Numerary Member, Vice President of the Government Board and President of the Health Sciences Section
Health Sciences: Doctor of Veterinary and Doctor of Pharmacy
Date of admittance : 20/05/2003
Medal: No. 52
Admission speech: Reflexions sobre la resistència bacteriana als antibiòtics
Reply: Dr. Pere Costa Batllori
Maria de los Ángeles Calvo Torras
Graduated and PhD in Veterinary Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid, and graduated and PhD in Pharmacy from the University of Barcelona. She holds a Diploma in Health and is a specialist in Microbiology and Parasitology.
She is a Professor of Animal Health at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and currently an emeritus professor. She has published over 280 research papers and collaborated on writing chapters in books on Mycology and Microbiology, as well as in general science books. She has supervised more than thirty doctoral theses and has received 14 awards for her research and teaching, including the One Health Award granted by the Official College of Veterinarians of Barcelona and the “2024 Woman of the Year in Animal Health and Veterinary Medicine” award.
She has been the principal investigator or collaborator in more than twenty research projects at the regional, national, and international levels. She is part of the ECODIMI research group on Ecogenetics and Microbial Diversity (SGR1488). She has participated in and holds two patents at the national and international levels.
She is a full member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia (vice-secretary), the Royal European Academy of Doctors (vice-president), the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain, the Academy of Veterinary Sciences of Catalonia (president), and the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Catalonia (general secretary).
She is also a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Spain, the Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Humanities of Lanzarote, the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico, the National Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Mexico, the Academy of Pharmacy of Brazil (elect), and an Honorary Member of the Medical-Pharmaceutical Institute. Additionally, she is a member of the Argentine Society of Veterinary Medicine, the Catalan Association of Food Sciences, a subsidiary of the Institute of Catalan Studies, the International Brotherhood of Toledo Researchers, the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Livera of Barcelona, and various scientific societies related to her field of research.
She was a member of the Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition (SCAN), serving as an expert for the European Commission. She was also vice-dean and dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and is a member of the Advisory Council for Catalan Public Health, among other achievements.
She is part of the One Health Commission of the Council of Veterinary Colleges of Catalonia, serving as its spokesperson.