Leoncio Flavio Rojas 111 North Estes Dr. Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919) 967-5381 [email protected]

Education:

Post-doctoral training, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Biostatistics. Advisors: Drs. Gary Koch and Chirayath M. Suchindran Ph.D.--1991, Duke University, Sociology Dissertation title: Industrial firm founders and development strategies in Chile: the generations of neo liberalism. Advisor: Dr. Gary Gereffi M.A.--1985, Duke University, Sociology Magister.–1982, Catholic University of Chile, in Urban and Regional Planning Licenciado.--1981, in Sociology, Catholic University of Chile

Continuing Education:

Harvard University, School of Public Health “The Public Health Disparities Geo-coding Project Training Course” June 1-2, 2006 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Statistical Analysis System, SAS”, Bios 111 Fall 2003 “Sampling and Survey Methods” Bios 164 Spring 2004. ”Categorical Analysis” Bios 165 Fall 2004

Honors and Awards: Academic -Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002-2008 -Visiting Scholar, Center for International Development Research, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, and December 1997-February 1998. -Scholarship for Tuition and Fees, Graduate School, Department of Sociology, at Duke University, 1985-86 and 1984-85 International Scholarship Award -Regular Training Program Scholarship, Organization of American States 1982-83 and 1983-84, full scholarship for Graduate Studies at Duke University. Other -GRANT AWARD: “Epicenters for the Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Adverse Effects – A Multicenter Program Expansion (U54), RFA-CK-11-0010501SUPP15. Community Acquired Clostridium Difficile. -Best publication 2010-2011 award, Revista Chilena de Pediatria, Chilean Society of Pediatrics (SOCHIPE), Affiliated to the International Pediatrics Association, October 4, 2011. http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0370-4106&lng=en&nrm=iso

-“Proyecto Puentes de Salud (Project Health Bridges): An Exploration of Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors in Rural Mexico”. Allan D Nanney III, Trista D Snyder, Ian J Nelligan, Amanda L Rollins, Katherine Zeman, Michael ClarkePearson, Pamela Y Frasier PhD MA MSPH, Bron Skinner, Daniel Reuland MD, Flavio Rojas PhD, Mauricio G Cohen MD. School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Awarded as the best poster by the American Heart Association. June-July 2006

-Poster Presentation Award, 2nd Place, UNC School of Public Health, Monthly Poster Contest, Office of Research. February 22, 2007 -Center for Global Initiatives, UNC Traveling Grant for Conference “Social, Cultural and Economic Determinants of Health International Perspectives for Global Action”, 9-11 May 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. -Latin American Studies, Duke University, Traveling Grant for Latin American Studies Association, (LASA) conference in Mexico City, 1983 Areas of Interest and Expertise: -Spatial statistics, statistical modeling (Bayesian and Frequentist). General Linear Mixed Models. GIS analysis with Population Census data, thematic maps representation of demographic variables. -Sociology of development, primary focus: Latin America. -Ethnicity, indigenous populations and health conditions in special populations. -Inequalities, poverty eradication, demography, social development. Languages: Spanish (mother tongue) English (written and spoken) Work, Profession and Research Experience: Duke University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, DICON Group (May-2015-2016, GRANT related, Senior Research Scholar) Duke University Clinical Research Institute, DCRI (March-2014-2015, Senior Research Associate) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -Odum Institute for Research in Social Science (Senior Research Associate) -Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biostatistics, Biometrics Consultant Lab (BCL), September 2002 – Dr. Gary Koch 2008. Advisor: Duke University, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Center for International Development Research (CIDR) -Postdoctoral Research with Fellow, Abubakar Nuhu-Koko Supervisor: Dr. William Ascher, March 1993 – December 1995 International Organization Work and Research Experience: United Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) -Junior Research Assistant, Centre on Transnational Corporations ECLAC/CTC Joint Unit, Santiago, Chile, 1980 Teaching Experience: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, “GIS and the Mapping of Social Development”, GIS Short Course Series, Fall 2005 October 31, 2005 Universidad Autónoma Del Sur, Temuco, Chile, Department of Social Work, August 2001-December 2001 • Course Taught: -Social Development in Chile Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, March 1999-July 1999 • Course Taught: -Options and Instruments for the International Insertion of Latin America and Chile. (Graduate level). 2

Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile, Departamento de Sociología April 1996-March 1998. • Courses Taught: -Advanced Research Methods -Methodology of Social Research -Modernization and Social Change in Latin America -Sociology of Organizations. Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, November 1990February 1993. • Courses Taught: -Organizational Behavior and Management of Human Resources. -Advanced Topics in Organizational Development (Graduate Level) University Service and Educational Administration Experience: • Digitalization project, UNC Digital Library and Chile’s Bureau of Indigenous Affairs (CONADI), and the Catholic University of Temuco, Chile. “Preserving the historical memory of the culture of ancestral Mapuche people: Digitalization of the General Archive for Indigenous Affairs (AGAI) a contribution for the Bicentennial of the Independence of Chile” August 4, 2008 • Inter-institutional agreement of cooperation of data exchange between UNC and Chile’s Ministry of Planning (MIDEPLAN). Signed by the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Economic Development at UNC and Chile’s Minister of Planning • Graduate Educational Administration. Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile, Director of Graduate Studies, Santiago, Chile March 1999February 2000. • Member of Committee for Research, Asociación Gremial Académica (AGA) Universidad de La Frontera,Temuco, Chile, March 1997-December 1997 • Member of the Committee for the Design of a New Sociology Curricula, Departmento de Sociología, Universidad de La Frontera. Government Public Service: • Advisor, for the Government of Chile, Ministry of Planning and Cooperation, MIDEPLAN, Social Division, Santiago, September 1991-December 1992. Other Professional Activities: Roster of consultants. Indigenous People and Community Development Unit, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, August 1998. Member, Editorial Board of Ciencia al Día, Sociology of Science editor, Electronic journal, http://www.ciencia.cl/CienciaAlDia/ Department of Computer Sciences, University of Chile, 1998 Participant, Professional Workshop on “Policies and Management of State3

Owned Oil and Mining Enterprises”, Center for International Development Research, Terry Sanford Institute of Policy Sciences, Duke University, May 15June 3, 1994. Consultant, International Relations for Latin America (RIAL), United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), SantiagoChile, 1982. Supervisor, Luciano Tomassini. Memberships in Professional Societies 2005 American Sociological Association, Directory of Members p.325 2005 Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Member Directory p.93 Subcommittee, “Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples” (ERIP). 2006 International Sociological Association. Directory of Members p.135 Subcommittees -RC05 Ethnic, Race and Minority Relations -RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development -RC21 Regional and Urban Development 1981 Colegio de Sociólogos de Chile, Chilean Sociological Association 1981 United States Alumni Society (USAS) Chile PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS: 1. Li-Tzy Wu; Udi Ghitza; Bryan C. Batch; Michael Pencina; Rojas, Leoncio Flavio; Benjamin A. Goldstein; Tony Schibler; Ashley A. Dunham; Shelley Rusincovitch; Kathleen T. Brady. Comorbid substance use and psychiatric diagnoses among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: results from electronic health data. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. An International Journal on Biomedical and Psychological Approaches (in print). 2. Kelly K., Grau-Sepulveda M., Rojas F. Batch B.C., Staton M., Wolfley A., Hatfield V., Murphy M. Jones E. & Bradi Granger. The Correlation of Patient Reported versus Observed Medication Adherence in Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM). Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association, 2014;130:A17923 http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/130/Suppl_2/A17923.short 3. Rojas F. Pobreza y Mortalidad Perinatal en la Población Mapuche de la Araucanía, Revista Chilena de Pediatría, 2011;82:93-104 (Awarded) 4. Rojas F. Poverty Determinants of Acute Respiratory Infections in the Mapuche Population of Ninth Region of Araucania, Chile (2000-2005): A Bayesian Approach with Time-space Modeling” in McLafferty S. and Maantay J. (eds.), Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health, Springer Series on Geotechnologies and the Environment, New York, NY 2011;4:411-442. 5. Suchindran CM, Rojas F. Strategies for analyzing spatial-temporal demographic data, in Population, Poverty and Health: Analytical Approaches, in Singh KK, Yadav RC, Pandey A. (eds.), Hindustan Publishing Corporation, India, 2009 ISBN 81-7075-088-1. 6. Frasier PY, Trotter K, Tudor G, Rojas F. Nusbaum MRH. Sexual Orientation and 4

