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Jenny Garcia
Posdoctoral Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow for the project 'Demographic consequences of humanitarian crises in Latin America' (DEMOcrises)Research field(s)
Causes of death, Mortality and Urbanization,
Imperfect statistics, Demography of crises
Research teams
More information about his·her Research
Some publications
García, J. ; Helleringer, S. ; Correa, G. ; DiBrienza, M. Updates in the Infant Mortality in Venezuelan. The Lancet Global Health, Volume 12, Issue 1, e25 - e27, DOI:10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00520-X
García, J., Castro Torres, A. A binational analysis of infant mortality among crisis-driven diasporas and those who remain: a population-based study in Colombia and Venezuela. BMJ Global Health 7(8), août 2022, e009523, DOI:10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009523
García, J. Beyond urban-rural differentials in Latin American infant mortality. Demographic Research. Vol 42(8), Fevrier 2020, Pages e203-e244, DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.8
García, J. ; Aburto, J.M. The impact of violence in Venezuela life expectancy and Lifespan inequality. International Journal of Epidemiology, dyz072, Avril 2019, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyz072
García, J. ; Correa, G. ; Rousset, B. Infant Mortality in Venezuelan humanitarian crisis: A systematic analysis on demographic data]. The Lancet Global Health. Vol. 7(3), DOI:10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30479-0
García, J. Epidemiological transitions in Venezuela: geographical differences in the causes of death, 2000-2010. Revista Latinoamericana de Población RELAP, Vol. 16, 2022, DOI:10.31406/relap2022.v16.e202206
García, J. ; Torres, C. ; Barbieri, M. ; Cambois, E. ; Camarda, C. ; Caporali, A. ; Meslé, F. ; Poniakina, S. ; Robine, JM. Differences in COVID-19 mortality: Implications of imperfect and diverse data collection systems. Population 2021, n1, DOI: 10.3917/popu.2101.0037
Teaching activities, other functions, titles
2021-2024 Excellent in Science Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Individual Fellowships: Global, Seal of Excellence, European Commission (2019) for 36 months to develop the project ‘Demographic consequences of humanitarian crises in Latin America — DEMOcrises’ (Grant Agreement number: 892134) at the Institute National d’études Démographiques INED (France), and Johns Hopkins University (USA).
Projet CORDIS Website
Appointed positions
2021-2023 Appointed member of the UN DESA-WHO Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on COVID-19 Mortality Assessment https://www.who.int/data/technical-advisory-group/covid-19--mortality-assessment/
2022-2024 Associated researcher at Instituto de Estudios Económicos y Sociales, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Venezuela.
2022-2024 Member of the Health and Mortality panel (Original title: Red de Salud y Mortalidad) at the Latin American Population Association (ALAP). https://www.alapop.org/red-mortalidad-y-salud/
2022-2023 Visiting Postdoc at the Center of Humanitarian Health at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA.https://hopkinshumanitarianhealth.org/research/projects/estimating-the-demographic-impact-of-the-venezuelan-humanitarian
2019-2021 Member of the Early Career Taskforce for the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) https://iussp.org/en/iussp-early-career-taskforce
2020-2021 Member of the editorial board of “The demography of COvid-19 deaths” database at Institut National dÉtudes Demographiques (INED) https://dc-covid.site.ined.fr/en/
Teaching
10/2023 – 01/2024 Institut d'études du développement de la Sorbonne, Enseignants Vacataires au Master Études de Développement, 18 heures de Démographie.
04/2023 Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem, invitée au cours « Aspects démographiques et socio-économiques de la migration internationale » dans le programme de Master « GLOCAL »
04/2021 l’Institut des hautes études de l’Amérique latine de l’Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, invité au cours « Méthodes quantitatives en sciences sociales »
01/2020 – 04/2020 SciencesPo, Enseignants Vacataires au programme EURO-Américain, 24 heures de Statistiques appliquées aux Sciences Sociales -Niveau Introduction" (UP 55768).
01/2020 – 04/2020 Sciences Po, Enseignants Vacataires au programme EURO-Américain, 24 heures de Statistiques appliquées aux Sciences Sociales -Niveau Introduction" (UP 55865).
Organization of international conferences
2023 Organizing committee for the international seminar “Venezuelan migration in the Americas integration, solidarity and institutional policies” at the Institute of Advanced Latin American Studies of Sorbonne Nouvelle University.
2021 Organizing committee of the IPC 2021 pre-count event “Your career after a PhD?” a networking activity of the Early Career Taskforce for the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP).
2016 Organizing committee of the International Young Researchers' Conference: The impacts and challenges of demographic change. Paris, France. 22 and 23 September 2016. iPOPs Laboratory of Excellence (Individuals, Populations, Societies) and the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED).