SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Luis Alfonso
DÍAZ MARTÍNEZ
GENERAL
Biography
Professor Diaz-Martinez has been associated with the Universidad Industrial de Santander since 2010, working at the School of Medicine to support undergraduate and graduate subjects related to research, as well as research projects of teachers and students in the medical-surgical specializations of the Pediatrics and Gynecology and Obstetrics departments.
Read moreAdditionally, his research focuses on areas of special interest, such as the process of adopting behaviors that modify the human body (shaving, tattoos, piercings) among adolescents, the consequences of being the child of a mother whose pregnancy had preeclampsia or ended prematurely, and the long-term effects of intrauterine exposure to the Zika virus.
Recently, as part of his professional development, he completed a master’s degree in Medical Education, which has led him to delve into research in that field, especially concerning teaching spaces for learning to deliver bad news, and his involvement in the processes of teaching administration and curriculum development in his position as Director of Medical Education at the UIS School of Medicine.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Master in Medical Education
Universidad de La Sabana, 2020
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Master in Epidemiology
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2005
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Field Epidemiologist
Instituto Nacional de Salud y Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1995
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Specialist in Pediatrics
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 1994
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Physician and Surgeon
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 1986
AREAS OF
Expertise
Maternal and child health
Pediatrics
Epidemiology
Medical education
Delivering bad news
OFFICE
Hours
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Facultad de Salud, Cra 32 # 29-31, edificio administrativo 2, oficina de Educación Médica, cuarto piso
Outstanding
Works
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Neurodevelopmental outcome of infants without central nervous system anomalies born to symptomatic RT-PCR ZIKV positive women
Article, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
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Colombian Cohort for the Early Prediction of Preterm Birth (COLPRET): early prediction of preterm birth based on personal medical history, clinical characteristics, vaginal microbiome, biophysical characteristics of the cervix, and maternal serum biochemical markers
Article, British Medical Journal Open, 2022
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Perspectives of Colombian medicine students about their formation on breaking bad news: A cross-sectional study
Artículo, Educación Médica, 2021
AWARDS AND
Recognitions
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Distinction "Professor Laureate"
Consejo Académico de la Universidad Industrial de Santander, Acuerdo 294 de 2022, Colombia
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First place as best oral work: Alteraciones de la motricidad en lactantes expuestos in utero al virus Zika
X Congreso Panamericano de Neonatología, Colombia, 2018
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Senior Researcher
MinCiencias, Colombia, 2013