Network Team
Network Management Team
Dr Mario Grijalva (Chair)
Network Director
Mario is Director of the Centre for Research on Health in Latin America at the Pontificial Catholic University of Ecuador, and the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Institute at Ohio University, USA.
Juan Vicente Hernandez, BSc
Network coordinator
Juan Vicente is an associate to Dr. Llewellyn's Lab at the University of Glasgow as the network manager. He coordinates, along with side Martin and Mario, the Veconven network.
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Dr Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi
Theme leader
Alberto is an Associate Professor in the Icahn School of Medicine, Director of Molecular Microbiology at the New York Mount Sinai Hospital, USA, and Director of the Venezuela Science Incubator, Venezuela.
Dr Oscar Noya
Theme leader
Oscar is Professor and Researcher in the Medicine Institute at the Venezuela Central University, Venezuela.
Dr Martin Llewellyn (Chair)
Network Co-Director
Martin is Reader in the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine and Research Associate in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Dr Maria Eugenia Grillet
Theme leader
Maria Eugenia is Professor and Researcher in the Institute of Zoology and Tropical Ecology at the Venezuela Central University, Venezuela.
Dr Juan David Ramirez
Theme leader
Juan David is Professor and Researcher in the Microbiological Research Group at Del Rosario University, Colombia, and President of the Colombian Society of Parasitology.
Dr Adriana Tami
Theme leader
Adriana is Assitant Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology at the University Medical Center Groningen, NL, and Associate Professor at the University of Carabobo, Venezuela.
Network Advisory Team
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Dr Heather Ferguson
Network Partner
Heather is Professor in the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, and Research Associate in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow, UK. Heather is Co-Chair of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group.
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Dr Lucy Pickering
Network Partner
Lucy is Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Health and Wellbeing Social Sciences, and Research Associate in the School of Medicine, Denstistry & Nursing at the University of Glasgow, UK.
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Dr Jorge Moreno
Network Partner
Jorge is a Research Scientist for the Venezuelan Ministry of Health at the Higher Eduaction Institute "Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldon", Venezuela.
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Dr Sergio Luz
Network Partner
Sergio is Director (and Senior Researcher) of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Amazonas State, Brazil.
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Dr Marta Moreno
Network Partner
Marta is a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
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Dr Shannon Ronca
Network Partner
Shannon is an Assistant Professor in the Zoonotic and Diseases Laboratory at the Baylor College of Medicine, USA.
Curriculum
Lourdes Delgado, BSc
Network Partner
Lourdes is currently attending her introductory medical course at the Lisandra Alvarado Centroccidental University (UCLA) in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Lourdes is an epidemiologist and modeller, as well as developer of integrated surveillance systems for vector-borne diseases control.
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Enrique Hernandez, PhD
Network Partner
Enrique is a recently PhD graduate on Infectious Diseases in the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow, UK.
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Luis Perez, BSc
Network Partner
Luis is currently a medical student at Universidad Centroccidental Lisandra Alvarado (UCLA) in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
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Dr Alvaro Acosta Serrano
Network Partner
Alvaro is a Molecular Parasitologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Parasitology and Vector Biology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK.
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Dr Maria Fernanda Vincenti
Network Partner
María as a Postdoctoral Fellow works in the Spatial Epidemiology Lab (SpELL), Université Libre de Bruxelles-Campus de la Plaine, Brussels. Belgium.
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Dr Hernan Carrasco
Network Partner
Hernan is Director of the Molecular Biology Laboratory for Protozoa at the Central University of Venezuela, Venezuela.
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Dr James Lee Crainey
Network Partner
Lee is Senior Researcher and Lecturer at The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Amazonas State, Brazil.
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Dr Jaime Costales Cordero
Network Partner
Jaime is a Senior Researcher at the Pontificial University of Ecuador, Ecuador.
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Dr Mo Hume
Network Partner
Mo is Senior Lecturer at the School of Social and Political Sciences in the University of Glasgow.
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Carlos Hernández, BSc
Network Partner
Carlos is currently a medical student at Universidad Centroccidental LisandroAlvarado (UCLA) in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. He leads community-based epidemiology surveillance at the Venezuelan Science Incubator.
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Marilianna Marquez, BSc
Network Partner
Marilianna is is currently a medical student at Universidad Centroccidental Lisandra Alvarado (UCLA) in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.