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 […]
The UIS dignifies the public with the delivery of 150 offices to directors and teachers of the Faculty of Health.

In a gesture that reaffirms its commitment to the quality of public education and the welfare of its academic community, the Universidad Industrial de Santander, UIS, delivered 150 offices to directors, teachers and administrative staff of the Faculty of Health. The new spaces, located in the imposing Scientific Complex for Health and Life Sciences Research, […]
Professor of the School of Physical Therapy is the new editor of the journal Salud UIS

Professor Paula Camila Ramírez Muñoz, Physical Therapist, UIS. Master in Epidemiology, UIS. PhD. D. in Physiotherapy from the Federal University of São Carlos, was recently appointed as editor of the journal Salud UIS. This journal, of continuous publication, in the area of health and related sciences, aims to publish papers with a broad focus on […]
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, […]
Committed to quality, the Physiotherapy program advances in the renewal of the program’s accreditation

As part of the self-evaluation with the purpose of renewing the accreditation of the Physical Therapy program, the evaluation model weighting workshop was held. This space for reflection allowed analyzing the quality criteria related to the factors, characteristics and indicators that make up the model of the National Accreditation Council. The activity was attended by […]
UIS graduate is the new president of the Colombian Association of Faculties and Schools of Nursing

On March 20, 2025, during the 72nd version of the General Assembly of ACOFAEN, Colombian Association of Faculties and Schools of Nursing, which brings together all the deans and directors of Faculties, Schools and Nursing programs in the country affiliated to the association, the new president was elected for the period 2025-2028. This is Wilson […]
Master’s Degree in Microbiology advances to achieve high quality accreditation

The academic community of the School of Microbiology held the workshop for the weighting of the evaluation model to be used for the self-evaluation in order to obtain the high quality accreditation of the Master’s program in Microbiology. The model composed of factors, characteristics and indicators, is evaluated through four categories (essential, relevant, favorable and […]
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 […]