About us

We are a multi-center model of university-based hospitals in Colombia to facilitate clinical, epidemiological, and virological surveillance and research of neurological disorders associated with emerging infections.

We believe that the findings of this project will have a great impact on public health and will address important questions related to the viral diversity and its impact on disease severity, information necessary to understand disease pathogenesis, management, and vaccine development.

This project will also contribute to Strengthening capacity in Colombia through investment in clinical and translational research to better characterize the neurological complications of emerging viral diseases.

Our goals

The Model

To use the NEAS model to establish a sustainable approach to the assessment of acute neuroinflammatory disorders such as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and encephalitis-myelitis, and to determine the role of emerging infections in the development of such complications.

Capacity building for innovative research

Implement cutting-edge technologies to improve the diagnosis of emerging pathogens at the onset of acute neuroinflammatory disorders.

Education and training

Establish a training program that improves the skills of Colombian researchers in the use of cutting-edge molecular and immunological techniques, and computational biology approaches in metagenomics and pathogen discovery studies.

Our team

We are a constantly growing network led by Carlos, Beatriz and Lyda, with more than 20 multidisciplinary specialists in more than 14 different nodes.

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BEATRIZ PARRA PATIÑO, PhD
Professor of Virology
 

 

University of Valle
Cali, Colombia
Carlos Pardo Villamizar, MD
Professor of Neurology and Pathology
 

 

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, USA
Lyda Osori Amaya, MD PhD
Professor of Epidemiology
 

 

University of Valle
Cali, Colombia
PAULA V. BARRIERS CORTES
Neurologist and Clinical Fellow
 
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, USA
SUSANA C. DOMINGUEZ PEÑUELA
Researcher 
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, USA
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