Faculty of Medicine

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Research group

Spanish

Children and Teenager Disease Research Group Pediaciencias

Academic Unit: Faculty of Medicine

Colombian Ministry of Science

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Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Medical and health sciences

Subarea

Clinical medicine

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Strategic Focus

Our goal is to promote and carry out clinical and epidemiologic research on children and teenager diseases. We wish to have an impact on the knowledge and comprehension of epilepsy in the region and the country, as well as autism, attention deficit disorder, complex child neurological diseases, neonatology, rheumatology, nephrology, and nutritional disorders.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Adolescence.
Pediatric surgery.
Health education.
Infectious diseases.
Neonatology.
Child neurology.
Social pediatrics and childcare.
General pediatrics.
Child rheumatology.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Jose William Conejo Ochoa, M. Sc.

Physician.

Specialist in Neurology.

Specialist in Child Neurology.

M.Sc. in Epidemiology.

Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.

Coordinator's Email

wcornejochoa@gmail.com

Research Group Email

grupopediaciencias@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

Epidemiology Group.
School of Public Health, Universidad de Antioquia.
Education Secretariats and hospitals from several municipalities of Antioquia.

Central League Against Epilepsy.
San Vicente de Paul Hospital.
IPS Universidad de Antioquia.

Highlighted Projects

Tourette’s syndrome, ADHD prevalence, sleep disorders, various projects on epilepsy, Batten’s disease, febrile seizures, and rolandic epilepsy.

Key Research Findings

Books and articles on epilepsy.

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Mainly advice and mentoring for health and public institutions that require support in the design and development of research projects in our areas of expertise, and training activities on research and critical reading.