A researcher, teacher and mentor who has dedicated over 30 years to research, publishing more than 700 research papers and training over 500 student researchers.
On Friday, December 6, Prisma NGO presented a special recognition to Dr. Robert Gilman for his scientific and academic work in biomedical research in Peru, the United States and the United Kingdom, to improve the quality of life of families in Peru and the world.
Robert Gilman is a senior professor at the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and a research professor at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. He is also the principal investigator of Prisma, where he has trained over 500 researchers (Peruvian and foreign) in biomedicine, making him one of the main mentors in Peru, according to the Fogarty International Center and the National Institutes of Health – NIH.
In the more than 30 years he has dedicated to research, he has made more than 700 publications focused on diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis, parasitic infections, tropical diseases, autism, among others, in high impact journals such as The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Clinical Infectious Disease, Journal of Epidemiology.
Bob Gilman, as he is affectionately called, is one of the founders of Prisma, and his legacy has marked a milestone in our history and institutional culture. Prisma has an important area dedicated to research that concentrates 35.9% of the projects executed during the year.
