Applied Epidemiology, health planning and evaluation, geographic information systems, health impact assessment, measuring health inequalities, urban health.

Epidemiologic Methods for Planning and Evaluating Health Services

Epidemiologic Applications of Geographic Information Systems

Epidemiological Surveillance and Health Information Systems

Measuring Health Inequalities

Urban Health Metrics

Delta Omega Society. Alpha Chapter. Faculty Induction. Bloomberg School of Public Health. May, 2009

Member of the National Board of Public Health Examiners’s Charter Class. 2008

2005 NASA GRANT:“Integration of NASA Earth Science Data into Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Health Analysis and Information Decision Support”. PI: Carlos Castillo-Salgado, Pan American Health Organization. The Applied Sciences Program NASA Science Mission Directorate. Public Health.

2003. PAHO Special Award. 2002 Best/Outstanding Unit/Team Award. In recognition of the leadership in the use of innovative and creative approaches in the field of public health analysis. Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Washington, DC.

2002 US-Mexico Border Health Hero. Recognition for the leadership role in public health at the service of the communities in the Mexico-US border. US-Mexico Border Health Association and Field Office. PAHO/WHO Centennial Award. El Paso, Texas.

Promotion to P6 Level /UN/WHO-PAHO (Highest professional rank level in UN System). Pan American Health Organization, April 2000

OTHLI Award Medal from the Government of Mexico and the Program for the Mexican Communities Abroad, 1999. The President of Mexico gives this award to distinguished Mexican Nationals living abroad for their exceptional contribution to the development of the Mexican Community.

PAHO/WHO DIRECTOR'S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE, 1996. Panamerican Health Organization. World Health Organization. PAHO/WHO's highest professional staff award offered in recognition of outstanding contribution and services to the Organization as it discharges its missions and constitutional mandate. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., November 1996

PAHO/WHO SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF TECHNICAL PROGRAMS, 1993. Communicable Diseases Program, HPT. In recognition of the excellence of the professional work of its Staff in 1992. Washington, D.C.

National Dissertation Grant Award in Health Services Research, 1986. National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment. Department of Health and Human Services. Rockville, Maryland.

Cultural Integration of Latin America Scholarship.

Universidad A. de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jal, México. 1968

Honorable Mention. J.D. with Honors. Universidad A. de Guadalajara. Guadalajara, Jal, México, 1972

Public Health Scholarship. National Council for Science and Technology. Mexican Government. 1980, 1981

Books

Castillo-Salgado, C. Social Determinants of Global Health. Chapter in Khan, O, Marmot M, Castillo-Salgado, C. Editors. “Readings in Global Health”. APHA Press, Washington DC 2008

Castillo-Salgado, C et al. Chapter V. Right to Health and the Millennium Development Goals. Millennium Development Goals. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean-ECLAC. New York. 2006.

Castillo-Salgado, C. Guest Editor. Special Issue on Measuring Health Inequalities. Pan American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 12, No.6. December, 2002.

Castillo-Salgado, C, Loyola, E., Vidaurre, M. et al (2000- 2003). Geographic Information Systems in Health, Basic Concepts. Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. Versions in Spanish (2003), Portuguese (2002), and English (2000).

Duarte, E.C.; Schneider, M.C.; Souza, R.P.; Ramalho, W.; Sardinha, L.M.V.; Barbosa da Silva, J. y Castillo-Salgado, C. 2002. Epidemiologia das desigualdades em saúde no Brasil: um estudo exploratório. FundaçãoNacional de Saúde, Centro Nacional de Epidemiología y Organização Pan- Americana da Saúde, Programa Especial de Análises de Saúde, Brasília, 118p.

Castillo-Salgado C (1999). Manual sobre el enfoque de riesgo en la atención maternoinfantil, Washington DC, OPS, No. 7, 2da. Edition

Castillo Salgado, C., Navarro, Vicente. "Health promotion as an Area of Priority in Health Policy Formulation" In: Abelin T, Brzezinski Z, Carstairs U. (Eds.) Measurement in Health Promotion and Protection. WHO and International Epidemiological Association. WHO Regional Publications, European Series No. 22, Copenhagen, Denmark

HEALTH ATLASES

National Geographic Society. Visual Atlas of the World. Castillo-Salgado, C. World Health and Education, Washington, DC, 2008

National Geographic Society. Family Reference Atlas of the World. Second Edition 2007. Health and Education section. Castillo-Salgado, C; World Health and Education. Washington, DC, 2007.

