Cecilia R. Algarín

Cecilia Algarín received the M.D. degree from Universidad Javeriana, Colombia, in 1981, and specialized in pediatric neurology in 1987. She was in the Hospital Universitario, Barranquilla, Colombia, until 1994. During 1995 and 1996, she was a Fellow in neuroradiology at Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Since 1997, she has been at the Sleep and Neurobiology Laboratory, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, where she has been a Researcher and an adjunct Professor, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, U. de Chile. She was engaged in several projects funded by the National Institutes of Health and Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Chile), as well collaborated with the Center for Human Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Laboratory for Neurocognitive Development, Pittsburgh University, Pittsburgh, PN, Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, and Institute for Research of Mental Retardation and Cerebral Aging (OASI), Troina, Italy.