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Ernesto Joel Leiva Quintanilla

Ernesto Joel Leiva Quintanilla, st

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Undergraduate student of Human Medicine at Universidad Continental, with training focused on scientific research, health innovation, and student academic leadership. She is characterized by a constant initiative to strengthen her research skills and her interest in generating evidence applicable to clinical practice and public health, especially in resource-limited settings. She has completed clinical rotations at the Manuel Angel Higa Arakaki Hospital in Satipo (2024), the El Carmen Regional Teaching Maternal and Child Hospital (2025), and an internship at the Regional Institute of Neoplastic Diseases of the Central Region (2026), consolidating a clinical approach with a strong research orientation. Her main area of ​​development focuses on biomedical research and digital health. She actively participates in research groups and initiatives in artificial intelligence applied to health, telemedicine, genetics, infectious diseases, primary care, nephrology, and cancer. In the field of scientific leadership, he has coordinated research groups and co-founded research groups at SOCIMEC, where he served as Past Director of the Permanent Academic and Scientific Committee, as well as President of the VIII Continental Scientific Conference (2025) and the I Oncology Research Internship at IREN Centro (2026). He has presented scientific work at CONASEIN 2025 and participates in the development of a clinical case and research and intervention projects in remote communities in Peru, with an emphasis on digital health and equitable access to healthcare.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being