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School of Medicine - Department of Public Health

Laura Andrea
RODRÍGUEZ VILLAMIZAR

The general public and the educational community are introduced to Professor Laura Andrea Rodríguez Villamizar of the Department of Public Health.

CONTACT

Information

laurovi@uis.edu.co

+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2944

GENERAL

Biography

Dr. Rodriguez is a tenured professor in the Department of Public Health. Her main area of research is environmental health in which she conducts epidemiological studies on the role of environmental exposures, mainly air pollution and heavy metals, on human health. She is leader of the Environmental and Occupational Health Node (SAO) of Colombia and is currently part of the Board of Directors of the Association of Epidemiology of Colombia (ASOCEPIC) and the executive committee of the Latin American Chapter of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE).

EDUCATION AND

Qualifications

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology


    Carleton University, Canada, 2022/2024

  • PhD Epidemiology


    University of Alberta, Canada, 2016

  • Master in Epidemiology


    Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2006

  • Physician and Surgeon


    Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2001

CONTACT

Information

laurovi@uis.edu.co

+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2944

AREAS OF

Expertise

  • Public health
  • Epidemiology
  • Environmental Health
  • Evaluation of health services

OFFICE

Hours

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. – 12 m.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

UIS Central Campus, Edificio de Administración I, primer piso, Dirección de Posgrados

Research

Group

AWARDS AND

Recognitions

  • Cum Laude Distinction


    Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2001

  • Scholarship Award for young investigators


    XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, 2004

  • International Research Award in Health Sciences "Juan Jacobo Muñoz" 2012


    Fundación Sanitas Internacional, 2011

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