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AWARDS |
1.- Dr. Eduardo Gotuzzo received the Prize “Esteban Campodónico Figallo-2005” in the Area of Distinguished Professional Activity, after being proposed as candidate by UPCH.
2. Dr. Alonso Soto won the Hipólito Unanue Prize. It is the most prestigious national award in medical research, given out every three years. It is granted to the scientific paper which shows the most relevance, methodological quality and the largest contribution to medical knowledge. The title of the Paper is: “Evaluation of two fast, liquid-phase culture methods for tuberculosis at a national hospital”. The authors of the Paper were: Dr. Alonso Soto, Dr. Lely Solari, Dr. Juan Agapito, Dr. Carlos Acuña, Dr. Frine Samalvides and Dr. Eduardo Gotuzzo. More information.
3. Biologist Iván Best won the “Guerrant International Travel Grant” award to attend the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of América (IDSA), carried out on October 6-9th, 2005 at San Francisco, USA. He presented the paper “HTLV-I Proviral Load and Spontaneous Immune Response in Peruvian Patients with Rapidly Progressive HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis”.
4. Dr. César Ugarte won the "Guerrant International Travel Grant" award to attend the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of América (IDSA), carried out on October 6-9th, 2005 at San Francisco, USA. He presented the Poster: Cardiovascular Complications of Acute Human Bartonellosis by Bartonella bacilliformis (Oroya Fever).
5. Biologist Fiorella Rossi won a scholarship to attend the Latin American Congress on Immunology, at Córdova, Argentina (October 2-6) to present the abstract: “Analysis of the cellular immune response in patients with active pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.”
6. Lady Murrugarra : won a Scholarship from the Knowledge Society to attend the World Summit of Information at Tunis, Tunisia. More Information.
AWARDS: XV “JORNADA CIENTIFICA UPCH” – Best Research Project award:
1.- Bovine lactoferrin inhibits the growth, adherence and formation of biofilms of Entero-aggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC). Authors: Ochoa Woodell, Theresa; Cleary Thomas; Chase, Chen Jane; Mcmahon Robert.
2.- Evaluation of a phage amplification method for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (TBC-MDR)
in BK-positive patients in Lima, Perú.
Authors: Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Guerra, Humberto; Rojas, Gabriel; Chauca, José Antonio;
Henostroza, Germán; Seas, Carlos; Vásquez, Lucy; Saravia, Juan Carlos; O´Brien, Rick;
Perkins, Mark; Llanos, Fernando.The NOVARTIS Fund Award:
“Prevalence of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV-1) in patients with herpes zoster at the Department of Infectious, Tropical and Dermatological Diseases – Hospital Cayetano Heredia”
Author: Sandra Delgado, MD. Eduardo Gotuzzo, MD.FRANCISCO TEJADA & SEMÍRAMIS RAMIS Award – Best Thesis – School of Medicine:
“Bartonellosis in Children.”
Author: Patricia Breña, MD.
Advisors: Ciro Maguiña, MD and Herminio Hernández, MD
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