Supernumerary Academician
Health Sciences: Doctor of Medicine and Surgery
Date of admission: October 23, 2018
Admission speech: “The Experimental Tuberculosis Unit: 20 Years of History”
Reply by: Dr. Emili Gironella Masgrau, PhD in Economics
Dr. PERE-JOAN CARDONA IGLESIAS
- Born in Manresa, April 14, 1967.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree in Medicine and Surgery (1992), Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
- Specialist in Microbiology and Parasitology at the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital (1997).
- Doctor of Medicine (1999), Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Internationally recognised expert in tuberculosis from an immunopathogenic perspective, applying in vitro, in vivo and in silico modelling.
- Over 20 years of scientific experience.
- Director of the Experimental Tuberculosis Unit at the Germans Trias i Pujol Institute, Badalona (since 2002).
- Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) (since 2017).
- Author of several hypotheses to explain latent infection and active disease.
- Supervised eight doctoral theses.
- Principal investigator in more than twenty national and international projects on the natural history of tuberculosis, prophylactic and therapeutic methods.
- Author of seven patents.
- Founder of two spin-offs:
- Archivel Farma, for the development of the RUTI vaccine.
- Manremyc, for the creation of the dietary supplement Mycobacterium manresensis.
PUBLICATIONS
- Author of over 100 scientific articles in the field (h-index = 33, with 4,000 citations).
AWARDS AND HONOURS
- Professional Excellence Award, Official College of Physicians of Barcelona (2012).
- Bages de Cultura Award (2012).
- Ramon Pla i Armengol Award (2014).
- Acequia Award (2018).
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