Coordinator of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit

Correo: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

During the last fifteen years I have conducted research on different aspects of leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that affects more than 12 million people in 88 countries around the world, mainly in socially and economically disadvantaged communities, who live in rural and peri-urban areas with little Access to medical care. The high incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Colombia threatens the economic sustainability of families. There is no vaccine available and the current therapeutic options are unacceptably toxic and with high rates of treatment failure. This drives my current research; identify better therapeutic and safer options for patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis, while supporting and promoting capacity building in biomedical research in Colombia