Principal investigator

Daniel Romero-Alvarez MD, PhD

Research Group of Emerging and Neglected Diseases, 

Ecoepidemiology and Biodiversity, Health Science Faculty, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador.

Research assistant 

Evaluna Chicango

Research Group of Emerging and Neglected Diseases, 

Ecoepidemiology and Biodiversity, Health Science Faculty, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador.

Research assistant 

Gabriela Naranjo 

Research Group of Emerging and Neglected Diseases, 

Ecoepidemiology and Biodiversity, Health Science Faculty, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador.

Communication manager 

Andrea Romero-Alvarez

Global Council for Science and the Environment, Washington DC, United States 

Researcher

Irene Torres PhD

Fundación Octaedro, Quito, Ecuador

Researcher

Jose Ruben Ramirez-Iglesias PhD

Research Group of Emerging and Neglected Diseases, 

Ecoepidemiology and Biodiversity, Health Science Faculty, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador.

Researcher

Carlos Andres Bastidas-Caldes PhD 

School of Medicine, Centro de Investigaciones (CIN), Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón 0901952, Ecuador

Molecular diagnosis - GeneSys

German Burgos PhD

Genesys, Genetic Systems Labs, Quito, Ecuador. Grupo de Medicina Xenomica, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, España

Researcher

Daniel Lopez-Cevallos PhD

Department of Health Promotion and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Environmental sciences undergraduate student

Matea Cañizares

Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, United States 

Master thesis student

Alvaro Rivadeneira

Master Program of Biomedicine - Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador 

Biomedical sciences thesis student

Jose Aranda

Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences - Universidad Internacional SEK (UISEK), Quito, Ecuador