National Geographic Society. Family Reference Atlas of the World. 2002. Health and Education section. Castillo-Salgado, C; Loyola, E; Crape, B. World Health and Education. Washington, DC, 2002.

Articles

Carter-Pokras O, Ruth E. Zambrana, Yankelvich G, Estrada M, Castillo-Salgado C, Ortega AE: “Health status of Mexican-origin persons: Do proxy measures of acculturation advance our understanding of health disparities?” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2008, Dec.10(6)475-88

Schneider MC, Castillo-Salgado C, Bacallao J, Loyola E, Mujica OJ, Vidaurre M, Roca A. Summary of indicators most used for the measurement of the health inequalities. Epidemiol Bull. 2005 Sep;26(3):7-10.

Castillo-Salgado C. Methodological reflections on the evaluation of health programs and services. Epidemiol Bull. 2005 Sep;26(3):3-6.

Schneider MC, Castillo-Salgado C, Bacallao J, Loyola E, Mujica OJ, Vidaurre M, Roca A. Methods for measuring health inequalities (Part III). Epidemiol Bull. 2005 Jun;26(2):12-5.

Castillo-Salgado, C. Reviewer. T BROOKES. A Warning Shot: Influenza and the 2004 Flu Vaccine Shortage. American Public Health Association, 2005. WebMD Reviews.

Vidaurre-Arenas M, Martinez-Piedra R, Castillo-Salgado C. Health Metrics Network: a global partnership to improve access to information for health care practitioners and policy-makers.

Epidemiol Bull. 2005 Jun;26(2):1-8.

Hervada Vidal X, Santiago Pérez MI, Vázquez Fernández E, Castillo Salgado C, Loyola Elizondo E, Silva Ayçaguer LC. Epidat 3.0: Programa para el análisis epidemiológico de datos tabulados. Versión 3.0. Rev Esp Salud Pública 2004;78(2):277-80.

Nájera-Aguilar P, Castillo-Salgado C, Vidaurre-Arenas M, Martinez-Piedra R,Loyola E: Low accessibility to Primary Health Care in Honduras: Use of GIS to identify critical areas Honduras. Spatial Data Infrastructure -Latin America and the Caribbean Newsletter. October 2004 Vol. 1, No. 10, p.8

Schneider, M.C.; Duarte, E.C.; Paes Sousa, R.; Barbosa Silva, J.; Castillo-Salgado, C. Desigualdades en atención a la salud usando información rutinaria. Documento técnico. Ministerio de Salud. Brasil, 2003.

Castillo-Salgado, C. Reviewer. Communicating Public Health Information Effectively: A Guide for Practitioners. Nelson DE, Brownson RC, Remington PL, Parvanta C. Editors. American Public Health Association, 2002. WebMD Reviews. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/461610?rss Posted 10/07/2003

Castillo-Salgado C, Loyola E. Development of the Healthy Condition Index using geographic information systems in health. Epidemiol Bull. 2002 Dec;23(4):7-11.

Gattini C, Sanderson C, Castillo-Salgado C. [Using different indicators of preventable mortality as an approach to measuring health inequalities in Chilean municipalities] Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2002 Dec;12(6):454-61. Spanish.

Alleyne, G.A.O. Carlos Castillo-Salgado, C., Schneider, M.C., Mujica O.J., Loyola-Elizondo, E. and Vidaurre, M. Overview of the health inequalities in the American Region. Pan American Journal of Public Health, December, 2002

Schneider, M.C.; Castillo-Salgado, C.; Bacallao, J.; Loyola-Elizondo, E.; Mujica, O.J.; Vidaurre, M.; Alleyne, G.A.O. Inequality in maternal mortality in the Andean Area. Pan American Journal of Public Health, December, 2002

Schneider, M.C.; Castillo-Salgado, C.; Loyola-Elizondo, E.; Mujica, O.J.; Bacallao, Vidaurre, M. y Roca, A. Metodologías para la medición de desigualdades en salud. Pan American Journal of Public Health, December, 2002.

Duarte, E.C.; Schneider, M.C.; Paes-Sousa, R.; Barbosa, R.; Castillo-Salgado, C.; Inequality in life expectancy at birth and mortality in Brazil. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2002. Dec;12(6):436-44

Bacallao J, Castillo-Salgado C, Schneider MC, Mujica OJ, Loyola E, Vidaurre M. [Indices based on entropy for measuring social inequalities in health] Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2002 Dec;12(6):429-35. Spanish.

