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Ruth Jimbo-Sotomayor, PhD.

contacto 02REJIMBO@puce.edu.ec

Research group: Assessment of health technologies and health economics (group leader)

 Areas of research: Epidemiology / Infectious, immunological and chronic diseases / Health policy evaluation / Health economics / Health technology evaluation / Healthy environments and lifestyles / One Health

 

Investigacin actual  Current research:

  • Immunizations 
  • Immuno-preventable diseases 
  • Health and technology assessment
  • Economic evaluations in health

 

Research projects:

  • Morbilidad y mortalidad por infecciones neumocócicas en menores de 5 años en Ecuador
  • Impacto clinico y económico de la introducción de la vacuna PCV 10 en Ecuador
  • Eficacia del cannabidiol como tratamiento de múltiples problemas de salud en Ecuador
  • Retorno de inversión de la inmunización de rutina en niños menores de un año en el Ecuador, 2010-2030
  • Documentación sistemática de la introducción de vacunas contra COVID-19 en países seleccionados de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC): lecciones aprendidas

 

Collaborations: Vaccine Economics Research for Sustainability and Equity (VERSE). Jhons Hopkins University.

 Member of the Advisory Commission on Immunization Practices (CAPI) of the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador.  

Estudios  Education: 

 

  • 2021. Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Public Health (cum laude). Universidad Alcalá de Henares. Madrid, Spain. 
  • 2017. Master in Health and Drug Economics. Universidad Pompeú Fabra. Barcelona, Spain.
  • 2016. Master in Health Management for Local Development. Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja.Ecuador.
  • 2013. Specialty in Health Technology Assessment. Instituto de Efectividad Clínica Argentina. 
  • 2011. Specialty in Family Medicine. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
  • 2007. Medicine. Universidad Central del Ecuador.

 

Cargo actual  Current position: 

 

  • Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
  • Principal Investigator at the Center for Research on Health in Latin America.

  • Associate Professor 3 of the Faculty of Medicine. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

  • Professor of the Master of Health Economics, Administration in health services and Management of Quality of Health Services of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

  • Professor of the Postgraduate Course in Family and Community Medicine at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

 

 

Publicaciones recientes Recent publications: 

 

