Andrea Manzano, MSc.   

ALMANZANO@puce.edu.ec

Research group: Assessment of health technologies and health economics

Areas of research: Infectious, immunological and chronic diseases / Health economics / Microbiology.

   Current research:   

• Immunizations
• Health economics
• Genetics and immunological diseases

  Education:

• 2021. Master in Climate Change and Environmental Negotiation. Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar. Quito - Ecuador. 
• 2014. Master in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation. San Francisco State University. Estados Unidos.
• 2010. Biotechnology Engineering. Escuela Politécnica del Ejército (ESPE). Quito - Ecuador.

  Current position: 

• Adjunct investigator to the group of  Dr. Ruth Jimbo-Sotomayor at the Center for Research in Health in Latin America.
• Undergraduate and Graduate Professor of the School of Medicine. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
• Coordinator of the Herpetology Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Exact Sciences. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

  Recent publications: 

• Sánchez, X., Orrico, M., Morillo, T., Manzano, A., Jimbo, R., & Armijos, L. (2021). Reducing unnecessary antibiotic prescription through implementation of a clinical guideline on self-limiting respiratory tract infections. Plos one, 16(4), e0249475. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249475 
• Choez, X. S., Martínez, M. L., Tatamuez, V. V., Peña, M. L., Manzano, A., & Sotomayor, R. J. (2021). Medical Cost of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Ambulatory Care. Value in Health Regional Issues, 26, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2020.10.001
• Sánchez, X., Landázuri, A., Londo, P., Manzano, A., Moreno Roca, A., & Jimbo, R. (2020). Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Antibiotic Use in Family Medicine Students. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 11, 2150132720984758. https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132720984758 

  Orcid:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4252-6284 

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrea-Manzano-Pasquel