Noemi Tirado Bustillos
Professor
Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA)
Bolivia
Biography
Noemi Tirado Bustillos is Head of Genotoxicology Unit at Genetic Institute – Medicine School – Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA) La Paz – Bolivia, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UMSA, - Second Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Latin American Association of Mutagensis, Carcinogenesis and Environmental Teratogenesis, (ALAMCTA). President of the Bolivian Society of Mutagenesis, Carcinogenesis and Environmental Teratogenesis, (SBOMCTA). She is the coordinator of 2 grant regarding environmental toxicology studies 1. Pesticide exposure health effects 2. Metabolism of arsenic among women exposed to contaminated drinking water, she is author/co-author of 25 scientific papers, research papers, all of them concerning biomonitoring of people exposed to environment contaminants as Heavy metals, pesticides, chemicals (131I, Formaldehyde) and radiations, and conferences worldwide. She is recipient of several national and international award all, Chairperson of The XIX International A. Hollaender Course by the IAEMS – 2015, Member of Organizing Committee of XI ALAMCTA Congress 2018- Paraguay.
Research Interest
Environmental toxicology, genotoxicity