The Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences is now open for enrollment for the XII cohort
The Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences is part of the research policy promoted for several years by directors and professors of the Department of Basic Sciences of the School of Medicine in accordance with the research policies of the university. The program is the result of the maturity reached by the Master’s Degree in Basic […]
Master’s Program in Basic Biomedical Sciences opens its enrollment
The Master’s Program in Basic Biomedical Sciences opens its enrollment for the XXI cohort. The purpose of this master’s program is the integral formation of people with high ethical, human, scientific and professional quality, who can contribute to scientific and social development, promoting the generation and appropriation of knowledge in areas of basic health sciences. […]
Bucaramanga, Bogotá, Medellín, Barranquilla and Cali, the cities with high levels of contamination
This article presents the results of the analysis of being chronically exposed in cities to levels of air pollution measured as fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and its relationship with cardiorespiratory mortality. The novelty of the analysis is that the PM2.5 exposure surfaces are used, which are much more detailed geographically and were developed for each […]
Medical Student represented UIS during an academic rotation in Rotterdam
Laura Valentina Arciniegas Landínez made a rotation in the Electrophysiology Laboratory of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam (The Netherlands), after being admitted by the Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology of the Erasmus University. She is a medical student and a member of the UIS Electrocardiography Research Group directed by Professor Óscar Leonel Rueda Ochoa, a […]
D. student in Biomedical Sciences, presented research on post-chikungunya sequelae
Anyela Lozano Parra, PhD student in Biomedical Sciences, and member of the EPICLIN Clinical Epidemiology Group presented a poster at the VIII Biannual meeting of the Pan-American Dengue Research Network (PanDengue Net), held April 21-24 in Medellin, Colombia. The poster presented was entitled “Immunological biomarkers to predict chronic rheumatism following infection by the chikungunya virus”. […]
ASCOFAME in the Regions – Bucaramanga
The School of Health invites professors, students and professionals of practice scenarios, this May 15 and 16, to the workshops on Clinical Simulation in undergraduate and postgraduate and teacher profiles in simulation.The invited professor for the sessions will be Dr. Jhon Jairo Botello, President of the National Committee of Clinical Simulation. Pre-registration: https://forms.office.com/r/4NdcdsWTZZ We are […]
Professors from the School of Medicine conducted a study of air quality in five Colombian cities
The article presented in this note is one of the latest products of the project “Air quality and urban environmental health in five cities of Colombia” (Barranquilla, Cali, Bogota, Medellin and Bucaramanga), one of the three projects that were part of the “Environmental Health Research Program for Colombia”, the only program in the area of […]
Graduate of the Medicine program published a book on mental health
Ruby Castilla Puentes, UIS Physician. Specialist in Psychiatry, president and founder of WARMI (Women’s Mental Health) and president of the APA Hispanic Psychiatrists Group 2024-2026, recently published her book “Saving Olito: Empowering Communities and Building Resilience to Prevent Youth Suicide”. “Saving Olito, is a book I wrote for me. To resolve my own grief. The […]
Yellow Fever” Information Day
With the purpose of providing information on the epidemiological alert caused by yellow fever, the Faculty of Health, through its professors, will hold an informative activity to resolve concerns and educate the university community. Professor Bladimiro Rincón Orozco, Bacteriologist and Clinical Laboratorian, UIS. D. in Biological Sciences, University of Wurzburg (Germany) and Professor Agustín Vega […]
Ophthalmology resident presented research work at an international event
Laura Duarte, resident of the Ophthalmology Specialization, attached to the Department of Surgery of the School of Medicine, participated in the IX World Cornea Congress, held in Washington, United States. This is an international event organized by the Cornea Society, which brings together specialists in cornea, refractive surgery and ocular surface diseases. This academic event, […]