DrNancy Gore Saravia

My scientific career has largely been devoted to understanding the host-Leishmania relationship in the endemic context, from the natural history of infection and disease in affected human populations to the parasites, host cells and effector molecules involved. This has involved interdisciplinary research that has documented the epidemiologic importance of asymptomatic infection, reactivation of disease, and re-infection in endemic foci and identified populations that are clinically susceptible to chronic and recurrent leishmaniasis.

Research capacity building has been a constant throughout my research career in tropical infectious disease. I have promoted and taken a multidisciplinary approach to research questions, in the training of Colombian investigators and the institutional development of CIDEIM.