Descripción

Cecilia es Médica Veterinaria por la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Magíster en Ciencias por la University of Wisconsin-Madison y Doctora en Ciencias Silvoagropecuarias y Veterinarias por la Universidad de Chile. Su línea de investigación se centra en el estudio de enfermedades zoonóticas en la interfaz humano-animal, bajo el enfoque de Una Salud.

Actualmente realiza un postdoctorado en la Escuela de Gobierno, financiado por ANID (Fondecyt de Postdoctorado 2026), titulado “Antimicrobial resistance from a One Health approach: investigating the relatedness of antimicrobial resistance patterns in Enterobacterales isolated from wild birds, environment, and humans”, en el cual investiga la presencia de bacterias resistentes a los antimicrobianos en aves silvestres y su relación con aquellas que circulan en el ambiente y en humanos.

 

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Investigaciones

Investigaciones

Marambio, V., Di Pillo, F., Baumberger, C., Oyarzún, C., Galdames, P., Palma, T., … & Hamilton-West, C. (2025). Biosecurity Gaps and Food Production Practices in Subsistence and Differentiated Backyard Poultry Systems in Central Chile. Poultry, 4(4), 46. Impact factor: 2.1. https://doi.org/10.3390/poultry4040046

Grant, R. T., Poblete, Y., Fresno, M., Baumberger, C., Fonseca, I. F., Hamilton-West, C., & Di Pillo, F. (2026). Trichinellosis knowledge and preventive practices in Mapuche communities of southern Chile: Evidence for targeted One Health implementation. One Health, 101366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2026.101366

Baumberger, C., Di Pillo, F., Tapia, D., Coloma, C., Orozco, K., Galdames, P., … & Hamilton-West C. (2025). Prevalence and Seroprevalence of Infectious Bronchitis Virus and Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus in Backyard Poultry in Central Chile. Animals 15(16):2364. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15162364

Ruiz, S., Díaz-Gavidia, C., González, M. A., Galdames, P., Oyarzún, C., Baumberger, C., … & Jimenez-Bluhm, P. (2025). Circulation and Spillover of pdmH1N1 Influenza A Virus at an Educational Swine Farm in Chile, 2019–2023. Viruses, 17(5), 635. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17050635

Baumberger, C., Anríquez, G., Galdames, P., Palma, T., Gonzalez, M. A., Orozco, K., … & Hamilton‐West, C. (2024). Exposure Practices to Animal‐Origin Influenza A Virus at the Animal–Human Interface in Poultry and Swine Backyard Farms. Zoonoses and Public Health, 72(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.13182

Baumberger, C., Di Pillo, F., Galdames, P., Oyarzun, C., Marambio, V., Jimenez-Bluhm, P., & Hamilton-West, C. (2023). Swine Backyard Production Systems in Central Chile: Characterizing Farm Structure, Animal Management, and Production Value Chain. Animals, 13(12), 2000. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13122000

Jimenez-Bluhm, P., Siegers, J. Y., Tan, S., Sharp, B., Freiden, P., Johow, M., Orozco, K., Ruiz, S.,

Baumberger, C., … & Schultz-Cherry, S. (2023). Detection and phylogenetic analysis of highly pathogenic A/H5N1 avian influenza clade 2.3. 4.4 b virus in Chile, 2022. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 2220569. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2023.2220569

Ruiz, S., Galdames, P., Baumberger, C., Gonzalez, M. A., Rojas, C., Oyarzun, C., … & Jimenez-Bluhm, P. (2023). Remote Sensing and Ecological Variables Related to Influenza A Prevalence and Subtype Diversity in Wild Birds in the Lluta Wetland of Northern Chile. Viruses, 15(6), 1241. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15061241

Di Pillo, F., Baumberger, C., Salazar, C., Galdames, P., Ruiz, S., Sharp, B., … & Jimenez-Bluhm, P. (2022). Novel Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza H6N1 in Backyard Chicken in Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chilean Polynesia. Viruses, 14(4), 718. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14040718

Jimenez-Bluhm P, Sepulveda A, Baumberger C, Di Pillo F, Ruiz S, Salazar C, … & Hamilton-West C. (2021). Evidence of influenza infection in dogs and cats in central Chile. Prev Vet Med. 2021 Apr 16;191:105349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105349

Bravo‐Vasquez, N., Baumberger, C., Jimenez‐Bluhm, P., Di Pillo, F., Lazo, A., Sanhueza, J., … & Hamilton‐West, C. (2020). Risk factors and spatial relative risk assessment for influenza A virus in poultry and swine in backyard production systems of central Chile. Veterinary medicine and science, 6(3), 518-526. https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.254

Di Pillo, F., Jimenez-Bluhm, P., Baumberger, C., Marambio, V., Galdames, P., … & Hamilton-West, C. (2020). Movement Restriction and Increased Surveillance as Efficient Measures to Control the Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Backyard Productive Systems in Central Chile. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00424

Ruiz-Philipps, S. A., Baumberger, C., Jimenez-Bluhm, P., Marambio, V., Salazar, C., & Hamilton-West, C. (2020). Environmental factors related to Influenza A virus occurrence in wild birds. Revista MVZ Córdoba, 25(2), e1845-e1845. https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.1845

Ruiz, S., Jimenez‐Bluhm, P., Di Pillo, F., Baumberger, C., Galdames, P., … & Hamilton‐West, C. (2020). Temporal dynamics and the influence of environmental variables on the prevalence of avian influenza virus in main wetlands in central Chile. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2021 May;68(3):1601-1614. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13831

Baumberger, A. Lazo, P. Jiménez-Bluhm, F. Di Pillo, N. Bravo-Vasquez, and C. Hamilton-West (2018). Detection of Newcastle disease virus in backyard poultry in Chile. Revista MVZ Córdoba. 23: 6942 – 6950. https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.1414