation at the Resuscitation Science Symposium of the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL, November 15-16, 2014.
Jorge Mena; Álvaro I Sánchez; María Isabel Gutiérrez; Juan-Carlos Puyana; Brian Suffoleto. The Association between Alcohol Restriction Policies and Vehicle-Related Mortality in Cali, Colombia, 1998-2008. IJADR, 2014, 3(2), 149 – 158. doi:10.7895/ijadr.v3i2.157. ISSN: 1925-7066. Poster presentation in the New England Science Symposium at Harvard University March 2, 2013.
Jorge Mena; Álvaro I Sánchez; Andrés Rubiano; Andrew B Peitzman; Jason L Sperry; María Isabel Gutiérrez; Juan-Carlos Puyana. The Effect on Mortality Prediction of the Modified Glasgow Coma Score Criteria for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury from a Glasgow Coma Score of 14 to a Glasgow Coma Score of 13. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 71(5):1185-1193, November 2011. Oral presentation in the annual meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Boston, MA, September 2010.
Espinosa R, Gutierrez MI; Mena-Muñoz JH; Córdoba P. Domestic Violence Surveillance System: the Model Salud Publica Mex 2008; 50(Suppl 1): S12-8.
Grants,Awards and Certifications
Grants :
Clinical Research in trauma and acute care. Fogarty International and the National Institute of Health - Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA. USA. June 2009 to May 2011.
Clinical Research in trauma and emergency care. ROC study National Heart Lung and Blood, institute Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA. USA. June 2011 to July 2014.
Research Project Coordinator. Training and capacity building to improve data quality, statistical analysis, systems of information and research in violence and injuries of Central America. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. April 2015
Principal investigator. Institutional Capacity Factors Related to the Occurrence of Homicide in Honduras. Instituto CISALVA, Universidad del Valle, 2016
Awards & Prizes :
Stimulus to Research in Public Health: Universidad de Valle 2003-2004
World Conference on Injury Prevention Scholarship: Mérida, Mexico 2008
Scholarship of the Program of Excellence in Education and Research in Trauma and Injuries (TRAINEER): University of Pittsburgh 2009 - 2011
