Fitxa persona

I am biologist (2000, University of Valencia, Spain) and hold a PhD in Public Health and Legal Medicine (2008, University of Valencia, Spain).

Currently, I am profesor at Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health (University of Valencia). Previously, I worked as Director of Research and tenured professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences of Valencian International University-VIU (Spain).

My research focuses on the prevention of glaucomatous blindness, delving into the genetic and molecular bases of this disease and studying the role of oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptotic processes. I began this line of research in my early days as a predoctoral student. In the postdoctoral phase I carried out several research stays in internationally recognized groups: Prof. Jeremy Sivak (Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Canada), Prof. Dong Feng Chen (Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA). ), Prof. Manel Esteller (Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, ​​Spain).

I am a member of the research group in Clinical Epidemiology, Genetics, Epigenetics and Molecular (ECLIGEM, Valencian International University-VIU), a research group that I created and of which I was principal investigator for 2 years. In addition, I am a member of the Cellular and Molecular Ophthalmobiology Unit (UOCEM, University of Valencia) and a researcher of the "Cooperative Research Network Oriented to Health Results on Inflammatory Diseases" (RICORS-REI, RD21/0002/0032). Likewise, I was a member (2020-2023) of the Publications Committee of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO, USA) and I am Academic Secretary of the Society for Research in Retina and Vision (SIREV, Spain).

I am a reviewer of scientific articles and a member of the editorial board of several national and international journals, I have been editor-in-chief of 2 international scientific journals and I am founder of the European Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences (ISSN Online: 2575-5005, Science Publishing Group ). In addition, I am an evaluator of research projects for the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France).

Regarding my experience in the field of accreditation of official university degrees, I participated in the ANECA verification of the Master's Degree in Epidemiology and Public Health (01/27/2020) and in the ANECA verification of the Doctorate Program in Public Health, Community Health and Addictions (10/4/2023) from the Valencian International University-VIU.

I have received several awards and recognitions, such as the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in 2008, or the 2020 and 2021 Award for Research Excellence from the Valencian International University-VIU.

I have published 81 articles indexed in JCR, as well as several monographs and book chapters.