| TITLE OF THE RESEARCH | RESEARCH TEAM | FACULTY(S) | LINKED AGREEMENT(S) | LINES OF INVESTIGATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attitudes and practices of students regarding the prevention of the Covid-19 cluster at UMECIT Sede David | Responsible researcher: Alfredo Lammie (Medical records and health statistics) | Health Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Comparative analysis of national standards in the management of environmental issues in the Chitré Landfill | Responsible researcher: Zaira Córdoba (Law and Political Sciences) Co-investigator(s): Reinaldo Mendoza (Law and Political Sciences) Research Assistant Students (Law and Political Sciences): Anabel Navarro and Diana Mendoza | Law and Forensic Sciences Environment and Sustainability | Ibero-American Environment Network REIMA - MiAmbiente- (Municipality of Chitré) | Legal and Political Studies Environment and Sustainability |
| Analysis of technological challenges in the adoption of electronic medical records for the quality of medical care | Principal Investigator: Allyson Pinto (Medical Records and Health Statistics) | Health Sciences Technology, Construction, and Environment | None | Cybersociety and digital development |
| Analysis of the situation of children: demand and current response in Panama East | Responsible Investigator: Virginia Quintero (Occupational Safety and Health) Co-investigator(s): Jorge Castillo (Physical Education and sports training) Research Assistant Students: [Occupational Health]; Ángel Ríos and Cecilio Rallyns | Health Sciences Humanities and Educational Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Physical fitness in adolescent soccer players | Responsible Investigator: Jennifer Rivas (Physiotherapy) Co-investigator: Lourdes Iribarren (Physiotherapy), Luis Gabriel Rangel Caballero (USTA, Colombia) | Health Sciences | Universidad Santo Tomás (USTA), Bucaramanga headquarters, Colombia | Public Health and Prevention Education and Society |
| Agricultural areas and their relationship with the antavirus vector directed at workers in the El Bebedero community, Tonosí | Responsible Investigator: José Gil (Occupational Safety and Health) Research Assistant Student(s) (Occupational Safety and Health): José Bustavino | Health Sciences | MINSA | Public Health and Prevention |
| Objective aspects of environmental crime as a precedent for the crime of money laundering for the individualization of the criminal liability of the legal person | Responsible Researcher: María Alverola (Law and Political Sciences) Co-investigator(s): Ogami Rivera, Edgar Adib García (Law and Political Science) | Law and Forensic Sciences | None | Legal and Political Studies |
| Construction of a model for the hybridization of higher education | Principal Investigator: Eduardo Cola López-Echaniz (Educational Sciences) Co-investigator(s): Alonso José Larreal, Ernestina Suárez, Myriam Báez, Leovy Echeverría (Educational Sciences) | Humanities and Educational Sciences | None | Education and Society |
| Vertical growth in Santiago as a planning proposal | Responsible Researcher: Sebastián Aguilar (Buildings) | Technology, Construction, and Environment | None | Environment and Sustainability |
| Cultivation of Macrobachin rossembo ingcon: Biofloc System in Fresh Water | Responsible Investigator: Alexis Gómez (Environmental Management Administration) | Technology, Construction, and Environment | None | Cybersociety and Globalization |
| Women's rights in the workplace based on gender equality in Santiago – Veraguas | Responsible Researcher: Zuley Tuñón Núñez (Law and Political Sciences) | Law and Forensic Sciences | None | Legal and Political Studies |
| Development of an occupational health and safety program for day laborers in the province of Veraguas | Responsible Investigator: Erika Cruz (Occupational Safety and Health) | Health Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Detection of training needs of UMECIT employees from 2017 to 2020 | Principal Investigator: Yazmina Valdez de Moreno (Business Administration) Co-investigator(s): Cynthia González (Psychology), María Piedad Nieto (Administrative) | Economic and Administrative Sciences Health Sciences | None | Organizational Management |
