Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Benito Almirante
Researchers María José Buzón Gómez, Manuel Crespo Casal, Adrian Curran Fabregas, Vicente Falcó Ferrer, Nuria Fernández Hidalgo, Victor Franco Puntes, Joan Gavaldà Santapau, Jordi Gomez i Prat, Oscar Len Abad, Israel Molina Romero, Raisa Morales Martinez, Inmaculada Ocaña Rivera, Carles Pigrau Serrallach, Diana Pou Ciruelo, Esteve Ribera Pascuet, Ma Dolores Rodríguez Pardo, Isabel Ruiz Camps, Jose Santos Santiago, Nuria Serre Delcor, Antonio Soriano Arandes, Begoña Treviño Maruri | Researchers in training Mª Luisa Aznar Ruiz de Alegría, Jana Basas Satorras, Maria Cristina Bocanegra Garcia, Joaquin Burgos Cibrian, Johanna Milena Caro Mendivelso, Antoinette Frick , Jordi Navarro Mercadé, Mireia Puig Asensio, Fernando M Salvador Velez, Adrián Sánchez Montalvá | Nursing, Technical, and Administrative Staff Mercedes Baone Toronjo, Isabel Claveria Guiu, Nuria Coma Auli, Esperanza Esteban Serna, Mª Carmen Ferrer Barberà, Lidia García Losada, Javier Gomis Rodriguez, Roser Navarro Garcia, Hakima Ouaarab Essadek, Mercè Pérez Bernal, Edurne Ruiz Marti, Ariadna Torrella Domingo, Immaculada Verdeguer Almaraz, Francesc Zarzuela Serrat
Summary
During 2015 the Research Group on Infectious Diseases has developed projects related to new therapeutic options for multi-resistant bacterial infections, the epidemiology and therapy of tropical diseases in our country, with the epidemiology and prognosis of serious infections in immunocompromised patients and assessment of new strategies for antiretroviral treatment. Our group has published a more than 80 articles in indexed journals and has obtained 8 projects with competitive funding.
Our group has established research synergies with various national and international groups, through their participation in 3 Cooperative Research Networks from the Health Institute Carlos III, collaboration agreements with organizations such as IBEC, and agreements with international research groups in the field of international health.
In 2015 our group has launched a new line of research in the field of basic and translational research related to HIV eradication of patients infected with this virus. For the development of this research line we have hired several investigators and obtained national and international competitive funding.