Ph.D on social work from Boston College (USA). I have teach research methodologies on undergraduate and graduate courses at Boston College and Catholic Pontific University of Chile, among other universities. I have conducted and collaborated on several research projects in India, Guatemala, USA and Chile, among others. My research focus are: retirement systems, retirement timing, planned retirement age, the effect of retirement on health and well-being, physical health among older adults, substance use and suicidal behaviors among adolescents, the intersection between retirement, depression and alcohol, food security and reading comprehension amog school-age children and the use and adoption of cleaner cooking stoves.