| Diagnosis of Risk Factors Associated with Work Accidents in Construction Projects in the District of Santiago de Veraguas in the year 2023 -2024 | Responsible Investigator: Yamileth Jiménez (Occupational Safety and Health) | Health Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Diagnosis of occupational risks at UMECIT, Chitré Headquarters | Principal Investigator: Linette Govea (General Psychology) Co-investigator(s): Miriam Aparicio (General Psychology), Gressy Zúñiga (Social work and human development) | Health Sciences | National Institute of Psychiatry of Mexico | Psychology and Human Development |
| Socio-environmental diagnosis for the sustainable development of the Zambranos community adjacent to the Brazo de Gómez stream, Bijagual, Chiriquí | Responsible Researcher: Giselle Gómez (Environmental Management) Co-investigator(s): Widad González (Social work and human development, Law and political sciences), Ricardo Navas (Social work and human development), Hermes De Gracia (Environmental Management Administration) | Technology, Construction, and Environment Health Sciences / Humanities and Educational Sciences | Ibero-American Environment Network REIMA | Environment and Sustainability |
| Final disposal of solid waste from the District of Chitré, Province of Herrera | Responsible Investigator: José Gil [Environmental Management Administration] Co-investigator(s): José Pinilla (Buildings) Research Assistant Students: (Occupational Safety and Health): José Bustavino | Technology, Construction, and Environment | None | Environment and Sustainability |
| Effects of climatic variations on agricultural production and tourism in the Azuero region | Responsible Investigator: Osvaldo Solís A. (Environmental Management Administration) Co-investigator(s): Graciela Alicia Simón Vergara (Bilingual Tourism) | Technology, Construction and Environment Economic and Administrative Sciences | Ibero-American Environment Network REIMA | Environment Organizational Management |
| Effects of physical exercise on mental health in UMECIT students | Responsible Researcher: Víctor Tejada (General Psychology) | Health Sciences | None | Psychology and Human Development |
| The legal regime of lactating women in provisional detention or compliance with a conviction | Principal Investigator: Khumar Villalobos (Law and Political Sciences) Co-investigator(s): Mario Brathwaite (Criminalistics) | Law and Forensic Sciences | None | Legal and Political Studies |
| Empowerment and female leadership | Responsible Researcher: Magdy De las Salas (Educational Sciences) Co-investigator(s): Anielka Ulloa de Samaniego (Social Work and Human Development) | Humanities and Educational Sciences Health Sciences | University of Celaya, Mexico | Organizational Management Education and Society |
| Strategy for jurisdictional control of the fundamental guarantees of the criminal process based on digital evidence | Responsible Researcher: Tania Saavedra (Law and Political Sciences) | Law and Forensic Sciences | None | Legal and Political Studies Cybersociety and Digital Development |
| Innovative strategies for the sustainable treatment of technological waste: advances, challenges and perspectives | Responsible Researcher: Guillermina Higuera (Systems and Programming) Co-investigator(s): Manuel Moreno (Systems and Programming) | Technology, Construction, and Environment | Municipality of Chitre | Cybersociety and Digital Development Environment and Sustainability |
| Preliminary comparative study in Occupational Safety and Health between traditional Agriculture and protected Agriculture in the province of Chiriquí | Responsible Investigator: José Guerreo (Associated external researcher) Co-investigator(s): Kevin Domingo Méndez González (Occupational Safety and Health) | Technology Construction and Environment / Health Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Case study for sustainability and environmentalization in the teaching of mathematics in the Bachelor's Degrees in Environmental Management Administration and Occupational Safety and Health | Responsible Investigator: Roberto Moreno (Occupational Health and Safety) Research Assistant Students [Occupational Safety and Health]: Didio Márquez González María Alejandra Concepción López | Technology, Construction, and Environment | rheima | Environment and Sustainability Public health and prevention |
| Study on the variables that affect gender violence | Responsible: Cornelia Rodríguez (Social Work and Human Development) Co-investigator(s): Zoraya Alonso (Social Work and Human Development), Amelia Sarco (General Psychology), Linette Govea (General Psychology) Research assistant(s) [of Psychology]: Jacqueline Santos, Alfonso Rodríguez | Humanities and Educational Sciences Health Sciences | None | Education and Society |
