About
I am a Medical General Practitioner and Public Health specialist with over 11 years of experience in epidemiology. I led a team under the Ministry of Health in Antioquia, Colombia, where I developed public health plans and projects ranging from the implementation of educational programs for the prevention of infectious diseases to strategies to prioritise prevention and testing for non-communicable diseases, epidemiological analyses to investigate the causes of preventable deaths, and contingency plans for infectious disease outbreaks.
In Australia, I worked as a research assistant in the Genetic Epidemiology lab at QIMR Berghofer where I analysed data and generated reports using large-scale genetic and medical data. During this time, I produced two first author publications (‘Phenotypic and genetic factors associated with differential consent to access prescription history in the Australian Genetics of Depression Study’ and ‘The effect of genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease and related traits on recruitment bias in a study of cognitive ageing’,). During these years, I have also co-authored research related to the prediction of genetic risk of Alzheimer’s disease and brain phenotypes from middle age, neuroimaging phenotypes, polygenic risk scores with externalizing disorders among Mexican youth, and the interaction of napping with APOE ε4 and PRS for dementia on the cognitive performance of healthy older adults, among others.
I am currently working as a Research Data Technician within the Neurogenetics and Dementia group and am planning to begin my PhD studies in 2025.
I love to spend my free time exercising, cycling or watching a good TV show.