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10X Research Group

We produce evidence from real data on Colombia's population and publish it in indexed international journals. That evidence is the foundation of our products.

AMinciencias category

  • 11publications with DOI since 2017
  • 5research lines
  • 1Minciencias grant
  • 3ongoing studies
Publications per yearEach dot is a publication with DOI, placed in its year of publication.

Publications

Five lines, one question

How can data and artificial intelligence help the health system reach people sooner and better?

01

Digital mental health and artificial intelligence

Technology and artificial intelligence to widen access to mental health care within the care network.

2 publications
  1. 2026Redes integrales e integradas de salud mental de base digital: una propuesta de política para el sistema de salud colombiano.Revista Latinoamericana de Psiquiatría, 25(2)Córdoba Sastoque, R. N., Rojas, L. H., Pereira Morales, A. J., Gómez, S., & Saavedra G., M. P.doi.org/10.64979/revista.v25n2.06Read the article (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2025Improving mhGAP Implementation in LMICs Through Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence: The Case of Colombia.Journal of Technology in Behavioral SciencePereira Morales, A. J., Rojas, L. H., Suarez, J., & Martínez López, G.doi.org/10.1007/s41347-025-00561-8Read the article (opens in a new tab)
02

Chronic kidney disease and predictive models

Risk stratification and interpretable machine learning to anticipate disease progression.

3 publications
  1. 2024Development and validation of interpretable machine learning models to predict glomerular filtration rate in chronic kidney disease Colombian patients.Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 62(1)Rojas, L. H., Pereira-Morales, A. J., Amador, W., Montenegro, A., Buelvas, W., & de la Espriella, V.doi.org/10.1177/00045632241285528Read the article (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2023Factors Associated with Accelerated Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients from the Colombian Caribbean Coast.Revista Colombiana de Nefrología, 10(1)Pereira-Morales, A. J., Buelvas, W., De la Espriella, V., Montenegro, A., Rojas, L. H., & Amador, W.doi.org/10.22265/acnef.10.1.630Read the article (opens in a new tab)
  3. 2022Risk stratification using Artificial Intelligence: Could it be useful to reduce the burden of chronic kidney disease in low- and middle-income Countries?Frontiers in Public Health, 10Pereira-Morales, A. J., & Rojas, L. H.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.999512Read the article (opens in a new tab)
03

Substance use and behavioral economics

Evidence and clinical trials to reduce alcohol and cannabis use among young people.

3 publications
  1. 2025A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials for Behavioral Interventions Targeting Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Young Adults.Revista Colombiana de PsicologíaPereira-Morales, A. J., Redondo Mayorga, M. F., Ramírez-Cortázar, F., & Eslava-Schmalbach, J. H.doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n2.113988Read the article (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2024Reducing alcohol and cannabis use risk in South American young adults: is behavioral economics an effective approach? Results from a randomized controlled pilot trial.Current PsychologyPereira-Morales, A. J., Ramírez Cortázar, F., Redondo Mayorga, M. F., & Eslava-Schmalbach, J. H.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06799-4Read the article (opens in a new tab)
  3. 2022Do alcohol and cannabis substitute or complement each other? Analysis from behavioral economics for formulating public policy on substance use in Colombia.Translational Behavioral MedicinePereira-Morales, A. J., & Eslava-Schmalbach, J. H.doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibac038Read the article (opens in a new tab)
04

Suicide risk and psychosocial factors

Risk factors and how they interact in young Colombian adults.

2 publications
  1. 2017Substance use and suicide risk in a sample of young Colombian adults: An exploration of psychosocial factors.The American Journal on AddictionsPereira-Morales, A. J., Adan, A., Camargo, A., & Forero, D. A.doi.org/10.1111/ajad.12552Read the article (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2017Network analysis of multiple risk factors for mental health in young Colombian adults.Journal of Mental HealthPereira Morales, A. J.doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2017.1417568Read the article (opens in a new tab)

Ongoing

And the research continues

Work on artificial intelligence agents in mental health: their evidence, their clinical performance and their safety.

  • Under peer review

    From Evidence to Automation: A Systematic Umbrella Review of Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions for Integration into AI Agents in Primary Care.

  • Under peer review

    Benchmarking Large Language Models for Suicide Crisis Response: Clinical Performance and Cost–Quality Trade-offs in Low-Resource Settings.

  • In development

    Sir George Bench: A model-agnostic, multi-turn safety benchmark for mental-health support agents.

GrantMinciencias grant: Orquídeas, Women in Science 2024 (CTO 182-2024).

Events

We present our evidence

  • Aug 2026 · São Paulo

    Connections to Sustain Science in Latin America Symposium 2026

    IANAS with the US National Academies, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and FAPESP.

    Selected from nearly 600 applications from 25 countries. We presented how artificial intelligence models perform in suicide-risk scenarios and the cost–quality trade-off in low-resource settings.

  • Oct 2026 · Bogotá

    Congress “Transforming mental health management in Colombia”

    ACESI and Fundasuperior.

    Talk: implementation and evaluation of an artificial intelligence system aligned with WHO's mhGAP protocol.

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