Magíster en Ciencias Animales, Universidad de Chile.
Doctor (PhD) en Nutrición de Alimentos, Universidad de Chile.
Calidad e Inocuidad de Productos Pecuarios (VET1700).
Inocuidad de alimentos de origen pecuario.
Microbiología de alimentos.
Biocontrol de alimentos en base a la utilización de bacteriófagos.
Resistencia antimicrobiana bajo la visión de Una Salud (One Health).
Sanidad animal y sanidad mamaria (tratamiento y prevención de mastitis bovina).
2022. International Workshop Combating antimicrobial resistance using bacteriophages for eco-sustainable agriculture and food systems-ECOPHAGE. Investigador principal.
2022. Adjudicación del concurso XII Concurso de Valorización de la Investigación en la Universidad, VIU-2022 “Tecnología Quantum-Dot, para comprobar la interacción de bacteriófagos y hospedero, modelo Salmonella Infantis, en carne de pollo” VIU22P0058. Adjudicado el 04 de octubre 2022. Cargo: directora de proyecto.
2022. Adjudicación del Programa Ciencia 2030 “PHAGESTOP: Cóctel de fagos para la reducción de la presencia de Salmonella Infantis MDR para mantener la competitividad país en la producción y exportación de carne de pollo”. Adjudicado 11 de octubre 2022
2022. Adjudicación del XLVII Concurso Patentar para Transferir, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile “PhageStop: Reducción de precisión de Salmonella Infantis MDR en carne de pollo”. Adjudicado 10 de septiembre 2022
2022-2021. Investigador asociado en PhageLab. Empresa de desarrollo biotecnológico de productos en base a fagos. Sede principal Centro de Innovación UC-Anacleto Angelini/ Santiago, Chile.
2022-2021. Adjudicación premio del programa MATCH de desafío de desarrollo científico para la empresa Agrosuper-HUBTEC.
2023. Alvarez D.M., Barrón-Montenegro R., Conejeros J., Rivera D., Undurraga E., Moreno-Switt A.I. A review of the global Emergence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Infantis. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 110297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2023.110297. FOOD-D-23-00296R2 (In Press).
2022. Soza-Ossandón, P., Rivera, D., Allel, K., González-Rocha, G., Quezada-Aguiluz, M., San Martin, I., … & Moreno-Switt, A. I. Mec-Positive Staphylococcus Healthcare-Associated Infections Presenting High Transmission Risks for Antimicrobial-Resistant Strains in an Equine Hospital. Antibiotics, 11(5), 621.
2022. Rivera, D., Moreno-Switt, A. I., Denes, T. G., Hudson, L. K., Peters, T. L., Samir, R., … & Dueñas, F. Novel Salmonella Phage, vB_Sen_STGO-35-1, Characterization and Evaluation in Chicken Meat. Microorganisms, 10(3), 606.
2022. Barron-Montenegro, R., Rivera, D., Serrano, M. J., García, R., Álvarez, D. M., Benavides, J., … & Moreno-Switt, A. I. Long-Term Interactions of Salmonella Enteritidis With a Lytic Phage for 21 Days in High Nutrients Media. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 596.
2022. Amaya, F. A., Blondel, C. J., Barros-Infante, M. F., Rivera, D., Moreno-Switt, A. I., Santiviago, C. A., & Pezoa, D. Identification of Type VI Secretion Systems Effector Proteins That Contribute to Interbacterial Competition in Salmonella Dublin. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13:811932.
2021. Barron-Montenegro, R., García, R., Dueñas, F., Rivera, D., Opazo-Capurro, A., Erickson, S., & Moreno-Switt, A. I. Comparative Analysis of Felixounavirus Genomes Including Two New Members of the Genus That Infect Salmonella Infantis. Antibiotics, 10(7), 806.
2021. Rivera, D., Allel, K., Dueñas, F., Tardone, R., Soza, P., Hamilton-West, C., & Moreno-Switt, A. I. Screening the Presence of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in Different Animal Systems and the Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance. Animals, 11(6), 1532.
2020. Soza-Ossandón, P., Rivera, D., Tardone, R., Riquelme-Neira, R., García, P., Hamilton-West, C., … & Moreno-Switt, A. I. Widespread Environmental Presence of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella in an Equine Veterinary Hospital That Received Local and International Horses. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 346.
2020. Barría, C., Singer, R. S., Bueno, I., Estrada, E., Rivera, D., Ulloa, S., Moreno-Switt, A. I. Tracing Listeria monocytogenes contamination in artisanal cheese to the processing environments in cheese producers in southern Chile. Food Microbiology, 103499.
2020. Tardone, R., Rivera, D., Dueñas, F., Sallaberry-Pincheira, N., Hamilton-West, C., Adell, A. D., & Moreno-Switt, A. I. Salmonella in Raptors and Aquatic Wild Birds in Chile. Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
2020. Moreno-Switt, A. I., Pezoa, D., Sepúlveda, V., González, I., Rivera, D., Retamal Merino, P., … & Toro Ibaceta, M. Corrigendum: Transduction as a potential dissemination mechanism of a clonal qnrb19-carrying plasmid isolated from Salmonella of multiple serotypes and isolation sources. Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
2020. Moreno Switt, A. I., Rivera, D., Caipo, M. L., Nowell, D. C., & Adell, A. D. Antimicrobial Resistance in Water in Latin America and the Caribbean: Available Research and Gaps. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 546.
2019. Moreno-Switt, Andrea; Rivera, Dácil; Caipo, Marisa; Nowell, David C.; Adell, Aiko. Antimicrobial resistance in water in Latin America and the Caribbean a scoping review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports: June 24.
2019. Moreno Switt, A. I., Pezoa, D., Sepúlveda, V., González, I., Rivera, D., Retamal, P., … & Toro, M. Transduction as a potential dissemination mechanism of a clonal qnrB19-carrying plasmid isolated from Salmonella of multiple serotypes and isolation sources. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 2503.
2019. Rivera, D.; Hudson, L.K.; Denes, T.G.; Hamilton-West, C.; Pezoa, D.; Moreno-Switt, A.I. Two Phages of the Genera Felixunavirus Subjected to 12 Hour Challenge on Salmonella Infantis Showed Distinct Genotypic and Phenotypic Changes. Viruses 11, 586.
2018. Toro M., Rivera D., Toledo V., Campos‐Vargas R., Allard M., Hamilton‐West C., Moreno‐Switt A. Genomics of Salmonella contaminating backyard production systems reveals persistence and transmission of genetically related Salmonella on a farm basis. Zoonoses Public Health. 00:1–7.
2018. Adell, A. D., Rivera, D., Díaz, C., Serrano, M. J., Toledo, V., & Switt, A. I. M. Research on Major Water and Foodborne Pathogens in South America: Advancements and Gaps. Current Opinion in Food Science.
2018. Dácil Rivera, Viviana Toledo, Francisca Di Pillo, Fernando Dueñas, Rodolfo Tardone, Christopher Hamilton-West, Kitiya Vongkamjan, Martin Wiedmann, and Andrea i. Moreno Switt. Backyard farms represent a source of wide host range Salmonella phages that lysed the most common Salmonella serovars. Journal of Food Protection 81:2, 272-278.