Lyda Osorio

Lyda Osorio
NationalityColombian
Alma materUniversidad de Caldas (MD), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsEpidemiology, Infectious disease, Vector-borne disease
InstitutionsUniversidad del Valle, CIDEIM
Thesis Effects of mobility on the transmission of malaria in an urban area in Colombia
Doctoral advisorProf. David Bradley

Lyda Elena Osorio Amaya is a Colombian physician, epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist.[1] She is an associate professor at the Universidad del Valle, and a researcher at the Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM) in Cali, Valle del Cauca.[1] Osorio's research has focused mainly on vector-borne diseases like malaria, leishmaniasis, Zika and dengue fever.[2] She has also played a role in Colombia's response against COVID-19.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Escuela de Salud Pública - Lyda Elena Osorio Amaya". Universidad del Valle (Colombia) (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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