MANUELA MARTÍNEZ

MANUELA MARTINEZ, MD, Ph.D.

Department of Psychobiology
Faculty of Psychology
University of Valencia

Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 21
46010 Valencia, Spain

Date of Birth 12th July, 1958
Place of Birth Buñol, Valencia, Spain
Nationality Spanish

Office Phone: +34-963864633
Fax: +34-963864668

E-mail: Manuela.Martinez@uv.es

EDUCATION

1983

Degree in Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
University of Valencia, Spain

1987

Ph.D. in Medicine
University of Valencia

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

1990 to Present

Titular Professor of Psychobiology
Faculty of Psychology
University of Valencia.

1998 to 1990

Temporary Professor of Psychobiology
Faculty of Psychology
University of Valencia.

1987

Assistant L.R.U. Department of Psychobiology
Faculty of Psychology
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
Madrid.

1986

Lecturer Department of Psychobiology
Faculty of Psychology
University of Valencia.

VISITING POSITIONS

2001

Visiting Fellow Department of Psychology, and Harlow Center for Biological Psychology
University of Wisconsin, USA
Granted by the University of Valencia

1998

Visiting Fellow University of Cambridge
UK Granted by the BBV Foundation

1994

Visiting Fellow Department of Anatomy
University of Cambridge
UK Granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education

1993

Visiting Scholar University College of Swansea
Wales
UK Granted by the British Council and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education

RESEARCH GRANTS

2006

Follow-up of women victims of intimate partner violence in the Valencian Community.
Generalitat Valenciana: Conselleria d’Empresa, Universitat y Ciencia
Investigator Principal

2006 to 2007

Identification, intervention and prevention of human rights violations
Ministry of Education and Science
Principal investigator

2005 to 2008

Longitudinal study of the consequences of intimate partner violence on mental and physical health, and endocrine and immune systems of women
Ministry of Education and Science
Principal investigator

2004 to 2007

Coordination Action on Human Rights Violations
European Comission
VI Framework programme for Research, Technological Development and Demostration.

2004

Social stress and psychobiological impact on health
Conselleria of Cullture, Education and Sport of the Valencian Community

2002 to 2003

Longitudinal study of the consequences of domestic violence on women's health: role of individual and social factors
Ministry of Work and Social Affairs, Institute of the Woman
Principal investigator

2001 to 2004

Consequences of domestic violence on health, endocrine and immune system of women
Ministry of Science and Technology
Principal investigator

2001 to 2002

Consequences of domestic violence on the immune system of women
Ministry of Science and Technology
Principal investigator

1999 to 2001

Consequences of domestic violence on the health of women
Ministry of Work and Social Affairs (Institute of the Woman)
Principal investigator

1997 to 1998

Pattern of adaptation in the neural activity, assessed by the expression of the immediate early gene c-fos, behavior and hormones to repeated social defeat
University of Valencia
Principal investigator

1991 to 1992

Longitudinal study of the effects of sport competition on testosterone and cortisol
Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología

1990

Effect of victory and defeat during sport competition on psychophysiologic variables
Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología

1988

Hormonal control of aggressive behavior in rodents
University of Valencia

PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY OFFICES

-Member of the Council of the International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA). Since 1999.

RECENT COURSES TAUGHT

-Graduate courses

-Psychobiology of Violence
-Consequences of violence on the health of the victims

-Undergraduate courses

-Psychobiology of Aggression and Violence

-Honors and awards

-BBV Foundation Fellowship (1998)
-By Fellow. Churchill College. Cambridge, UK (since 1998)

EDITORIAL WORK AND PEER-REVIEW COMMITTEES

Issue Editor

Aggressive Behavior
Social Defeat and Subordination as Models of Social Stress. 1998, Vol 4(4)

Ad-hoc Reviewer

Aggressive Behavior
Neuroscience
Brain Research
Physiology and Behavior
Molecular Brain Research
Women’s Health Issues
Spanish Journal of Psychology
Biological Psychiatry
Revista Mexicana de Psicología

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

-International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA).
-Sociedad Española de Neurociencia (SENC).
-International Brain Research Organization (IBRO).
-New York Academic of Science.
-European Network on Conflict, Gender and Violence.

ORGANIZATION OF MEETINGS AND SEMINARS

-Rountable on “Papel del sistema sanitario, jurídico y social en la recuperación de la salud integral de la mujer víctima” I Congreso Internacional sobre Violencia de Género. Medidas y propuestas para la Europa de los veintisiete.
Chairperson. Valencia, Spain, April 2007.
http://www.toleranciacero.gva.es/Congreso/programaav.php.html

-Workshop on “Benefits and limitations of human rights frameworks: the case of interpersonal violence” Chairperson. Valencia, Spain, June, 2006.
http://www.cahrv.uni-osnabrueck.de/reddot/Valencia_cross-cutting_worshop_sum_1(1).pdf

-7th Interdisciplinary Conference of the European Research Network on Conflict, Gender and Violence. Chairperson. Valencia, Spain, September 2002

-XIV World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression. Chairperson. Valencia, Spain, July, 2000.

-Simposium on "Victims of aggression: psychological and biological consequences". XIII World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression New Jersey, USA, July, 1998

-Seminar on "Violence and Mass Media. 1. Movies and TV" Queen Sophia Center for the Study of Violence, Valencia, Spain, November, 1997

-Simposium on: "Social defeat as an animal model of social stress" XII World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression Estrasbourg (France), August 1996

-Seminar on "Genetics of Behavior" International University Menendez Pelayo, Valencia, Spain, June, 1999

COLLOQUIA, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES

-“El ciclo de la violencia: de víctima a agresor”. Cosmocaixa, Barcelona. Curso sobre “Las causas de la violencia” 26 de noviembre de 2007.

“Consecuencias de la violencia de pareja en la salud de las mujeres” Organizado por CERMI-CV. “Mujer con discapacidad y violencia de género”. Valencia, 22 noviembre 2007

-Course “Campaña para la detección y ayuda a las víctimas de violencia de género” Colegio de Enfermería de Valencia, 2005.

-Course“Maltrato y Género”. Cursos de Verano de la Universidad de Oviedo. 2005

Course “Violencia doméstica: curso de especialización”
Colegio de Abogados de Alicante, Castellón y Valencia, 2004 y 2005.

-Course “Violencia doméstica”. Colegio de Farmacéuticos de Valencia, 2004.

-Psychological and physiological consequences of domestic violence on women and children health.
Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, University of Parma, May 2004.

-Psychobiology of violence and its impact on the victims
Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, UK, 1998- 2007.

-Consequences of family violence on children's health: identification and intervention from the school
First Seminar on Violence in the Family setting. Council of Valencia, February, 2003

-Violence Against Women in Spain between 1995 and 2000: Advances and goals
Ministry of Social Affairs, Institute of the Woman. Madrid, May 2000.

-Effect of domestic violence on physical health of women. Seminar on Violence towards women: pathology and treatment
International University Menendez Pelayo. Valencia, June 2000

-Adaptation in c-fos expression in male rats exposed to repeated social stress. International Workshop on Social Stress. Parma, Italy, August 2000

-Genetics of human violence. III Course on Research on Criminology. Faculty of Medicine, Valencia, November 1999

-Victims of aggression: Psychological and physiological consequences. Seminar on Research on Psychology in the University of Valencia
Valencia, November 1999

-C-fos expression in the brain of male rats exposed to acute and repeated defeat. Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, UK, October 1995

-Causes and control of aggression and violence. Master on Psycoethics for Civic/Moral Education. Valencia, 1992

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