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MEMBERS

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Principal investigator

Daniel Romero-Alvarez MD, PhD

Research Group of Emerging and Neglected Diseases, 

Ecoepidemiology and Biodiversity, Health Science Faculty, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador.

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Research assistant 

Evaluna Chicango

Research Group of Emerging and Neglected Diseases, 

Ecoepidemiology and Biodiversity, Health Science Faculty, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador.

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Research assistant 

Gabriela Naranjo 

Research Group of Emerging and Neglected Diseases, 

Ecoepidemiology and Biodiversity, Health Science Faculty, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador.

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Communication manager 

Andrea Romero-Alvarez

Global Council for Science and the Environment, Washington DC, United States 

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Researcher

Irene Torres PhD

Fundación Octaedro, Quito, Ecuador

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Researcher

Jose Ruben Ramirez-Iglesias PhD

Research Group of Emerging and Neglected Diseases, 

Ecoepidemiology and Biodiversity, Health Science Faculty, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador.

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Researcher

Carlos Andres Bastidas-Caldes PhD 

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Master thesis student

Alvaro Rivadeneira

Master Program of Biomedicine - Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador 

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Biomedical sciences thesis student

Jose Aranda

License of Biomedical Sciences - Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador 

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Romero-Alvarez Lab focuses on the Ecology of Infectious Diseases using multiple research approaches, from molecular diagnostics to spatial epidemiology. 

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Created by Daniel Romero-Alvarez and Jorge A. Castillo-Castro 

Curated and maintained by Andrea Romero-Alvarez

2016 - 2026​

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