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, […]
A firm commitment to educational quality: this is how the curricular reforms of the undergraduate programs at the Faculty of Health are progressing
During the last four years, the Schools and Departments of the Faculty of Health of the Universidad Industrial de Santander have led an unprecedented process of academic transformation. These are the curricular reforms of the undergraduate programs, a collective effort that has involved the constant dedication of professors, curricular committees and management teams, who have […]
Student of Specialization in Internal Medicine participated in the XIV International Symposium of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
With the study of the leukemic index as a prognostic marker in Acute Coronary Syndrome, Jonathan Andrés Quintero Villamizar, a postgraduate student in Internal Medicine, presented a study entitled “Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and complications in patients with a first acute coronary syndrome in Bucaramanga”, at the XIV International Symposium of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, […]
Professor of the School of Health participates in event on the impact of air quality
Professor Laura Andrea Rodríguez Villamizar, from the Department of Public Health of the School of Medicine, is participating in the “Second Conference on Air Quality and Health”, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO). The event that takes place in Cartagena, until next Friday, March 28, brings together governors, officials of multilateral agencies, academics and […]
Professor of the School of Medicine participated in the “XIV International Symposium of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery”
Professor Boris Eduardo Vesga Angarita, MD. Specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. Master in Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Interventionism, and Full Professor, with 30 years of experience in undergraduate and postgraduate medical training, participated as a lecturer in the “XIV International Symposium of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery”, held in Cartagena, from March 20 to 22, 2025. […]
Faculty of Health joined the commemoration of cervical cancer prevention day
As part of the celebration of the “World Cervical Cancer Prevention Day”, in the facilities of the Scientific Complex for Health and Life Sciences Research, the “Symposium. Breaking the silence, what we all should know about the Human Papilloma Virus, HPV”. With the presence of the Secretary of Departmental Health, Edwin Antonio Prada, and the […]
GUINDESS: research group in demography, public health and health systems, among the best in the country
The ranking of the best research groups of Higher Education Institutions, according to the production of scientific articles, was recently announced, according to the Art Sapiens Ranking. This publication by the consulting firm Sapiens Research, recognized by the international observatory IREG, states that according to its methodology, the best research groups were classified because they […]
UIS will host the symposium “Breaking the silence. What we should know about the Human Papilloma Virus, HPV”
As part of the “World Cervical Cancer Prevention Day”, the Universidad Industrial de Santander, the Santander Government through the Ministry of Health and the Santander League Against Cancer are pleased to invite you to the “Symposium ‘Breaking the silence: what we all should know about the Human Papilloma Virus – HPV’. This space aims to […]