Manuel Antonio Franco Cortes

    1988 …2024

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    Institution: Instituto de Genética Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

    Contact: E-mail: [email protected]

    Education and professional life:

    Education     

                                                                                    Degree           Year

    Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra                MD                1986   

    Señora del Rosario. Colombia

    Universite Paris VII. France                                       Ph.D.            1993

    Stanford University. US                                             Post-Doc      1998

     

    Academic positions:

    1998 to date: Full professor Instituto de Genética Humana. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.

    2009-2015: Director of graduate programs Facultad de Ciencias Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.

    1998-1999: Associate professor: Service de Virologie Medical, Hopital du Bocage Dr. Pierre Pothier. Université de Dijon. Dijon, France.

    1994-1998: Postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Harry Greenberg's Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanford California USA.

    2017-2022: Editor of “Universitas Medica” Journal of the School of Medicine Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Hospital San Ignacio

    2020-2022: President Asociación Colombiana de Inmunología ACOI

    My principal scientific interest is the study of systemic an mucosal immunity to Rotavirus and intestinal pathogen that affects infants world wide. I have had sporadic collaborations for the study of autoimmune diseases, other viral infections and innate born errors of immunity.

     

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

    Education

    PhD, Doctor en Inmunología, Universidad de París VII

    Award Date: 29 Nov 1993

    Bachelor, Médico Cirujano, Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario

    Award Date: 01 Dec 1986

    Minciencias Category

    • Senior

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