  • Sánchez, X., Latacunga, A., Cárdenas, I., Jimbo-Sotomayor, R., Escalante, S. (2023). Antibiotic prescription patterns in patients with suspected urinary tract infections in Ecuador. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0295247. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295247
  • Pérez-Tasigchana, F., Valcárcel-Pérez, I., Arias-Quispe, M., Astudillo, L., Bruno, A., Herrera G., M., Armas, R., de Mora, D., Pinos, J., Olmedo, A., Salas, R., Jimbo-Sotomayor, R., Chiluisa, C., Acosta, P., Sánchez, X., & Whittembury, A. (2023). Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in Ecuador: A test-negative design. Vaccine: X, 100404, 100404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100404
  • Sánchez X, Calderón N, Solis O, Jimbo-Sotomayor R. (2023). Antibiotic Prescription Patterns in Children Under 5 Years of Age With Acute Diarrhea in Quito-Ecuador. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 2023;14. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319231196110
  • Sánchez, X., Moreno, A., Jimbo-Sotomayor, R., Armijos, L., Viloria, A. (2022) Soft-Tissue Sarcomas in Adults in Ecuador in the Period 2010–2020. Sarcoma, vol. 2022, Article ID 1391537. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/1391537
  • Pesántez Ríos G, Armijos Acurio L, Jimbo Sotomayor R, Cueva V, Pesántez Ríos X, Navarrete Zambrano H, Pascual S, Pesántez Cuesta G. (2022) A Pilot Study on the Use of Low Doses of CBD to Control Seizures in Rare and Severe Forms of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. Life 12(12):2065. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12122065
  • Armijos, L., Tello, B., Sevilla, C., Cano, I., Fonseca, J., Vivas, L., Rivadeneira, M., Jimbo, R., Sánchez, X., Santillán, N., Espín, I.  (2022). Development of a web-based tool –The Score Bebé ®– for enhancing neonatal risk stratification: A nationwide retrospective study. In: Jay Kalra and Nancy Lightner (eds) Healthcare and Medical Devices. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 51. AHFE International, USA. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002102
  • Ortiz-Prado, E.; Izquierdo-Condoy, J.S.; Fernandez-Naranjo, R.; Simbaña-Rivera, K.; Vásconez-González, J.; Naranjo, E.P.L.; Cordovez, S.; Coronel, B.; Delgado-Moreira, K.; Jimbo-Sotomayor, R.(2022). A Comparative Analysis of a Self-Reported Adverse Events Analysis after Receiving One of the Available SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Schemes in Ecuador. Vaccines, 10, 1047. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10071047
  • Jimbo-Sotomayor, R., Watts, E., Armijos, L., Sriudomporn, S., Sánchez, X., Echeverria, A., Whittembury, A., Patenaude, B. (2022). Return on Investment of 10-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Ecuador From 2010 to 2030. Value in Health Regional Issues 31, 148-154. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2022.05.003
  • Acosta-Vargas, P., Dueñas-Espín, I., Armijos, L., Fonseca, J., Santillán, N., Jimbo, R., Rivadeneira, M.F., Xánchez, X., Sevilla, C., Tello, B. and Vivas, L. (2021). Challenges of Web Accessibility in a Health Application to Predict Neonatal Mortality – The Score Bebe ®. In: Nunes I.L. (eds) Advances in Human Factors and System Interactions. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 265. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79816-1_30
  • Dueñas-Espín I, Armijos-Acurio L, Espín E, Espinosa-Herrera F, Jimbo R, León-Cáceres Á, et al. (2021) Is a higher altitude associated with shorter survival among at-risk neonates? PLoS ONE 16(7): e0253413. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253413
  • ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group (2021). COVID-19 symptoms at hospital admission vary with age and sex: results from the ISARIC prospective multinational observational study. Infection, 1–17. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-021-01599-5 
  • Sánchez, X., Orrico, M., Morillo, T., Manzano, A., Jimbo, R. and L. Armijos (2021). Reducing unnecessary antibiotic prescription through implementation of a clinical guideline on self-limiting respiratory tract infections. PLOS ONE 16(4): e0249475. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249475
  • Cevallos Guerrero, A., Fernández, H. Á., Jimbo Sotomayor, R., Guevara, G. C., Mera Orces, D., & Naranjo-Saltos, F. (2021). Adherencia al tratamiento en pacientes con trastornos neuropsiquiátricos difusos asociados a lupus eritematoso sistémico. Revista Colombiana de Reumatología. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcreu.2020.12.003
  • Sánchez Choez, X., Loaiza Martínez, M., Vaca Tatamuez, V., López Peña, M., Manzano Pasquel, A., & Jimbo Sotomayor, R. (2021). Medical Cost of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Ambulatory Care. Value in Health Regional Issues, 26, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2020.10.001
  • Pritchard, M. G., ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group (2020). COVID-19 symptoms at hospital admission vary with age and sex: ISARIC multinational study. medRxiv, 2020.2010.2026.20219519. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.26.20219519
  • Jimbo Sotomayor, R., Toscano, C. M., Sánchez Choez, X., Vilema Ortíz, M., Rivas Condo, J., Ghisays, G., Haneuse, S., Weinberger, D. M., McGee, G., & de Oliveira, L. H. (2020). Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumonia hospitalization and mortality in children and elderly in Ecuador: Time series analyses. Vaccine, 38(45), 7033– 039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.09.032
  • Jimbo-Sotomayor, R., Armijos-Acurio, L., Proaño-Espinosa, J., Segarra-Galarza, K., & Sánchez- Choez, X. (2020). Morbidity and mortality due to pneumococcal disease in children in Ecuador from 2005 to 2015. Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 12(3), 124. https://doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_125_19
  • Jimbo Sotomayor, R., Armijos Acurio, L., Sánchez Choez, X., Vilema Ortiz, M., Ghisays, G., Moyota Quinzo, D., & Moreta Colcha, F. (2019). Missed opportunities of vaccination in primary health care establishments in Ecuador. Vacunas (English Edition), 20(2), 46–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacune.2019.11.002
  • Sánchez X, Landázuri A, Londo P, Manzano A, Moreno Roca A, Jimbo R. (2020) Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Antibiotic Use in Family Medicine Students. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 11, 2150132720984758. doi: 10.1177/2150132720984758 
  • Acosta, Leal, Salazar, Jimbo, Guevara. (2020). Consideraciones en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 durante la pandemia por COVID-19. Revista Vozandes, 31(2). 
  • Fernandez, H., Cevallos, A., Sotomayor, R. J., Naranjo-Saltos, F., Orces, D. M., & Basantes, E. (2019). Mental disorders in systemic lupus erythematosus: a cohort study. Rheumatology international, 39(10), 1689-1695. doi: 10.1007/s00296-019-04423-4.
  • García, M., Armijos Acurio, M. L., Sotomayor, R. J., Sanchez, X., & Guijarro, S. (2019). Analysis of births, abortions and maternal mortality in adolescents in Ecuador from 2013 to 2016. International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2019.07.002
  • Sánchez Choez, X., Armijos Acurio, M. L., & Jimbo Sotomayor, R. E. (2018). “Appropriateness and adequacy of antibiotic prescription for upper respiratory tract infections in ambulatory health care centers in Ecuador.” BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 19(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40360-018-0237-y
  • Jimbo Sotomayor, R., Sánchez Choez, X., Vilema, M., & Ghisays, G. (2018). Costo de la inmunización de rutina en menores de un año en el Ecuador. Vacunas, 19(2), 61–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacun.2018.09.001
  • Pesantez Ríos, G., Jimbo Sotomayor, R., Sánchez Choez, X., Valencia, C., Curatolo, P., & Pesantez Cuesta, G. (2018). Esclerosis tuberosa en Ecuador. Reporte de serie de casos. Neurología Argentina, 10(2), 66–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuarg.2017.10.002

 

Books 

  • Ministerio de Salud Pública del Ecuador (2022). "Plan Decenal de Salud 2022-2031", primera edición. Ministerio de Salud Pública, Quito, ISBN: 978-9942-7027-3-9.
  • Ministerio de Salud Pública del Ecuador (2022). “Metodología para la elaboración de análisis rápidos de evaluación de tecnologías sanitarias de medicamentos para la Red Pública Integral de Salud”. Manual, Ministerio de Salud Pública, Quito.
  • Ministerio de Salud Pública del Ecuador (2022). "Manual metodológico para la elaboración de evaluaciones económicas de tecnologías sanitarias para Ecuador".
  • Ministerio de Salud Pública, Quito.Acurio, C., Barreiro, P., Cstro, K., García, M., Jimbo, R., Maldonado, D., Palacios, S., Ramadan, R., Sánchez, X., & Tello, B. (2020). Relación médico–paciente: Experiencias de comunicación y relatos de medicina narrativa (primera). Centro de Publicaciones PUCE.
  • Ministerio de Salud Pública del Ecuador. (2019). Manual Vacunas para enfermedades inmunoprevenibles. Sistema Nacional de Salud, pp, 1-110.

 

Redes  Orcid:  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5016-3834 

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ruth_Jimbo_Sotomayor