Sexual Health Care Needs: A Comparison of Women Beneficiaries in Outpatient 7. Snyder TD, Nanney AD, Nelligan IJ, Rollins AL, Skinner B, Frasier PY, Reuland D, Rojas F, Cohen M. Proyecto Puentes de Salud: An Exploration of Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors in Rural Mexico, Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association 2007;115:e550-e602 8. Rojas F., Poverty determinants of acute respiratory infections among Mapuche Indigenous Peoples in Chile’s Ninth Region of Araucania, GIS and spatial statistics to identify the inequalities in health, International Journal of Health Geographics, 2007;6:26-38 http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/6/1/26 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1931434/ 9. Rojas F, Palacios A. From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: Social Profiles of Chilean Researchers in Foreign Countries in CHARUM J, & MEYER J-B (Eds.) “International Scientific Migrations Today”, new perspectives: proceedings of the symposium held in Bogota, 1996 ISBN: 270991445X ISSN: 0767-2896 10. Rojas F. Los Desafíos de la Interdependencia, una Carrera de Sociología para un Mundo Globalizado: La Nueva Malla Curricular", en Garrido O. & R. Leal (Eds.) Formación, Cambio y Desarrollo, Tercer Coloquio Internacional de la REDFORD, Ediciones Universidad de La Frontera, 1978 ISBN 956-236-0 Electronic Publication: The Graduate School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “New Directions in American Indian Research a Gathering of Emerging Scholars” March 18-20, 2004 http://gradschool.unc.edu/diversity/newdirections/2004/panels/rojas.html https://archive.org/stream/newdirectionsina00unse/newdirectionsina00unse_djvu.txt

Other Publications: “Los Mapuches y la Pobreza regional, El uso de un Sistema de Información Geográfica (SIG) para la Identificación de Carencias en la Novena Región de la Araucanía”, Universidad Autónoma del Sur, Research Series, July 15, 2001. “Pobreza Regional en la Novena Región de la Araucanía: Los Resultados de la Encuesta CASEN 2000, Una Propuesta desde la Universidad para Enfrentar el Problema”, Universidad Autónoma del Sur, Research Series, July 15, 2001. “Focalización, Equidad e Impacto de las Becas Indígenas, Un Estudio de las Becas Indígenas para Enseñanza Básica en la Región de la Araucanía”, Universidad Autónoma del Sur, December 10, 2001 “El Sistema Educacional de la Novena Región de la Araucanía, (Segunda Etapa) Los Datos del SIMCE (1999) ¿Que ha Cambiado?”, Universidad Autónoma del Sur, October 2, 2000 Article Reviews “Asthma, Air Quality and Environmental Justice in Louisville, Kentucky”, Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health, McLafferty S. and Maantay J. (eds.), Springer Series 5

on “Geotechnologies and the Environment”, New York, NY, Requested by Editor Sara McLafferty S 2009 “Geographic Information Systems and Multilevel Analysis in Assessing Dental Health”, Journal of of Public Health Dentistry, Manuscript ID JPHD-0A-08-08-0106, Requested by Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Robert Weyant, 2008. Reports for International and National Agencies: Rojas F. (2004). “Report: Intimate Partner Violence in North Carolina, A Survey about Prevalence, Incidence and Response”. By P. Frasier to the Centers for Disease Control. as part of a National Effort to Study Intimate Partner Violence. February 18, 2004 -“Analysis of software Enterprise Guide, SAS Learning Edition”. Software evaluation for SAS Market Representative, presented to: Brenda Hairston, Marketing Department, SAS Institute, Carey, North Carolina, April 2, 2003 “Políticas Sociales y Tecnologías de Información para Enfrentar la Pobreza desde la Base: La Evaluación Participativa, Una Propuesta al FNDR”, Intendencia Regional, Regional Government of la Araucanía, (Funding proposal). Temuco April 1996. “Social Policies and Information Technologies for Latin America (SOPITLA): Reducing Poverty Bottom-Up”, Center for International Development Research (CIDR), PostDoctoral Level research report jointly developed with CIDR Fellow Abubakar Nuhu-Koko, Supervisor, Dr. Bill Ascher, 1994-1996. “(FONDECYT) El Financiamiento de la Investigación en Sociología 1982-1995, Una Evaluación Crítica”, research paper presented to José Pablo Arellano, Minister of Education. Santiago-Chile, February 1996. “Hacia una Agenda Social de Desarrollo para América Latina, una Propuesta para el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo”, Presented to Mr. Enrique V. Iglesias, President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, April 1995. “La Industria Farmacéutica y las Corporaciones Transnacionales”, Report presented to Mr. Enrique V. Iglesias, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, August 1980. Consultant Experience “Recreational Drug Use in the Elderly Trauma Population”, Anthony Charles, MD, FRCSI and Renae Stafford, MD, MPH, FACS, Department of Surgery, UNC Chapel Hill; Flavio Rojas, PhD, School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, UNC Chapel Hill, The North Carolina Conference on Aging, M.C. Benton, Jr. Convention Center & Marriot Hotel, Winston-Salem, NC September 10-12, 2007. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCcQFjAB&url=htt p%3A%2F%2Fwww.aging.unc.edu%2Fwpcontent%2Fblogs.dir%2F3%2Ffiles%2F2013%2F06%2Ffinal_program_smaller.pdf&ei=ICe0VOm CLs3GsQTnyYGwAg&usg=AFQjCNG9p5aBqkuqeVib0-lfyUMnAlmH3Q&cad=rja

