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Lectures fifth-semester medical students in simulated clinical environments, emphasizing preventive medicine, health promotion, and integrated patient-centered care.

Leading a master's thesis on germline and somatic variant analysis in gastric cancer using exome sequencing, bioinformatic pipelines, and clinical data integration to characterize genomic alterations in Colombian patients.

Completed a clinical rotation and research internship in medical genetics, contributing to synonymous variant functional assays in colorectal cancer and integrating molecular analyses into clinical interpretation.

Conducted variant analysis and population genetics studies for colorectal cancer projects, performing sequencing data interpretation and functional studies to support variant classification.

Activities and societies: Master’s thesis research in gastric cancer genomics; bioinformatic pipeline development; variant curation and clinical data integration.

Master's candidate in Natural Sciences conducting a thesis on genomic characterization of gastric cancer in Colombian patients, focusing on germline and somatic variant analysis and exome sequencing interpretation.

Activities and societies: Clinical rotations, research internships in genetics and genomics, teaching clinical skills and primary health care.

Completed M.D. in General Medicine with research experience in molecular genetics and genomics applied to colorectal and gastric cancer, including variant identification and functional studies.