Founded in 1995 and recognized by COLCIENCIAS in 2006 as a research center, the Health Studies and Research Center is the strategic unit responsible for guiding research work at the Foundation. Its mission is to generate knowledge that may contribute to the improvement of health conditions in Colombia and Latin America.

The Center offers innovative, high-impact, multi-disciplinary, holistic and reproducible initiatives and practices designed to enhance the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities alike. These include:

• Research for the creation and dissemination of useful knowledge in the area of health.
• Sectoral public policy analysis and proposals.
• Model center for clinical and public health research in Colombia and Latin America.
• Highly qualified human talent in research.
• Research incentives.

Over the years, the center has gained important national and international recognition in the area of research.

It provides technical assistance to the Corporation’s 12 research groups, five of which are recognized by COLCIENCIAS.