Fitxa persona

. Director of Research Lines at the University of Valencia (UV): a) Diagnosis and Immunopathology; b) Phenotyping of Parasites and Vectors. Deputy Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Fascioliasis and Its Snail Vectors (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland). Deputy Director of the FAO Reference Centre for Parasitology, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Member of the Biomedical Research Networking Centre for Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC). Co-Director of 10 consecutive editions of the Master's Degree in Tropical Parasitic Diseases at the University of Valencia from September 1, 2008, to September 30, 2018. Extensive experience in research projects on parasitic diseases, primarily Fascioliasis. Since 1984 to present, continuous participation in 24 competitive research projects from the European Union, National Plan, Health Research Fund (FIS) projects, and regional projects. Principal Investigator of 3 projects. Author/co-author of over 100 publications, including 13 book chapters, particularly on Fasciola and Schistosoma, and editor of 5 books. Notable scientific achievements in Fascioliasis, especially those aimed at the complex calculation of the global impact of human Fascioliasis, with the description of new areas of human endemicity, reservoirs, phenotypic characterization of the parasite in endemic areas (first global description of intermediate forms of Fasciola in human endemic areas of Africa and Asia), treatments, pathology in humans, experimental models, and their relationship with immune response, as well as validation of diagnostic techniques for human disease. Co-author of a significant number of communications at international and national conferences, with a notable increase in invited lectures over the last 10 years. Author of the number one article among the top 10 most cited articles published in the International Journal of Parasitology by Elsevier (2005-2011): 'Fascioliasis and other plant-borne trematode zoonoses.' Int. J. Parasitol., 2005, 35: 1255-1278. Participation as an expert in the Informal Meeting on the use of Triclabendazole in fascioliasis control, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Preventive Chemotherapy & Transmission Control, WHO (Geneva, Switzerland) (2006). Research stays at the University of Brno (Slovakia), Université Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie (France), National Institute of Health Laboratories 'Nestor Morales Villazon' (INLASA) and Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (Bolivia), Institute of Tropical Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Peru), various health centers in the endemic area of human fascioliasis in the Nile Delta (Egypt), Institute of Malaria, Parasitology and Entomology (IMPE), Quy Nhon Hospital and Quang Nam Hospital (Vietnam), various health centers in Kutaisi and Virsaladze Research Institute (Georgia), and a one-year research sabbatical at The George Washington University (USA). Over 40 years of continuous university teaching experience since 1984 in undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. Regular teaching in the official postgraduate program, doctoral program (recognized as a quality program since 2003), and master's and doctoral programs from 2005/06 to the present. Coordinator of postgraduate educational projects related to improving healthcare for health professionals in the European Union (ERASMUS, COMETT, and TEMPUS). Research six-year periods: 5. Date of the last six-year period granted: 2019. Number of Doctoral Theses supervised in the last 10 years: 6 (5 of them international doctorates). Total citations: 5,650 (Scopus, January 18, 2025). International collaboration: 47.7% of articles. 56.1% of articles in the top 25 most cited documents worldwide. Average citations/year: over the last 5 years (excluding the current year): 341.8. h-index: 40 (Scopus, January 18, 2025) out of a total of 94 publications (WoS). FWCI: 2.06. Included in the list of the most important researchers in various scientific fields based on their h-index (ISI-DIH) (Field: Health Sciences, Area: Parasitology, in the last 5 years) (https://grupodih.info/). Included in the list of the best Spanish women scientists residing in Spain (https://grupodih.info/)..