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UCL Research Catalyst Award Winners – 2016/17
By uclqjle, on 4 April 2017
UCL Research Catalyst Award Winners – 2016/17
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Santander Universities Research Catalyst Awards!
We wish our UCL colleagues best of luck, and look forwarding to seeing the outcomes of these exciting collaborations.
Here’s the full list of winners:
| UCL Award Winner | UCL Department | Partner Institution(s) |
| Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel | Institute of Archaeology | Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
| Attanasio, Orazio | Economics | Universidad de Los Andes |
| Beeken, Rebecca | Behavioural Science & Health | University of Guadalajara |
| Boano, Camillo | Development Planning Unit | Universidad Católica del Norte; Universidad de Chile; Universidad Alberto Hurtado |
| Drinot, Paulo | Institute of the Americas | Universidad Nacional de Quilmes |
| Edwards, Stephen | Earth Sciences | La Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
| Heinrich, Michael | School of Pharmacy | UNAM, Méxcio, D.F; Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán” |
| Heywood, Wendy | ICH Genetics & Genomic Medicine, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Real Hospital Português; GSK – Latin America & Caribbean; Hospital das Clínicas de Porto Alegre |
| Mindell, Jennifer | Epidemiology & Public Health | Various (Brazil; Chile; Colombia) |
| Murcio, Roberto | Geography | UNAM; Universidad de Pamplona |
| Ortiz, Catalina | Bartlett Development Planning Unit | National University of Colombia; University of Los Andes |
| Phelps, Nicholas | Bartlett School of Planning | Universidad Catolica del Norte |
| Prieto-Garcia, Jose | School of Pharmacy | Universidad de La Plata |
| Schuster, Christian | Political Science | National School of Public Administration (ENAP); Federal University of Minas Gerais and National School of Public Administration (ENAP) |
| Sulu, Michael | Biochemical Engineering | Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua |
The Santander Universities Research Catalyst Awards, in line with UCL’s Global Engagement Strategy, seeks to engender innovative research collaborations between UCL and universities and research institutions abroad.
While the Research Catalyst Awards focuses solely on collaborations with universities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, UCL provides various other global engagement funding opportunities for its academics and researchers.