COLFUTURO Yearbook Selection 2026

Health Sciences Fernando Pio De La Hoz Restrepo Full Professor in the Department of Public Health Universidad Nacional de Colombia Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom); M.A. in Epidemiology from Universidad del Valle; certified in Field Epidemiology by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States) and the National Institute of Health (Colombia). Medical degree from Universidad Libre. Julio César Sánchez Naranjo Director of the Cellular and Applied Physiology Group, Full Professor, and Researcher Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Oxford (United Kingdom), where he defended his doctoral thesis titled “Effects of osmotic challenges on calcium and proton membrane transport pathways and whole- cell currents in bovine articular chondrocytes ”; Master’s degree in Physiology from Universidad del Valle; and medical degree from Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Luisa Fernanda Santos Cuervo Senior Researcher Universidad Nacional de Colombia Ph.D. in Public Health from Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Master’s in Public Health, Master’s in Health Services Administration , and specialist degrees in Environmental Health and Teaching from Florida International University (United States); Master’s in Epidemiology from Veigler Business School (Spain). Medical degree from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Luz Dary Gutiérrez Castañeda Academic Coordinator of the Master’s Program in Bioengineering and Nanotechnology FUCS University Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Master’s in Human Genetics from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bacteriologist and clinical laboratory technician from Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca. María Angélica Arzuaga Salazar Retired nurse COLFUTURO 2007 recipient. Ph.D. in Nursing (with a concentration in Philosophy, Health, and Society) from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil); Master’s degree in Bioethics and Biolaw from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana; Master’s degree in Education and Community Development from the Surcolombiana University; specialist in Health Services Administration from Universidad de Antioquia. Nursing graduate of Universidad Popular del Cesar and the Federal University of Santa Catarina . María Clara Echeverri Gaitán Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá campus) Ph.D. in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine at the University of London (United Kingdom); Master’s degree in Microbiology and medical degree from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. SELECTION YEARBOOK 2026 37