Jorge Enrique Gómez-Marín, MD. PhD. Professor of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad del Quindio, Colombia. Medical degree from the University of Quindio; a Master’s degree in Tropical Biomedicine (MSc) from the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium; and a Doctorate (PhD) in Parasite Biology from the University of Reims, France. Completed postdoctoral research in Biomolecular Spectroscopy at the Institute of Biomolecular, University of Reims, France. Serves as the Director of the Molecular Parasitology Group (GEPAMOL) at Universidad del Quindio, Colombia, South America. Former Dean Faculty of Health Sciences. Member of Editorial Board of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Authored 179 full articles and a book on medical protozoology, edited a molecular biology book, and contributed 20 book chapters. Supervised 21 Master's theses and 10 Ph.D. dissertations and received six national and two international research awards. In the realm of parasitology, he elucidated the geographical divergence in the clinical manifestations of ocular and congenital toxoplasmosis between Europe and South America, explored the association between the virulence factors of Toxoplasma and the clinical characteristics and their immunological basis in humans, assessed the current epidemiological status of congenital and ocular toxoplasmosis, and identified the primary risk factors associated with the acquisition of this disease in Colombia.