| Prospective study of research and scientific productivity of UMECIT. 2025-2024 | Responsible: Magdy De las Salas (Educational Sciences) Co-investigator(s): Anielka Ulloa (Social Work and Human Development), Abilio Moreno (Educational Sciences) | Humanities and Educational Sciences | None | Education and Society |
| Evaluation of ergonomic risks in workplaces in ANCEC offices, Santiago de Veraguas | Responsible Investigator: Lesly Márquez (Occupational Health and Safety) Co-investigator(s): Yammicel Guevara (Occupational Safety and Health) | Health Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Evaluation of an intervention program for parents with children with ADD | Responsible Investigator: Amelia Sarco (General Psychology) Research assistant(s) [of Psychology]: Shirley Valdés and Jennifer Andrade | Health Sciences | None | Psychology and Human Development |
| Infrared thermographic evaluation as a risk assessment method for musculoskeletal injuries of the lower limbs in professional soccer players from UMECIT FC | Responsible Investigator: Ronald Herrera (Physiotherapy) | Health Sciences | UMECIT FC | Public Health and Prevention |
| Flood disaster risk management in the Caimito River Subbasin, La Chorrera | Responsible Investigator: Krissel Sandoval (Environmental Management Administration) | Technology, Construction, and Environment | Ibero-American Environment Network REIMA My Environment | Environment and Sustainability |
| Impact of Environmental Education on the Los Valles De Cañazas Forest Reserve, on Forensic Entomology and Ecosystem Conservation | Responsible Investigator: Migdonio Muñoz (Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences Graduate) | Law and Forensic Sciences | Ibero-American Environment Network REIMA | Forensic Sciences and Criminalistics Environment and Sustainability |
| Influence of government institutions on family environments and the formation of adolescents' skills | Principal Investigator: Dania Vergara (Preschool Education, Educational Sciences) Co-investigator(s): Diamantina Rovira, Elimelec Corella, Katherine Carrasco (Preschool Education) | Humanities and Educational Sciences | None | Education and Society |
| Integration of animatronic systems with augmented reality and STEM Education models that contribute to the learning and teaching process of natural sciences | Responsible Researcher: Camilo Torres (Educational Sciences) Co-investigator: Juan Carlos Castillo (IBI) | Humanities and Educational Sciences | IBI | Education and Society |
| Social and family intervention in the housing project of San Antonio, District of Santiago | Responsible Researcher: Yazmín Díaz (Social Work and Human Development) Co-investigator(s): Betzy Miranda (Lic. in Systems and Computing) | Humanities and Educational Sciences Technology Construction and Environment | None | Education and Society |
| The use of electronic locators as a precautionary measure other than prison detection | Responsible: Khumar Villalobos (Law and Political Sciences) Co-investigator(s): Mario Brathwaite (Criminalistics) | Law and Forensic Sciences | None | Forensic Sciences and Criminalistics |
| The sale of bunkers in the Pacific and Caribbean sectors of the Republic of Panama between 2018 and 2022 | Responsible Researcher: Yovani Chávez (Nautical Sciences and Educational Sciences) Co-investigator(s): Carlos Castillo (Nautical Sciences) | Nautical Sciences | None | Organizational Management |
| Improving the quality of life in rural communities through technological innovations in the production, agro-industrial processing and marketing of Coffee: Villa Keresia Community Case | Responsible Investigator: Anel Aparicio (Environmental Management Administration) Research assistant(s) [of Environmental Management]: Gael Negria Carpio Leofanor Rosales, [of Bilingual Tourism]: Lisenia Zarco Contreras Marisol Upigama Zarco | Technology, Construction, and Environment Economic and Administrative Sciences | Ibero-American Environment Network REIMA | Environment and Sustainability |
| Geolocation methodology through triangulation of telephone antennas | Responsible Investigator: Mijaid Tuñón (Criminalistics) | Law and Forensic Sciences | None | Forensic Sciences and Criminalistics Cybersociety and Digital Development |
| Injury risk mitigation through UMECIT FC soccer player metrics monitoring technology | Responsible Investigator: Lourdes Iribarren (Physiotherapy) Co-investigator(s): Natalie Vásquez (Physiotherapy) Research assistant(s) [of Physiotherapy]: Gustavo Vergara, Juan Diego López | Health Sciences | UMECIT FC | Public Health and Prevention |
