PROJECTS
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING
Análisis del movimiento de adultos de Tuta absoluta entre invernaderos de tomate, para el diseño de un sistema que minimice la incidencia de la plaga y favorezca la persistencia de un virus entomopatógeno
STATUS: Active
RESEARCH LINE: Good health and well being
DATE: June 2019 – December 2020
FUNDED BY: Agrosavia, Universidad de los Andes
ABSTRACT: The objective is to understand the dynamics of movement between tomato greenhouses in the same adult region of Tuta absoluta, as the basis for the development of a regional pest management plan.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
1. A participative systems methodology to model pest metapopulation dynamics in an agricultural setting
2. Construction of a model of agricultural pest metapopulation network for the design of regional management plans
The Mechanisms of Networks and norms Influence on Smoking in Schools (MECHANISMS) Study: Using Game Theory to assess the effects of social norms and social networks on adolescent smoking in schools - a proof of concept study
STATUS: Active
RESEARCH LINE: Good health and well being
DATE: January 2018-December 2020
FUNDED BY: Medial Research Council-UK
ABSTRACT: Investigate the mechanistic pathways by which the social network structures influence the social norms before and after the ASSIST and Dead Cool smoking prevention interventions in Bogota and Nortern Ireland schools.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
2. Exploring the relation between the social norms and the social network structure for the ASSIST and Dead Cool smoking prevention interventions
Modelos sistémicos de inteligencia epidemiológica para estimar las dinámicas de infección del COVID-19 apoyando la toma de decisiones para su control y prevención en Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena y Barranquilla
STATUS: Finished
RESEARCH LINE: Good health and well being
DATE: May 2020-January 2021
FUNDED BY: Minciencias
ABSTRACT: The aim of SISCOVID is to provide a tool for decision-makers with updated information to evaluate scenarios and inform decisions to mitigate and control the epidemic. SISCOVID was chosen among more than 500 projects that were submitted to the Ministry of Science of Colombia Micienciaton call aimed to contribute to solve current health problems related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION: SISCOVID WEB PAGE
Policy Document: ¿Cómo disminuir la transmisión del virus SARS-COV-2 en contextos urbanos de Colombia?
Relación entre pérdida auditiva, enfermedades alérgicas y actividad física, con los comportamientos sociales de adolescentes en una zona rural de Colombia
STATUS: Active
DATE: January 2020 – January 2021
FUNDED BY: Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Universidad de los Andes
ABSTRACT: Project that studies the relationship between the social behaviors of adolescents and children with the levels of physical activity, and the existence of hearing loss and allergies in Santa Ana, Bolívar.
Global Health Equality Scholars Program isBARU: The importance of social behaviors in the health of adolescents in rural areas of Colombia
STATUS: Active
RESEARCH LINE: Good health and well being
DATE: January 2018-June 2019
FUNDED BY: The National Institute of Health (USA) – D43 Grant – Fogarty.
ABSTRACT: Project that studies social and health behaviors and attitudes of adolescents from Santa Ana to inform clinical and educational interventions and public policy.
