Who are we?

The Uninavarra Research and Innovation Center - CIINA, is a decentralized and transversal academic body, whose fundamental functions are to direct, advise and plan institutional research activities, thus contributing to the construction of a favorable scenario for the generation of knowledge and its dissemination.

The Navarra University Foundation -UNINAVARRA- by agreement number 011 of 2015 of the University Superior Council, creates the CIINA with the purpose of favoring the institutional research activity prioritizing its strict and integral direction, through the management of processes that sponsor the academic-administrative relations within the institution and with the national and international academic environment. The CIINA was regulated by agreement 009 of 2017 by the Academic Council.

To lead the conception and management of strategies, guidelines and policies aimed at developing, promoting and consolidating the research culture of the Navarra University Foundation, through the creation of comprehensive and quality programs that respond equitably to the needs of the academy and promote the fulfillment of the institutional mission as a higher education institution in accordance with local, national and international trends with a clear social focus.

The Research and Innovation Center of the Navarra University Foundation -UNINAVARRA- "CIINA", will be recognized as an academic body generating knowledge, which will guide the institution in its consolidation as a pioneer and leader in the implementation of the research-curricular integration model in the Surcolombiana region, the country and the international arena, through the use of institutional capacities and areas of knowledge, favoring the consolidation of knowledge spaces and a socially transforming academic culture.

Quality Policy

At the Uninavarra Research and Innovation Center - CIINA we plan, direct and advise the institutional research activities contributing to the construction of a favorable scenario for the production of new knowledge, its dissemination, transfer and social appropriation, contributing to the solution of the most felt needs of the region.

We have a highly qualified team committed to the continuous improvement of processes, in order to consolidate and strengthen a sustainable research culture.

Quality Objectives

  • Research Culture: To develop a research culture that contributes to the strengthening of research projects.
  • Organizational Projection: Optimize the effectiveness of the management system, through the monitoring, measurement and improvement tools available to the QMS, in order to guarantee long-term institutional projection.
  • State-of-the-art infrastructure: Guarantee state-of-the-art research spaces for the provision of the service
  • Institutional Positioning: To guarantee customer satisfaction through the implementation and continuous improvement from the S.G.C., achieving positioning in the region and in the national research system.

Teamwork

  • Thiago Andres Navarro Alvarez
    Director CINA
    direccioncina@uninavarra.edu.co
  • Edna Fabiola Galán González
    Scientific Coordinator of the Nursing and Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Technology Programs.

    Specialist in Epidemiology. Master in Nursing with emphasis in Family Health. PhD in Health and Sports Sciences.  

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  • Edna Gicela Ortiz Morea
    Scientific coordinator of basic sciences

    Biologist at Universidad de la Amazonia

    Master's and Doctorate in Basic Sciences - Genetics at Universidade Estadual Paulista

    Post-doctoral study in Chemical and Biological Sciences at Universidade Estadual Paulista

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  • Leidy Esmeralda Herrera Jara
    Research Manager Nursing

    D. in Education from the Norbert Wiener University of Peru, Doctor in Forensic Sciences from the Popular University of Veracruz in Mexico, Master in Teaching and University Research, Specialist in Teaching and University Research Sergio Arboleda University, Specialist in Evaluation and construction of management indicators for Higher Education, and Specialist in Social Management and Educational Administrator of the San Buenaventura University.

    Master's Degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Master's Degree in Educational Planning and Administration and Law School of the Metropolitan University of Education, Science and Technology. UMECIT Panama; of the subjects Directed Research, Methodology of Forensic Investigation, Diagnosis and Evaluation in Education, Reality and Challenges of Higher Education, Multiculturalism in Education in Panama and Latin America; and Thesis Director of the Doctorate in Education, Master in Criminalistics.

    Doctorate in Education Sciences, University of Panama in the subjects of Research Methodology.

    University Professor of the Undergraduate and Graduate Schools of the National Police of Colombia, in areas of Research Methodology, Design and Implementation of Projects, Undergraduate Work, Oral and Written Communication Skills, Pedagogy and Didactics, as well as Pedagogical Advisor and Consultant Advisor and thematic areas: Educational, Legal, Criminalistics, Criminology, Traffic Accident Investigation, Road Safety, Police Law, Public Safety among others.

    Teacher of the Master's Degree in Education of the Consejo Académico de Docencia e Investigación Transversal A.C. "CADIT" Mexico, with the subject of Planning and Administration of Educational Institutions.

    Honorary Member Of The Scientific Evaluation And Review Committee For Journals Of The Editorial Latin Science International, Period 2023 - 2025. Cch061 Leidy Esmeralda Herrera Jara Universidad Metropolitana De Educación, Ciencia Y Tecnología Areas Education and, Forensic Sciences

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  • Ricardo Andres Novoa
    Chairman
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  • Eidy Lorena Mahecha Gamboa
    Master Scientist of the Nursing Unit

    Nurse, Magister in Public Health 

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  • Magda Liliana Cuellar Velasquez
    Scientific master's degree in research and technological development unit

    Economist, specialist in finance and Master in Finance with emphasis in Fintech.

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  • Mayra Mercedes Rubiano Godoy
    Scientific Master of Medicine unit

    Physician with emphasis in Public Health, Master in Epidemiology, Master in HIV.

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