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lEaD rESEarCHEr
Navarro Sánchez, Carmen
Fundación para la Formación e Investigación Sanitarias
de la Región de Murcia (FFIS) Dirección General de Salud Pública de Murcia
C/ Luis Fontes Pagán no 9 1a planta
30003 Murcia
(+34) 968 36 20 39 [email protected] group website
GROUP MEMBERS
Staff members: Huerta Castaño, José Ma | Salmerón Martínez, Diego
Associated members: Chirlaque López, Ma Dolores | Cirera Suárez, Lluis | García Fulgueiras, Ana Ma | García Ortuzar, Visitación | García Pina, Rocio | Gavrila Chervase, Diana | Guillen Pérez, José Jesús | López Rojo, Concepción | Mendiola Olivares, Jaime | Navarro Mateu, Fernando | Pérez Flores, Domingo | Tormo Díaz, Ma José | Torres Cantero, Alberto Manuel
Contributors: Ríos Molina, Ma Esperanza
Main lines of research
• Cancer epidemiology. The group has consolidated a research line on cancer over the last two decades by taking part in the cohort study European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), focused on diet, cancer, and lifestyle and gentic interactions. Also, recently, the group has joined the Spanish multi- center case-control population study (MCC-Spain), developed within the CIBERESP, aimed at investigating the effect of the environment and its interaction with genetic factors on high-incidence tumours in Spain. Furthermore, the group has an active paticipation in several national and international projects on cancer survival (EUROCARE, CONCORD, RARECARE), and information systems and cancer registries (EUROCHIP, REDEPICAN, REDECAN).
• Epidemiology ofcardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other chronic diseases. In the field of other chronic diseases, the group participates in the DARIOS and FRESCO studies, on cardiovascular risk functions for the Spanish population, and in the EPIC-CVD study, conceived to perfom a joint study of the effect of genetic factors, biomarkers, and life styles, on coronary heart disease and stroke in Europe. On diabetes,
the group takes part in the European case-cohort InterAct study on the interaction between genetic and modifiable life-style factors (particularly diet and physical activity), and has designed and developed the DINO study (study on diabetes, nutrition, and obesity in the Region of Murcia). It is also noteworthy the participation in an interesting project to analyse whether the presence of specific antibodies for rheumatoid arthritis could be able to predict the onset of the disease, and what are the related factors (gentic and environmental) that could affect this process. Other specific objective of the group is to estimate the burden of infectious diseases in Spain with a special focus on hepatitis B and C. Finally, the group has research interests in the epidemiology of neurological disorders such as Parkinson or Alzheimer disease, and
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PROGRAMME
Epidemiology and Prevention of Chronic Diseases