Variables: violence, substance abuse, sexual, reproductive, physical and mental health, empowerment and citizenship, and physical activity.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
Individual Attributes and Social Network predictors of Alcohol Consumption Susceptibility among Adolescents in a vulnerable rural área
Data for Refugees Colombia
STATUS: Active
RESEARCH LINE: Good health and well being
DATE: January 2020-August 2021
FUNDED BY: Universidad de los Andes, MIT – MISTI
ABSTRACT: This study aims to advance the understanding of the topic of large-scale migration into the Colombian territory to better understand the process of migrant-local integration using mobile-phone data.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION: VOYAGE VIEWER WEB PAGE
Efectividad del Programa Muévete Escolar para la promoción de actividad física en la población escolar de Bogotá
STATUS: Finished
RESEARCH LINE: Good health and well being
DATE: May 2018- May 2019
FUNDED BY: Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones – Universidad de los Andes
ABSTRACT: Project that evaluate of effectiveness of the Modulo Activo Recreo Activo component of the Muévete Escolar program in promoting physical activity in the school population of Bogotá. The aim is to determine the effect of friendship networks on the transmission of habits that prevent or cause overweight and obesity
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
Estudio temporal de las redes sociales de los usuarios de la Recreovía: medición de la cohesión emergente de un programa de actividad física en Bogotá, Colombia
STATUS: Finished
RESEARCH LINE: Good health and well being
DATE: April 2018 – August 2019
FUNDED BY: Banco de la República, Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones – Universidad de los Andes
ABSTRACT: Study of the temporal networks of three stations of the Recreovía program (aerobics in the Ciclovía). Online Social Networks (such as Facebook) are used to proxy social media in real life for assistants, decision makers, members of the mayor’s office, and teachers of the program.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Global Health Equality Scholars Program isBARU: The importance of social behaviors in the health of adolescents in rural areas of Colombia
STATUS: Active
RESEARCH LINE: Sustainable cities and communities
DATE: January 2018-June 2019
FUNDED BY: The National Institute of Health (USA) – D43 Grant – Fogarty.
ABSTRACT: Project that studies social and health behaviors and attitudes of adolescents from Santa Ana to inform clinical and educational interventions and public policy.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
Our Voice in a rural area: Empowering Colombian Rural Adolescents to Advocate for Community Well-being through Citizen Science
What makes cities healthy, equitable, and environmentally sustainable? Lessons from Latin America
STATUS: Active
RESEARCH LINE: Sustainable cities and communities
DATE: April 2017-March 2022
FUNDED BY: Wellcome Trust (UK): Our Planet, Our Health Award.
ABSTRACT: The objective of this project is to study the determinants of urban health in environments with large heterogeneities and rapid transformations to inform policies to promote urban health and sustainability worldwide
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION: SALURBAL WEB PAGE
Stanford-Colombia Collaboratory on Chronic Disease Prevention
STATUS: Active
RESEARCH LINE: Sustainable cities and communities
DATE: August 2017-August 2019
FUNDED BY: The National Institute of Health (USA) (Exploratory Grants – P20)
ABSTRACT: Study about the engagement of stakeholders in a multisectoral network to co-create a theory-driven, community-based intervention to promote PA among BCS, delivered by Bogotá’s municipal government.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
1. Multisectoral co-creation of a community-based physical activity program for breast cancer survivors in Colombia
2. Analyzing social networks emerging from a community-based physical activity program for breast cancer survivors in Colombia
Dinámicas de los estados nutricionales de la población colombiana a nivel departamental por sexo, edad y grupo socioeconómico
STATUS: Finished
RESEARCH LINE: Sustainable cities and communities
DATE: July 2016-July 2019
FUNDED BY: Universidad de Ibagué
ABSTRACT: Some low and middle-income countries are experiencing a nutritional transition where the burden of obesity is shifting toward the lower socioeconomic population as the country’s level of economic and social development improves. Different investigations have been carried out to understand the nutritional transition, particularly using statistical approaches, however, research to understand the dynamics of obesity by socioeconomic status, age, and sex using systemic approaches has been limited. This research seeks to study the dynamics of the nutritional status of the Colombian population at the level of each department, differentiating by age, sex and socioeconomic level.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
Estudio de las relaciones colaborativas en una cadena de suministros: Un caso de aplicación a la Administración de Proyectos
STATUS: Finished
RESEARCH LINE: Sustainable cities and communities
DATE: February 2017-August 2019
FUNDED BY: Universidad de Ibagué
ABSTRACT: The globalization of markets, together with the rapid and revolutionary advances in information and communication technologies (ICT) have allowed many organizations worldwide to work beyond corporate limits, which has led to efforts to manage and improve the different links in the supply chain. Under this new scenario, traditional project management has begun to change in favor of more collaborative project management, focused on monitoring business processes, with project team members geographically dispersed around the world and who do not belong to the same organization, and based on the efficient and effective exchange of information and knowledge between the members of the project team.
