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Argentina replaces decades-old scientific equipment
The Argentinean government is providing US$15 million to modernise equipment in more than 500 scientific research facilities.01/07/04
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Argentina to back scientists’ patent bids
Argentina has launched an initiative to help government researchers and small and medium-sized businesses to fund patent applications.14/05/04
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Argentinean science spending recovers from crisis
The budget for Argentina's department of science and technology is to rise by a fifth this year — returning ...27/02/04
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Brazil to bolster Argentinean science
The Brazilian government is to fund a fellowship programme that will allow 50 Argentinean scientists to carry out research ...05/02/04
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The past catches up with Argentine science advisor
An Argentinean scientist has stepped down as an advisor to the government following protests over comments he made in ...20/01/04
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Argentinean consumers and farmers split on GM safety
More than a third of Argentinean consumers think that eating genetically modified food can damage human health. But most ...28/11/03
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Argentina seeks science funding from debt repayments
The Argentine government has proposed three new funding mechanisms to meet its pledge to double funds for science and ...30/07/03
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New president promises to boost Argentinean science
Argentina's new president Néstor Kirchner has promised to double spending on science and technology. But researchers are sceptical about ...04/06/03
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Argentina’s women lose out in high-level science
A new study shows that women account for half of Argentina's scientists, but hold only 10 per cent of ...27/05/03
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Argentina’s scientists want more expatriate support
Argentina should do more to encourage the transfer of knowledge from its scientists living abroad to those working in ...01/05/03
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Call for Argentine register of local knowledge
Indigenous groups in Argentina want to register their traditional knowledge to ensure that they are properly rewarded for the ...23/04/03
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Argentina gets US$20 million to revive science
Argentina has received a US$20 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to revive scientific areas affected by the ...23/04/03
Valeria Román
Profile
Valeria is a freelance science, environment and health journalist. She holds a bachelor's degree in Social Communication Science at Buenos Aires University.
She was a fellow of Health Journalism Program at World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland in 2003 and Knight Science Journalism Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States (2004-2005). She has been the vice president of World Federation of Science Journalist (2009-2011). She worked as science, environment and health journalist for 20 years for Clarín Newspaper in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she was the science editor until October 2016.
Today, her stories are published by Infobae.com, Science, Nature, Tangible (El Universal Newspaper, Mexico), and the blog “Periodismo en salud” of Gabriel García Márquez New Iberoamerican Journalism Foundation (FNPI). She is an international speaker and coauthor of the book Darwin 2.0 La teoría de la evolución en el siglo XXI.
Contact details: [email protected]; Twitter: @valeriaroman; Instagram: soyvaleroman
Location: Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Languages spoken: Spanish, English.
Areas of interest: Science, Environment, Health.
Local/Demographic Interests: Latin America.
Topic interests: Public policy for science, environment and health. Social determinants of health. Development of Science Journalism.
Professional Memberships: Co Founder and first president of Argentine Network of Science Journalism, member of World Federation of Science Journalists.