Brandon N Mercado-Saavedra

Brandon N. Mercado-Saavedra is a researcher with a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno and a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. He completed a research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, where he received advanced training in biomedical research within an international and interdisciplinary environment. He subsequently earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge. He is currently a researcher in the Department of Medicine at the Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, Santa Cruz campus, and serves as Head of the Instituto de Investigación de Medicina. His research focuses on host–pathogen interactions in tropical endemic diseases in Bolivia, integrating biochemical, molecular, and epidemiological approaches to better understand disease mechanisms and to support the development of improved diagnostic and translational strategies aimed at strengthening public health and clinical outcomes.