María Paula Morales Vargas

María Paula Morales Vargas is a Colombian physician and researcher who specializes in physiology. She earned her master's degree from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where she focused her thesis on the correlation between stress levels and transportation times for medical students in Bogotá. Her research highlights the impact of urban congestion on mental health, revealing that extended commuting is linked to higher cortisol levels, which can lead to chronic stress and various health issues.