Loyola E, Castillo-Salgado C, Najera-Aguilar P, Vidaurre M, Mujica OJ, Martinez-Piedra R. [Geographic information systems as a tool for monitoring health inequalities] Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2002 Dec;12(6):415-28. Spanish.

Schneider MC, Castillo-Salgado C, Bacallao J, Loyola E, Mujica OJ, Vidaurre M, Roca A. Methods for measuring inequalities in health. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2002 Dec;12(6):398-414. Spanish.

Alleyne GA, Castillo-Salgado C, Schneider MC, Loyola E, Vidaurre M. Overview of social inequalities in health in the region of the Americas, using various methodological approaches. Panamerican Journal of Public Health. 2002 Dec;12(6):388-97.

Schneider MC, Castillo-Salgado C, Loyola-Elizondo E, Bacallao J, Mujica OJ, Vidaurre M, Alleyne GA. Trends in infant mortality inequalities in the Americas: 1955-1995. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2002 Jul;56(7):538-41. Editor Choice

Najera P, Martinez R, Vidaurre M, Loyola E, Castillo-Salgado C, Eisner C. Use of SIGEpi for the identification of localities vulnerable to environmental risks in Mexico. Epidemiol Bull. 2001 Sep;22(3):5-10.

Martinez R, Vidaurre M, Najera P, Loyola E, Castillo-Salgado C, Eisner C. SIGEpi: geographic information system in epidemiology and public health. Epidemiol Bull. 2001 Sep;22(3):4-5

Castillo-Salgado C, Schneider C, Loyola E, Mujica O, Roca A, Yerg T. Measuring health inequalities: gini coefficient and concentration index. Epidemiol Bull 2001;22:3–4

Roca A, Crape B, Chase G, Loyola E, Castillo-Salgado C. Intentional use of biological and chemical agents: risks and recommendations. Epidemiol Bull. 2001 Sep;22(3):1-3.

Castillo-Salgado C, Loyola E, Roca A. Inequalities in infant mortality in the American region: basic elements for analysis. Epidemiol Bull. 2001 Jun;22(2):4-7.

Acheson D, Alleyne GA, Casas JA, Castillo-Salgado C, Barzach M, Braveman P, Dahlgren G, Gupta GR, Liu Y, Orosz E. Round table discussion. Health inequalities and the health of the poor. Bull World Health Organ. 2000;78(1):75-85.

Alleyne GA, Casas JA, Castillo-Salgado C. Equality, equity: why bother? Bull World Health Organ. 2000;78(1):76-7.

Castillo-Salgado, Carlos. Country Profile, Mexico: Health Promotion in Mexico. A global collaborative network for the advancement of health. American University. International Institute of Health Promotion, http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/health/iihp/iihpcpmexico.html#anchor768211

Castillo-Salgado C (2000), "Health Situation Analysis in the Americas", Washington, PAHO/WHO, Epidemiological Bulletin, Vol. 21, No. 4.

Alleyne, G.A.O.; Castillo-Salgado, C.; Schneider, C.; Mujica, O. Loyola,E. and Vidaurre, M. La medición de las desigualdades en salud: Algunos ejemplos de la Región de las Américas. Reunión de Gerentes de la OPS-1999. Washington, 2000.

Loyola E, Castillo-Salgado C, Vidaurre M, Mujica OJ, Martínez R, Alleyne GAO (2000). "Sistemas de información geográfica (SIG) como herramienta para el monitoreo de las desigualdades en salud". Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization; (PAHO/WHO Technical Document. Washington DC. SHA-2000-130.

Castillo-Salgado C, Mujica O, Loyola E. A subregional assessment of demographic and health trends in the Americas: 1980-1998. Stat Bull Metrop Insur Co. 1999 Apr-Jun;80(2):2-12.

Castillo-Salgado C. Epidemiological risk stratification of malaria in the Americas. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1992;87 Suppl 3:115-20.

Technical Editor and Coordinator of PAHO’s Epidemiology Scientific Publications:

Pan American Health Organization. Health in the Americas, 2002 Edition. Scientific and Technical Publication No. 587. Washington, DC. A two volumen publication. PAHO’s Quadrennial Flagship publication on the health status of 47 countries and territories of the Americas.

Pan American Health Organization. Mortality Profiles of the Sister Communities on the United States-Mexico Border. 1995-1997. Edition 2000. Washington, D.C., 2000,324 pages.

