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lEaD rESEarCHEr
Menéndez Santos, Clara
Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona
C/ Villarroel, 170.
08036 Barcelona.
(+34) 93 2271851 [email protected] group website
GROUP MEMBERS
Staff members: Jiménez Morera, Alfons
Associated members: Aponte Varon, John Jairo | Arnaiz Gargallo, Joan Albert | Ascaso Terren, Carlos
| Bardaji Alonso, Azucena | Bassat Orellana, Enrique | Bayas Rodríguez, José María | Carne Cladellas, Francisco Javier | Dobaño Lázaro, Carlota | González Álvarez, Raquel | Guinovart Florensa, Caterina | Lahuerta Sanau, María | Letang Jimeinez De Anta, Emilio Ángel | Mayor Aparicio, Alfredo Gabriel | Naniche, Denise | Ordi Maja, Jaume | Pons Casellas, María Jesús | Quinto Domech, Llorenç | Sanz Bravo, Sergi Contributors: Llamas, Alicia | Merino, María José | Plasencia, Antoni | Vicente, Gonzalo
Main lines of research
• Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health, especially focused on Malaria in Pregnancy, Causes of Mortality and Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
• Malaria control and elimination: from Basic research in pathophysiology and immunology of the disease to clinical development of new tools for the prevention or treatment of malaria, including vector control, drugs and vaccines and social and economic issues, with a special focus now on malaria elimination strategies.
• HIV/AIDS: current focus in acute HIV infection and HIV-induced immune activation in the both HIV- infected adults and infants.
• Zika Virus (ZIKV): Current focus is on the epidemiology of ZIKV infection in pregnant women returning from affected areas and the understanding of the impact on maternal and infant health. Current work includes a prospective cohort study at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona (HCB), a tertiary referral hospital, as part of the surveillance for ZIKV in a non-endemic area with important flow of immigration from ZIKV affected countries.
• Cause of death ascertainment: Line of work focused on increasing the knowledge and use of the minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) as a valid and comparable tool to the complete autopsy to determine the cause of death in low income countries. More specifically, since 2016, the research team is focused on continuing the validation of the MIA tool to expand awareness of its capabilities in identifying the cause of death in children in developing countries. It includes improving the technique to detect situations that contribute to mortality such as malnutrition, anemia or diarrhea.
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PROGRAMME
DAPET Programme