“Proyecto Puentes de Salud (Project Health Bridges): An Exploration of Cardiovascular 6

Health and Risk Factors in Rural Mexico”. Allan D Nanney III, Trista D Snyder, Ian J. Nelligan, Amanda L Rollins, Katherine Zeman, Michael Clarke-Pearson, Pamela Y Frasier PhD MA MSPH, Bron Skinner, Daniel Reuland MD, Flavio Rojas PhD, Mauricio G Cohen MD. School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Sex: What do our Parents have to do with our Partners” co-authored with Zimmermann Sarah, MS2, Margaret Nusbaum, DO, MPH, Pamela Frasier, MSPH, Ph.D., North Carolina Academy of Family Practice, Annual Meeting, Asheville, North Carolina December 2002 Klatt L, Frasier P.Y, Rojas F. Crimes of the Heart: Coping With Domestic Violence in Western North Carolina (Research Poster) Winter NC Academy of Family Practice Family Physicians Weekend. December 2002. International Presentations in Peer Reviewed Professional Meetings IDWeek 2015, “Evaluation of Community-Acquired Clostridium difficile infection (CACDI) in North Carolina (NC) using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial statistics”, Selected for Oral Presentation, Session 26 October 8, 2015, San Diego Convention Center.

Second International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology “Health and mortality of Mapuches at Araucanía Region: Chile 2000-2005”, co-author: Paul Voss, Panel 441 “Policies on Inequality, Racialization and Migration”, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 14, 2012. http://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2012/webprogram/Paper5755.html

Second International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology “Universal or selectively coordinated healthcare for Mapuche indigenous peoples?”, Panel 40 “Towards Better Healthcare for All: What Matters in the Transformation of Healthcare Systems and Policy. Part I” Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 1-4, 2012. http://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2012/webprogram/Session1942.html

XXVII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), June 11-14, 2009, Rio de Janeiro.PANEL:“Health Inequalities: Geographies of Latin American Racisms”, “Desigualdades que Matan: Determinantes de Pobreza en las Infecciones Respiratorias Agudas de la Población Mapuche de la Novena Región de la Araucanía, Chile. Integrando un Sistema de Información Geográfica con Imágenes Satelitales y Estadística Espacial para Identificar las Disparidades en Salud (2000-2005)” Panel Chair. “Inequalities that kill: Poverty and Respiratory Infections among Mapuche Indigenous Peoples in Southern Chile”. School of Public Health, UNC (Awarded). Presented at “Social, Cultural and Economic Determinants of Health. International Perspectives for Global Action”, 9-11 May 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. http://www.publichealth.elsevier.com

“Poverty and disease among Mapuche Ancestral Cultures in Southern Chile”, NFU Annual Conference, “Ethics, Human Rights and Development”, University of Oslo, September 13-15, 2006 Norway: http://www.sum.uio.no/research/global_governance/nfu/programme.html 7

“Educational Reform, Achievement Tests and Fourth Grade Student Vulnerability in Araucanía, Region in Chile: Using GIS and Spatial Statistics for Evaluating its Impact”. Paper accepted at the XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, March 15-18, 2006, San Juan Puerto Rico. http://www.resdal.org/experiencias/lasa-mar06-prog.pdf

“GIS Epidemiological Mapping and Chilean Native Mapuches”, 2005 ESRI Health GIS, Advancing Health and Human Services with Spatial Information, October 23-26, 2005, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois. “Mapping Indigenous Health, GIS and Respiratory Infections of Mapuches in Seven Hospitals of Ninth Region of Araucanía, Chile”, Conference “New Directions in American Indian Research: A Gathering of Emerging Scholars”, October 7-8, 2005 http://gradschool.unc.edu/nativeconf/program.htm

