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PRP: Prof Maria Santolaya De Pablo

Professor Maria Santolaya De Pablo is an infectious disease pediatrician who has developed her career carrying infectious diseases clinic at Hospital de niños Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna and performing teaching and research as a professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad de Chile

Dr. Santolaya is considered as an example for the preparation of new generations of pediatricians and infectologists. She has developed several research lines in pediatric infectious diseases, highlighting in the area of infections in immunocompromised children and in the area of meningococcal vaccines in healthy children and adolescents, resulting both in high-impact scientific publications, improvement in the management of children and a positive impact on the community.

Dr. Santolaya is also known by the creation and implementation of a Center for Pediatric Research at the Hospital de niños Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna, with a strong basic-clinical integration. Since 2014 she also serves as Director of Postgraduate Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad de Chile and is part of the Higher Council for Science and Technology, FONDECYT, the main organization that funds research in Chile.