María Eugenia Grillet, Author at Caracas Chronicles

María Eugenia Grillet

María Eugenia is a Venezuelan biologist and researcher specialized in infectious diseases. She is a professor at the Institute of Zoology and Tropical Ecology of the Central University of Venezuela with a PhD in Ecology and Epidemiology. She is also a member of the Venezuelan Academy of Sciences.

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Fighting River Blindness in Southern Venezuela

Despite the health crisis that Venezuela has gone through, the onchocerciasis elimination program in Venezuela has continued to work reasonably well. One of its leading scientists explains why

María Eugenia Grillet October 30, 2023

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