Pan American Health Organization. Mortality Profiles of the Sister Communities on the United States-Mexico Border. 1992-1994. Edition 1999. Washington, D.C., 1999,304 pages

World Health Organization. Clasificación Internacional del Funcionamiento, de la Discapacidad y de la Salud. CIF, OMS, 2001.(Internacional Classification of Functioning and Disability). Technical Consultant.

Training Handbooks in Epidemiology (in Spanish)

Castillo-Salgado, C. et al. 2003. “Principios de Epidemiología para el Control de Enfermedades”. Six volumen training package. PALTEX , Washington, DC. First reprint (2004), Second Reprint (2005), Third Reprint (2006). Text books for Schools of Medicine and Schools of Public Health in Latin American countries.

Castillo-Salgado C, Verdejo G, Arbeláez Moyano MP, Navarro Lechuga E, Cartin Brenes M, Caballero L, Bortman M (2000), Curso de Epidemiología General. Epidemiología. Usos y perspectivas, Modulo 1, Instituto Nacional de Epidemiología. Mar de Plata, Argentina

Castillo-Salgado C, Verdejo G, Arbeláez Moyano MP, Navarro Lechuga E, Cartin Brenes M, Caballero L, Bortman M (2000), Curso de Epidemiología General. Medición de los eventos de salud, Modulo 2, Instituto Nacional de Epidemiología. Mar de Plata, Argentina

Castillo-Salgado C, Verdejo G, Arbeláez Moyano MP, Navarro Lechuga E, Cartin Brenes M, Caballero L, Bortman M (2000), Curso de Epidemiología General. La descripción en epidemiología, Modulo 3, Instituto Nacional de Epidemiología. Mar de Plata, Argentina

Castillo-Salgado C, Verdejo G, Arbeláez Moyano MP, Navarro Lechuga E, Cartin Brenes M, Caballero L, Bortman M (2000), Curso de Epidemiología General. Las medidas de efecto y de impacto en epidemiología, Modulo 5. Instituto Nacional de Epidemiología. Mar de Plata, Argentina

Castillo-Salgado C, Verdejo G, Arbeláez Moyano MP, Navarro Lechuga E, Cartin Brenes M, Caballero L, Bortman M (2000), Curso de Epidemiología General. Tamizaje en las poblaciones, Modulo 6. Instituto Nacional de Epidemiología. Mar de Plata, Argentina.

Castillo-Salgado C, Verdejo G, Arbeláez Moyano MP, Navarro Lechuga E, Cartin Brenes M, Caballero L, Bortman M (2000), Curso de Epidemiología General. La vigilancia en Salud Pública, Modulo 7, Argentina, Instituto de Epidemiología. Instituto Nacional de Epidemiología. Mar de Plata, Argentina.

Castillo-Salgado C, Verdejo G, Arbeláez Moyano MP, Navarro Lechuga E, Cartin Brenes M, Caballero L, Bortman M (2000), Curso de Epidemiología General. Análisis de Situación de Salud, Modulo 8. INE. Mar de Plata, Argentina.

Castillo-Salgado C, Verdejo G, Arbeláez MP, Navarro Lechuga E, Cartin Brenes M, Caballero L, Bortman M (2000), Curso de Epidemiología General.La Planificación y Evaluación de las Intervenciones en Salud, Modulo 9. INE. Mar de Plata, Argentina

Castillo-Salgado C, Verdejo G, Arbeláez Moyano MP, Navarro Lechuga E, Cartin Brenes M, Caballero L, Bortman M (2000), Curso de Epidemiología General. Cómo diseñar y organizar una propuesta de investigación, Modulo 10. Instituto Nacional de Epidemiología. Mar de Plata, Argentina.

EPIDAT. Epidemiological Analysis for Tabulated Data. [computer software]. Version 2.0 and 3.0 for Windows. Washington D.C., USA. PAHO/WHO; Galicia, España: Xunta de Galicia; 1997, 2002, 2004. This software has been translated into Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Catalan.

Pan American Health Organization. Special Program for Health Analysis. Interactive Learning System for the International Classification of Diseases ICD-10, INTERCOD. Multilingual Edition. English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Catalan. Washington, DC, 2002.

Pan American Health Organization. Castillo-Salgado, C. et al, Editors. SIG-Epi. Geographic Information Systems for Epidemiology and Public Health. Washington, DC, 2002. Multilingual Edition. English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Canela, J, Castillo-Salgado C et al. Bioestadistica (Biostatistics). An Interactive self-training program in biostatistics. PAHO, Washington DC. December 2005.www.paho.org/spanish/DD/AIS/biostatisticas.htm