Susana Llanusa Ruiz

New CORAL President

Virtual University of Health National School of Public Health, Havana, Cuba Vice-president of the Latin American Regional Council on Biomedical Engineering (CORAL) President of the Cuban Bioengineering Society

Education: Graduated in Electrical Engineering, Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echevarría, Technical University of Havana, 1981. Specialization in Digital Systems, Center for Computational Training, 1983. Master in Public Health, National School of Public Health, Cuba, 2004

Areas of specialization
Design of medical devices for electroencephalographic signal processing. Device designing for testing and validation of medical devices for bio-signal processing. Application of Information and Communication Technologies to Health Systems. Public health and the evaluation and applications of technology in the health system.

Research experience
Senior investigator.
Project leader: Bio-signal generator BIOGEN-M (1993-1998).
Member of the team that developed a family of electro-physiological monitors for EEG: MEDICID 03, (1982- 1984) and MEDICID 3M (1984-1987) and the Biosignal generator BIOGEN (1989-1992).
Evaluation of the introduction of Information and Communication Technologies in Primary Care in Havana, Cuba (2002-2004).

Teaching experience
Instructor at the National School of Public Health and Associated Instructor at the Technical University of Havana.
Chair Member of the New Information and Communication Technologies, National School of Public Health.
Academic Committee Member,
Master Degree in Public Health,
National School of Public Health (2004).

Academic services
President of the Cuban Bioengineering Society (2000-to date).
Vice-president of the Cuban Bioengineering Society (1995-1999).
Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the II Latin American Congress on Biomedical Engineering, Havana 2001.
Chairman of the Organizing Committees for the V and VI Congresses of the Cuban Bioengineering Society, Havana 2003 and 2005.
Technical advisory board, Production Department, Central Institute for Digital Research (1995-1996).
Scientific Council Vice-president, State Center for the Control of Medical Devices (2000-2001).
Advisory board of the journal Cuban Bioengineering and Medical Physics (2000-to date).

Technical services
Head of Production Department, Central Institute for Digital Research (1987-1988).
Head of the Informatics Department, State Center for the Control of Medical Devices (1998-2001).

Publications
Papers published: 16. The latest:

  1. Generadores de Bioseñales. Criterios para una nueva versión: BIOGEN-M, Revista Ingeniería Electrónica, Automática y Comunicaciones, ISPJAE, Vol. XVIII, Nos. 1-2-3, 1996-97, Pág. 65-70.
  2. Validación de equipos médicos empleando el Generador Bioeléctrico BIOGEN-M, Proceedings of the I Congreso Latinoamericano de Ingeniería Biomédica, Mazatlßn '98, 1998, México.
  3. Evaluación del empleo de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación: un método replicable, III CLAEB, João Pessoa 2004, IFMBE Proc. 2004; 5(1): 329-332.

Abstract and presentations

Presentations at National and International Congresses:
23. The latest:

  1. Validación de equipos médicos empleando el Generador Bioeléctrico BIOGEN-M. I Congreso Latinoamericano de Ingeniería Biomédica, Mazatlán '98, 1998, México.
  2. Access Optimization to Internet Information Resources Related with Medical Devices: Experience of a Specialized Locator, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago 2000.
  3. Evaluacióón del empleo de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación: un método replicable, III CLAEB, João Pessoa 2004.

Professional affiliations

Cuban Society of Bioengineering
CORAL
IFMBE

Honors

  1. Carlos J. Finlay Award, Cuban Academia of Sciences, Authors of the medical devices: MEDICID 03M and Neuronica, 1990.
  2. Scientific achievement of the Period 1985-90 devices, technologies and applications for diagnosis of brain diseases, 1991, Cuban Academy of Sciences, 1991.
  3. Main scientific achievement in the National Center for Scientific Research: BIOGEN, Scientific Council of the Institution, 1991.
  4. Main scientific achievement in the Central Institute for Digital Research: BIOGEN, Scientific Council of the Institution, 1992.
  5. Golden medal, Plovdiv.s Fair, 1987, MEDICID 03M.
  6. Golden medal, Havana.s Fair, 1989, MEDICID 03M.
  7. Golden medal, Havana.s Health for all Fair, 1989, MEDICID 03M.
  8. VI Exposition "Future Young Researchers": BIO-GEN, 1992.