| Epidemiological profile of patients treated in the academic physiotherapy laboratory of UMECIT | Responsible Investigator: Daniela Flores (Physiotherapy) Co-investigator(s): Natalie Vásquez (Physiotherapy) Research assistant(s) [of Physiotherapy]: Abdiel Betancourt and Katerine Precilla | Health Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Current relevance of the Conciliation and Decision Boards as a means for the resolution of individual labor disputes in Panama | Principal Investigator: Elsa Isabel Montenegro (Law and Political Sciences) Research Assistant Students (Law and Political Sciences): Dayra Rodríguez and Freisi De Gracia | Law and Forensic Sciences | None | Legal and Political Studies |
| Environmental territorial planning plan for the Corregimiento of Monagrillo (2023-2030) | Responsible Investigator: Ángel Pérez (Graduated Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Management Administration) | Technology, Construction, and Environment | Ibero-American Environment Network REIMA - Mi Ambiente- Municipality of Chitré | Environment and Sustainability |
| Genetic polymorphism of the FGA Locus, SE 33 in the Panamanian population during the years 2020-2021 | Responsible Investigator: César Edwards (Criminalistics) Co-investigator(s): Alexis Brenes (Criminalistics) | Law and Forensic Sciences | None | Forensic Sciences and Criminalistics |
| Prevalence of behavioral risk factors associated with non-communicable diseases in the administrative staff of the UMECIT, Panama | Responsible Investigator: Lourdes Iribarren (Physiotherapy) Co-investigator(s): Natalie Vásquez (Physiotherapy) / Luis Gabriel Rangel (USTA, Colombia) / Alba Liliana Murillo (USTA, Colombia) Research Assistant Student(s) [of Physiotherapy]: Abdiel Betancourt and Diana Dyer | Health Sciences | USTA (Colombia) | Public Health and Prevention |
| Prevalence of injuries in the muscles of the upper limb used in musicians of the Music and Art Foundation of Panama | Responsible Investigator: Miguel Suncín (Physiotherapy) Co-investigator(s): Yesenia Flores (Occupational Safety and Health) [Physiotherapy] research assistant(s): María Cruz, Nicole Dávila, Yarelys Gutiérrez, Yassiel Pinto, Anfernee Gómez, Yeileen Zúñiga, Ana Cedeño, Ayleen Mosquera, Lisbeny Gil, Hadasa King, Astrid Alvarenga, Taniska Arosemena, Shekinah Navas, Tatiana Hernández, Ruth Armijo, Justine Campo, Ángel Alvarado | Health Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Prevalence of Pathologies and Myalgias of the spine in the musicians of the Music Band of the Music and Art Foundation of Panama | Responsible Investigator: Miguel Suncín (Physiotherapy) Co-investigator(s): Ezequiel Garibaldi (Physiotherapy and Occupational Health and Safety) [Physiotherapy] research assistant(s): Marta Gonzales Karen Sánchez, Keysi De La Rosa, Marilyn Jaramillo, Angela Sánchez, Jocelyn Ortega, Yeizabeth Bonilla, Joelys Sánchez, Jacquelin Villalaz, Alanis Ortiz, Abigail Adames, Jovanka Fernández, Lilibeth Abrego , Marllori Espinosa, Linda Bustamante, Mixsi Ríos, Gabriel Gómez, Génesis García, Joelys Arévalo | Health Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in construction workers in La Chorrera, Period 2023-2024 | Responsible Investigator: Koritza Ortega (Occupational Safety and Health) Research assistant(s) [of Occupational Safety and Health]: Diana Caballero, José Araúz, Yoselin Castillo, Edwin Monterrey, Vanessa Abadía | Health Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Environmental problems of the Leuven River due to the extraction of stone material for the construction of the Soná-Pixvae highway. | Responsible Researcher: Maylín Cáceres (Environmental Management Administration) Co-investigator(s): Esequiel Ábrego (Environmental Management Administration) | Technology, Construction, and Environment | None | Environment and Sustainability |
| Biogas production through organic waste and improvement of quality of life in vulnerable sectors of Panama East | Responsible Investigator: Jaime Meneses (Environmental Management Administration) | Construction, Technology and Environment | Ibero-American Environment Network REIMA | Environment and Sustainability |
| Proposal for the creation of a manufacturing laboratory (FAB LAB) at UMECIT Panama | Responsible Researcher: Yovani Chávez (Nautical Sciences and Educational Sciences) | Technology, Construction, and Environment Nautical Sciences Economic and Administrative Sciences | Project financed by SENACYT | Cybersociety and Digital Development |