“The use of Geographical Information Systems in Identifying the Relationship Between Poor Health and Poverty among Native Populations”, in New Directions in American Indian Research: a Gathering of Emerging Scholars, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 18-20, 2004 “Pobreza Étnica y Focalización en la Novena Región de la Araucanía: el uso de un Sistema de Información Geográfica (SIG) como Herramienta para Gerenciar el Desarrollo Social”, Presentation at the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC “The Paradox of Productivity: The Relationship between Funding Levels and Research Results in Chile”, Research accepted at Conference “Rio 2000 Third Triple Helix International Conference” The Endless Transition: Relations among Social, Economic and Scientific Development en a Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 26-29 of April 2000 (click “NEW Conference Program”) http://www.itoi.ufrj.br/thelix.htm

“Dimensiones Internacionales de la Pobreza: Implicancias del Conflicto Mapuche en Chile” V National Congress of Political Science, Santiago Chile 17 and 18 of November 1999. “De la Fuga de Cerebros a la Recuperación de los Mismos, Perfiles Sociales de los Investigadores Chilenos en el Exterior”, co-authored with Adrián Palacios, Yale University. Research presented at International Seminar “International Scientific Migrations Today: New Problematic” Universidad Nacional de Colombia-ORSTOM, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia April 1996. “Las Sinergías de Cooperación, La Universidad y los Empresarios en el Desarrollo Productivo Regional”, Curso Regional de Formación de Gestores Tecnológicos, Agencia de Cooperación de España, November 1996 “Transnational Banks and Local Entrepreneurs, Reflections on the Rise and Fall of an Alliance: Chile 1973-1982” Presented to Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Mexico City October 1983. 8

Computational and Programming Skills: Operating Systems: -IBM or compatible, Windows, Vista. -Apple MacIntosh Operating Systems Statistical Packages and Data-base management: -SPSS (Statistical package for the Social Sciences) -JMP (a Statistical Analysis System for Apple Macintosh computers) -SAS version 9.4 for Windows and SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Learning Edition -SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1 -SUDAAN version 8.0 -R Programming Bayesian Statistical Software MLwiN, Centre for Multilevel Modeling, University of Bristol, UK Win BUGS/GeoBUGS, Imperial College & MRC, UK Geographical Information Systems (GIS) -ArcView, from Environment Systems Research Institute (ESRI) -ArcMap/ArcGIS from Environment Systems Research Institute (ESRI) -SpaceStat from TerraSeer Corporation -GeoDA from Luc Anselin and Associates, Spatial Analysis Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -GRASS GIS 7.0.0. -Google Earth, Satellite imagery integration with GIS Microsoft Suite Word, (Microsoft Office), Data base management, Access (Microsoft Office) Word for Apple MacIntosh Operating System Spreadsheets, Presentation Suite and Other Excel, (Microsoft Office) Power Point presentation (Microsoft Office) Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Citizenship: Naturalized United States citizen, born in Chile. Voluntary Activities Soccer Referee, children Rainbow Soccer, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 20032007

9

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Dr. Michael Pencina Director of Biostatistics Duke Clinical Research Institute, DCRI Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics 2400 Pratt St, Rm. 7021 Durham, NC 27710 Tel. 919 668 8580 [email protected] Dr. Enrique V. Iglesias Past-President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC General Secretary, Iberoamerican Secretariat/Secretaría General Iberoamericana, SEGIB Paseo de Recoletos, 8 Madrid 28001, Spain Tel. (34 91) 590-1980 [email protected] Dr. Gary Koch (Post-doc Supervisor) Professor Department of Biostatistics School of Public Health MacGravan-Greenberg Hall, CB # 71420 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7420 Tel.: (919) 966-7281 FAX: (919) 966-6454 [email protected] Dr. C. M. Suchindran (Mentorship) Professor Department of Biostatistics School of Public Health MacGravan-Greenberg Hall, CB # 71420 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7420 Tel.: (919) 966-7258 [email protected] Dr. Deverick J. Anderson, MD, MPH, FSHEA, FIDSA Co-Director Duke Infectious Control Outreach Network, DICON Associate Professor of Medicine BOX 102359 Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 27710 Tel.: (919) 981-7483 [email protected] 10