UIS researchers won first place in research from the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation
Residents and professors from the Ophthalmology postgraduate program won first place in the “Second Foscal Innovation and Research Meeting.” The work “Comparative results of Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty and automated Descemet’s peeling,” presented in poster format during the “Second FOSCAL Research and Innovation Meeting,” won first place in the secondary source research category in November […]
UIS resident wins third place in research at the III HUS Teaching and Innovation Forum
María Camila Velandia Avendaño, a third-year UIS pediatrics resident and member of the PAIDOS research group, won third place in the poster category for her research project entitled “Clinical, sociodemographic, and nutritional characterization of overweight or obese children between the ages of 2 and 12 treated at the Santander University Hospital.” as part of the […]
Professor of Medicine presents research paper at International Simulation Congress
Adriana González Quitian, professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine, presented the research paper by the interdisciplinary group from the School of Industrial Design and Medicine at SIMEX 2025, “The clinical simulation of the future,” the ninth international clinical simulation meeting. The research, entitled “Biomodel for simulating emergency procedures […]
UIS researchers took second place in the research projects category at the Psychiatry Congress
The Colombian Psychiatric Association awarded second place in the research project category to the study “Cardiometabolic factors, eating patterns, and sleep associated with mental health problems in boarding school students in the UIS Medicine program.” The objective of this study was to establish the prevalence and changes in cardiometabolic risk factors, eating and sleeping patterns, […]
Genetics students receive recognition at the Third Teaching and Research Forum
Medical students and members of the SIGHEN seedbed at the Industrial University of Santander won first, second, and third place in the poster category during the Third Teaching, Research, and Innovation Forum E.S.E HUS, held on November 24. First place: Intrafamilial phenotypic variability in pyruvate dehydrogenase E1alpha (PDHAD) deficiency: case report. Luis Alberto Melo Porras. […]
Internal Medicine student presents study on adverse experiences and irritable bowel syndrome at ACADI
Sheyla Yurian Pardo González, a second-year graduate student in Internal Medicine, participated in the ACADI (Colombian Association of Digestive System Associations) Congress, held in Barranquilla from November 20 to 22. Dr. Pardo participated by presenting a research paper in poster format entitled: Association between adverse experiences in childhood and irritable bowel syndrome in the adult […]
Faculty of Health held the 2025 alumni reunion
The Faculty of Health successfully held the 2025 Alumni Reunion, an event that brought together more than 120 professionals from the Bacteriology, Microbiology and Bioanalysis, Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiotherapy, and Nursing programs. The event became a significant moment for consolidating relationships of participation, trust, and a sense of belonging between our graduates and the […]
The Faculty of Health lit up the joy of Christmas!
A 25-meter-high tree embellishes the facilities of the Scientific Complex for Health and Life Sciences Research. With great enthusiasm and joy, the rector, Professor Hernán Porras Díaz, accompanied by office workers, professors, students, administrators, neighbors, and friends from the area, lit the Christmas lights on the largest tree the institution has on its various campuses. […]
UIS researchers present results of pneumonia study
Juan David Berlinghieri and Natalia Rodríguez, third-year residents in Internal Medicine, participated in IDWeek 2025, held in Atlanta, United States. The researchers participated by presenting a poster entitled “Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Gram-negative microorganisms in intensive care units of a tertiary hospital in northeastern Colombia. Case description and analysis of risk factors from a six-year […]
Internal Medicine Resident Participated in National Conference with Study on Cardiac Mortality
Jonathan Andrés Quintero Villamizar, a third-year Internal Medicine resident, presented the poster “Predictive variables of cardiac mortality in patients with first acute coronary syndrome in Bucaramanga” at the II Congress of Internal Medicine: Frontiers of Internal Medicine, Innovations, and Challenges, recently held at the Central Military Hospital in Bogotá. Acute coronary syndrome continues to be […]