• Cambio climático.
• Contaminación del aire.
• Actividad volcánica.

Health Impact on the Ecuadorian Population due to the Volcanic Eruptions, from 2011 to Present (ECUAVOLCAN).

Proyecto de investigación liderado por la Dra. Katherine Simbaña-Rivera, orientado a evaluar el impacto de las erupciones volcánicas sobre la salud de la población ecuatoriana desde 2011 hasta la actualidad, con enfoque en salud pública y epidemiología ambiental.

Técnico de Metodología Científica.

Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Azogues, Ecuador.

• Oil Spill in Esmeraldas: A Public Health Emergency in the Context of Environmental Racism
  The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, 2026.
• Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices on Risks and Disasters Among Medical Students: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study in 9 Latin American and Caribbean Countries
  Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2023.
• Towards Clean Air and Health for All in the Andes
  The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, 2026.
• Genetic Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Genetic Testing Among Final-Year Medical Students at a Public University in Ecuador
  Frontiers in Medicine, 2024.
• Climate Change in Ecuadorian Undergraduate Medical Education Programs: Curricular Assessment and the Role of Medical Students’ Associations, 2019–2024
  BMC Medical Education, 2026.
• Perceived Fatality Prior to COVID-19 Infection in 13 Latin American Countries (FAT-LAT-COVID-19): Revalidation of a Shortened Scale
  Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021.
• Mapping the Global Health Burden of Volcanic Exposure: A Scoping Review Approach
  Frontiers in Public Health, 2025.
• Evaluation of the First Standardized Registry of Approved Research Studies by the Research Ethics Committees in Ecuador
  BMC Medical Ethics, 2025.
• Volcanic Eruptions and Public Health in Ecuador: An Analysis of Institutional Gaps and Integrated Strategies
  Frontiers in Public Health, 2025.
• Biomonitoring of Inorganic Pollutants in Blood Samples of Population Affected by the Tajogaite Eruption: The ISVOLCAN Study in Spain
  Toxics, 2025.
• Revalidation of an Ultra-Short Scale for the Measurement of Perceived Job Security in Latin America
  Medwave, 2022.