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Rotarou<\/p>\n<p><strong>Principal Researcher<\/strong><br \/>\nelena.rotarou@uss.cl<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4271-6184\">ORCID Academic profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elena is an economist, holds a Master&#8217;s degree (MSc) in Urban and Regional Studies from Birmingham University, United Kingdom, and a PhD in Economics from Kyoto University, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>She is an associate professor-researcher at the National Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, at Universidad San Sebasti\u00e1n in Santiago, Chile. Her teaching focuses on public health, epidemiology, and research methodology, both in undergraduate and graduate courses. 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