Research

The Office of the Vice Rector for Research and the Directorate of Research and Doctoral Studies launched the Research Excellence Strengthening Program, which will bring 30 new research professors.

International project involving researchers from Universidad de los Andes seeks to recreate the intrauterine environment and improve the survival of extremely premature newborns.

Understanding why gaps persist even among students with high academic potential is the focus of the research led by Andrés Barrios, a faculty member at the School of Economics and Business Administration and director of the Human Development Lab, which was recently awarded a Fondecyt Regular 2026 grant.

Developing efficient, accessible, and responsible solutions for groundwater treatment is the objective of this research, focused on the removal of contaminants such as antibiotics, herbicides, pharmaceuticals, and aromatic compounds.

The news was received with great enthusiasm at the UANDES School of Medicine and as a step that encourages further progress in the consolidation of this publication.

"Soil quality is key to food security, ecosystem balance, and human well-being," says Cynnamon Dobbs, a PhD in Ecological Sciences, researcher and academic at the Center for Territorial Studies (CET) of Universidad de los Andes.

The growing presence of mental health symptoms among university students is a concern that has spread worldwide and, in whose research, an UANDES academic has actively participated.

Identifying the mechanisms through which a team member emerges as a leader in contexts where different cultures, languages, and ways of working coexist is the central objective of this research project.

In a global context of the rapid growth of Pentecostalism, especially in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, a study seeks to reveal its growing influence in the political sphere.

The permanent use of smartphones during conversations or face-to-face interactions has become an increasingly widespread phenomenon in everyday life that, despite being more socially accepted every day, is having noticeable effects on the quality of interpersonal bonds.