Social Analytics: Interviniendo comunidades mediante el análisis de redes para aumentar el bienestar de la población en Colombia
STATUS: Finished
RESEARCH LINE: Sustainable cities and communities
DATE: January 2018-January 2021
FUNDED BY: FAPA-Universidad de los Andes
ABSTRACT:The objective is to develop and apply a social networks analysis methodology for the design, implementation and evaluation of public health interventions with spill-over effects in Colombian populations.
Estudio sistémico de la movilidad urbana en Ibagué mediante planificación interactiva y dinámica de sistemas
STATUS: Finished
RESEARCH LINE: Sustainable cities and communities
DATE: July 2015-December 2016
FUNDED BY: Universidad de Ibagué
Diseño y calibración de un Sistema de Apoyo a la Toma de Decisiones para evaluar políticas de movilidad urbana en Ibagué
STATUS: Finished
RESEARCH LINE: Sustainable cities and communities
DATE: January 2017-August 2019
FUNDED BY: Universidad de Ibagué
ABSTRACT: The project purpose is to develop a Decision Support System related to urban mobility public policies in the city of Ibagué, Colombia. The system must fulfill certain key functions for managing the complexity posed by the urban mobility problem. A first is educational. The system must facilitate the authorities gradual and continuous learning of this complex mobility problem. But in addition, and due to the fact that various actors are involved in said problem (mayor’s office, municipal council, transport associations, citizens, private sector, academia, etc.), the system must facilitate the participatory design of policies. In the context of Latin American countries, citizen participation is even more important, as it is a way to begin to strengthen our democracies by making them more participatory and deliberative and less representative. The Decision Support System will also be based on three computational models that will allow evaluating the expected results of public policies in the Ibagué mobility system: a model of power relations, a model of system dynamics and an agent-based model.
Utilización de modelamiento en dinámica de sistemas para evaluar la transición nutricional en el departamento del Tolima: Una estrategia para orientar políticas enmarcadas en el objetivo de desarrollo sostenible
STATUS: Active
RESEARCH LINE: Sustainable cities and communities
DATE: August 2019-August 2021
FUNDED BY: Universidad de Ibagué-Universidad de los Andes
ABSTRACT:Overweight, obesity, and physical inactivity have in recent years become an important public health problem worldwide. Investigations that study obesity using a systemic approach in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are limited. Therefore, the purpose of this project is to study the nutritional stages dynamics within the Colombian urban population.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
A system dynamics model of the nutritional stages of the Colombian population
OTHERS
Languages as networks and information theory
STATUS: Active
FUNDED BY: Fondecyt 180315
ABSTRACT: Study languages as networks representations, which allows to use different information theory methods for its comprenhension
Earthquakes, Volcanoes and seismic movements using networks
STATUS: Active
FUNDED BY: Fondecyt 180315
ABSTRACT: Use of spatial networks to study correlation among different seismic movements of different nature
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
Random walks, information flow and complex networks
STATUS: Active
FUNDED BY: Fondecyt 180315
ABSTRACT: Study random walks on complex networks. This generalizations may be applied in different fliers:internet infrastructure, epidemics, traffic
Navigation software and complex networks
STATUS: Active
FUNDED BY: Fondecyt 180315
ABSTRACT: Study the effect of different strategies of navigation softwares (Waze, google maps) in transportation
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
Passing networks on soccer
STATUS: Active
FUNDED BY: Fondecyt 180315
ABSTRACT: Study the passing networks in soccer to explain the team performance and possible final scores forecasting
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:
Migration and segregation in complex networks
STATUS: Active
FUNDED BY: Fondecyt 180315
ABSTRACT: Simulate segregation phenomena , and in general different social structures, based on Shcelling and Sakoda’s model. We apply this same principle in migrations
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION: