Date: Feb 4(W) 2015

Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm(Lunch will be provided)

Venue: Jang Geunchung Hall, Centennial Building

Title:   Alcohol and Substance Abuse Activities

at the Pan American Health Organization: an overview  

Speaker: Dr Maristela G. Monteiro, M.D., Ph.D.

Senior Advisor

Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Pan American Health Organization

525 23rd ST NW Washington DC 20037 USA

Dr Maristela G. Monteiro is the senior advisor on alcohol and substance abuse at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization Regional office for the Americas since the end of 2013, after nearly 10 years at the Program on Substance Abuse at the World Health Organization in Geneva. 

She is a medical doctor with a PhD in Psychopharmacology, from the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. Dr Monteiro is currently responsible for alcohol policy, alcohol research and capacity building activities related to alcohol, including the implementation of the regional plan of action on reducing harmful use of alcohol. 

Dr. Monteiro is the author of over 140 publications in scientific journals and book chapters.