Maru Castellanos Reynosa

Dr María Eugenia (Maru) Castellanos Reynosa is an Epidemiology & Communicable Disease Control Lecturer at the College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences. Maru is an epidemiologist and medical microbiologist with over 15 years of experience researching infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis, malaria and HIV. She has expertise in the data collection, analysis and implementation of epidemiological studies in low-income settings, as shown by her work in Africa and Latin America. She has a BSc in Chemical Biology (Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala), a Master in Medical Microbiology (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kindom) and a PhD in Epidemiology (University of Georgia, United States). Maru is a member of The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) and the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD).