Area
Medical and Health Sciences
Sub-Discipline
Health Sciences
University of Chile
- City: Santiago,
- Commune: Santiago,
- Region: Metropolitan Region
goals
The Master's Degree Program in Parasitology has the general purpose of training graduates of a higher level in this scientific discipline, capable of providing advanced training in the field of Parasitology, both in its theoretical knowledge and in its applications, allowing for superior professional performance, and also contributing to the deepening of knowledge in the area of Parasitology, and accrediting, with a higher academic degree, the advanced training acquired through a systematic postgraduate study program in Parasitology.
Applicant Profile
To hold the academic degree of Bachelor/Professional Title, whose level, content and duration of studies correspond to an equivalent training to that of the Bachelor's Degree at the University of Chile, determined by the Academic Committee.
(Biologist(s); Doctor(s); Health Professionals and related fields)
Graduate profile
The graduate profile of the Master's program in Parasitology projects a graduate who has a solid scientific background in the field of Parasitology, both in its theoretical knowledge and in its applications from a pluralistic, collective, critical and ethical perspective.
He is able to analyze and address parasitological problems related to protozoa, helminths and arthropods in relation to his basic and/or clinical professional field; perform critical analysis of the advanced scientific information available in relation to fundamental topics of Parasitology; apply the scientific method in the study of parasitic diseases according to his professional field and formulate research projects in the different areas of Parasitology.
Furthermore, he has the necessary skills to form multidisciplinary teams and advise on the fight against parasitic diseases.
Lines of investigation
1.- Clinical and molecular studies of acute (congenital) and chronic Chagas disease.
2.- Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of chronic Chagas disease.
3.- Medical Entomology.
4. Transmissible diseases specific to animals.
5.- Transmissible diseases between animals and humans.
6. Parasitology of wild animals.
7.- Mechanisms of tissue infection by parasites.
8.- Genetic characterization of Mepraia sp and Trypanosoma cruzi.
9.- Molecular epidemiology of Chagas disease.
10. Evaluation of drugs of synthetic or natural origin with antiparasitic or antineoplastic activity. Preclinical studies.
11.- Transmissible protozoan and helminthic diseases specific to humans.
12.- Ecology of parasites.
13.- General Immunology: Host-pathogen interaction.
14.- DNA repair mechanisms of Trypanosoma cruzi.
15.- Parasitosis in Pediatrics.
16.- Zoonoses.
17.- Parasitosis and One Health (ONE-HEALTH).
18.- Evidence-Based Medicine and Parasitosis.
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