Gynecology and Obstetrics Congresses & Maternal-Fetal Medicine Symposium UIS-2025 now open for registration

The Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the School of Medicine invites you to be part of the most anticipated academic event of the year in maternal and gynecological health: the XXXIII National and International Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics & IV International Symposium on Maternal-Fetal Medicine UIS 2025, which will take place on September […]
Five years of COVID-19 in Colombia: What did we learn and how do we prepare for the future?

We invite you to the event to socialize the results of the #ÁGORA alliance, in which key evidence on the response to the pandemic and lessons for the post-pandemic and future epidemics will be shared. On behalf of the UIS, invited speakers will be professors Myriam Ruiz and Álvaro Idrovo, from the Department of Public […]
School of Physiotherapy and Colombian Association of Critical Medicine and Intensive Care, united in symposium

The III Santander and Norte de Santander Regional Symposium has as its main purpose to create a space for updating and meeting health professionals interested in critical medicine and intensive care in the regions of Santander and Norte de Santander. During July 25 and 26, conferences and workshops will be held on the most recent […]
Medical students completed a diploma course in health research methodology

A group of 13 medical students culminated their training process in the diploma program “Methodology of health research for the design of research proposal”, with an intensity of 120 hours. The program, formulated by the Psychiatry research group, directed by Professor Jorge Andrés Niño, allowed the students of the mental health research seedbed to carry […]
Silver Jubilee: graduates of Medicine celebrated 25 years of graduation

The 2000 graduating class of UIS Doctors experienced an emotional reunion. After 25 years of experiences, stories and a great journey, 64 classmates of that time met again in the new facilities of the Scientific Complex for Health and Life Sciences Research. The meeting was attended by Dr. Olga Mercedes Álvarez Ojeda, Academic Vice Rector, […]
Outstanding participation of UIS professor in International Congress of Pediatrics in Spain

Professor Mayut Delgado Galeano, from the School of Nursing of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), represented the institution as a speaker at the 71st Congress of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP), recently held at the Palacio de Congresos in Valencia, Spain, known as the “Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències” (City of […]
UIS student presented a clinical case of hypochondroplasia in an outstanding national congress

Laura Camila Cáceres Delgado, second year resident of the Pediatrics program and member of the PAIDOS research group of the Universidad Industrial de Santander, proudly participated in the 34th Colombian Congress of Pediatrics, held in Cartagena and organized by the Colombian Society of Pediatrics (SCP). His work was selected among the 10 best for oral […]
Professor of the School of Physical Therapy participated in a seminar on rehabilitation of people with lower limb amputations

Professor Lyda Maritza Díaz Plata, attached to the School of Physiotherapy, participated in the seminar on rehabilitation in people with lower limb amputations, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (physical rehabilitation program) and the Colombian Association of Faculties of Physiotherapy – ASCOFAFI, with the support of the National Learning Service SENA, the […]
Professor of the School of Microbiology is a member of the Board of Directors of the National College of Bacteriology 2025-2028

Two graduates of the Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory program, now Microbiology and Bioanalysis, are members of the Board of Directors of the National College of Bacteriology 2025-2028. They are Gloria Elsy Valencia Prince, undergraduate and postgraduate graduate and UIS professor of the School of Microbiology, who is the coordinator of the Research and Development Commission, […]
UIS student presented in Prague research on the early prediction of preterm delivery

Maicol Andrés Avellaneda Arciniegas, Master’s student in Basic Biomedical Sciences at the Universidad Industrial de Santander and member of the CODEIM research group, participated in the 21st Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society – METABOLOMICS 2025, held at the congress center in Prague, Czech Republic. The research was guided by professors William Hidalgo Bucheli […]