| Prospecting for venomous arthropods of interest in forensic entomology in Chiriquí, Panama | Responsible Investigator: Rubén Collantes (Educational Sciences and Criminalistics) | Law and Forensic Sciences | None | Forensic Sciences and Criminalistics |
| Entry tests of physical fitness for preseason of professional soccer players through complementary evaluations in clinic and field at UMECIT FC | Principal Investigator: Natalie Vásquez (Physiotherapy) Co-investigator(s): Lourdes Iribarren (Physiotherapy) Research Assistant Students (Physiotherapy): Abdiel Betancourt and Katerine Precilla | Health Sciences | UMECIT FC | Public Health and Prevention |
| Relevance of the temporomandibular joint, the orbicularis oris and the respiratory muscles in the musical performance of Music Band musicians | Responsible Investigator: Miguel A. Suncín P. (Physiotherapy) [Physiotherapy] research assistant(s): Ameth Rosero, Katerine Cosme, Diana Sánchez, Jahir Hernández, Ailyn Arauz, Claudia Quintana, Keren Estrada, Gabriela González, Naireth Arcia, Julieth Castillo, Joely Pitti, Andrea Corro, Yatsuany Macías, Valery Ávila, Elsa Alvarado | Health Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Relevance of forensic expertise based on analysis of court rulings | Responsible Investigator: Cintia Linares (Criminalistics) | Law and Forensic Sciences | None | Forensic Sciences and Criminalistics |
| Academic performance and its association with body composition and behavioral risk factors related to non-communicable diseases in university students | Responsible Investigator: Lourdes Iribarren (Physiotherapy) Co-investigator(s): Isabel Ardines (Physical education and personal training), Luis Gabriel Rangel Caballero (USTA, Colombia) | Humanities and Educational Sciences / Health Sciences | USTA Colombia | Public Health and Prevention Education and Society |
| Behavioral risk and food intake in athletes | Responsible Investigator: Maricarmen Yangüés (Physiotherapy) Co-investigator(s): Luis Gabriel Rangel Caballero (USTA, Colombia) | Health Sciences | USTA Colombia | Education and Society |
| Historical reference room for criminalistics instruments at UMECIT-Panama | Responsible Investigator: Alejo Prado (Criminalistics) Co-investigator(s): Sindy Ortiz (Criminalistics) | Law and Forensic Science | None | Forensic Sciences and Criminalistics |
| Information systems of public and private health services in the District of Chitré | Principal Investigator: Karen Botello (Medical records and health statistics) Co-investigator(s): Francis Escobar (Medical records and health statistics) | Health Sciences | MINSA Public Health and Prevention | |
| Situation of Occupational Safety and Health in the agricultural sector in the districts of Cañazas, Calobre, San Francisco and Santa Fe of the province of Veraguas | Responsible Investigator: José Guerrero (Associated external researcher) Co-investigator(s): Víctor Mitré (Occupational Safety and Health) | Technology, Construction, and Environment | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Usability of the mobile application for the emotional intervention of children and young people adapted to new everyday life | Responsible Researcher: Claudia Marcela Arana (Luis Amigo University, Colombia – General Psychology) Co-investigator(s): Carolina Gamarra (Systems and Programming), Blanca Mendoza (General Psychology | Health Sciences / Technology, Construction and Environment | Luis Amigo University, Colombia National university of Colombia | Psychology and Human Development Cybersociety and Digital Development |
| Use of the joints of the upper limb in musicians: Case of the Panama Music and Art Foundation | Responsible Investigator: Miguel Suncín (Physiotherapy) Research Assistant Student(s) [of Physiotherapy]: Paula Rodríguez, Halanys Navarro, Antyuri Gaudiano, Angeline Zambrano, Richard Córdoba, Kirineth Cherigo, Joceline Moreno, Abel Rodríguez, Kevin Puga, Liz Tack, Jorlenis Alvarado, Jean Luis Frías | Health Sciences | None | Public Health and Prevention |
| Domestic violence and sexual abuse in Chitré | Responsible Researcher: Fernando Cajar (Law and Political Sciences) Co-investigator(s): Daniel Cedeño (Law and Political Sciences) | Law and Forensic Sciences | public ministry | Legal and Political Studies |
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