UISALUD joins World Cystic Fibrosis Day by promoting prevention and education
Today marks World Cystic Fibrosis Day, a date promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness about this chronic, progressive genetic disease that mainly affects the lungs and digestive system. According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), cystic fibrosis affects nearly 70,000 people worldwide, and although there is still no definitive treatment, medical […]
UIS Pediatrics Resident Receives International Recognition in Guatemala
María Camila Velandia, a UIS physician and postgraduate resident in pediatrics, participated in and won first place in the oral presentation competition at the 66th National Pediatrics Congress in Guatemala. The research project, entitled “Clinical, sociodemographic, and nutritional characterization of overweight or obese children between the ages of 2 and 12 treated at the Santander […]
UIS professor participates in important international epidemiology conference
Laura Andrea Rodríguez Villamizar, director of the Department of Public Health at the School of Medicine and member of the GUINDESS research group, participated as a speaker at the 43rd SEE (Spanish Society of Epidemiology) Meeting and 20th APE (Portuguese Association of Epidemiology) Congress, held from September 2 to 5 in Las Palmas de Gran […]