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Professional career
Graduated (1995) and Doctor (2005) in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra. Specialist in Medical Oncology at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra in 2001.
She completed her training with a fellowship in Oncology Research and obtained the Certificate of Training in Molecular and Biological Techniques at the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA (2006-2009, 2010).
She is also a Research Collaborator in Oncology at the same center and in 2011 he obtained the Certificate in Clinical and Translational Research from the Mayo Clinic.
Master in Oncology Services Management. University of Alcalá. Madrid. 2013-2014.
Master of Research in Immuno-Oncology. University of Navarra. Pamplona. 2015-2016.
Coordinator of the Breast Cancer Area of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra from 2009 to 2014 and co-director from January 2015 to May 2022.
RESEARCH AREAS
- Research assessment periods: 2002–2010, 2011–2017, and 2018–2023.
- Associate Clinical Researcher in the Oncology Area of the Molecular Oncology Laboratory at the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA-CUN).
- Principal investigator of 5 funded research projects (one of them involving the application of dendritic cell vaccines in breast cancer) and co-investigator in 8 additional research projects.
- Principal investigator in more than 15 clinical trials and sub-investigator in over 20 clinical trials.
- Co-supervised 4 doctoral theses and served on the examination board for 5 theses. Supervised 9 undergraduate final projects from students at the University of Navarra.
- Member of the Ethics Committee for Research with Medicines of Navarra, Department of Health, Government of Navarra.
- Principal investigator of the IdisNA Breast Cancer Group. Code 708A.
Reviewer for the following journals:
- Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Nov 2020.
- Clinical Cancer Research. Oct 2020.
- Frontiers in Oncology. Sept 2020.
- Journal of Chemotherapy. Ref.: JOC1808R1. Dec 2019.
- Pharmaceutical Research. Dec 2019.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Breast cancer
- Cancer stem cell
- Chemoresistance
- Immunotherapy
- Oncogeriatrics
Activity
In teaching
- Associate Professor accredited by ANECA.
- Holds the position of Tenured Lecturer at the School of Medicine, University of Navarra.
- Supervisor of the training program for Medical Oncology Residents at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra.
- Responsible for the postgraduate course *Clinical Challenges in Medical Oncology* at the School of Medicine since 2017.
- Evaluator for Continuing Medical Education accreditation. Department of Health, Government of Navarra.
- Has supervised 12 undergraduate final projects (TFG).
In research
- Author of 61 indexed publications, 1 book, and 7 book chapters.
- Has presented more than 100 papers and lectures at national and international conferences.
Scientific organizations
- 2022-present Member of the Task Force of BIG (Breast International Group) in early development of new drugs.
- 2020-present Member of the Evaluation Committee of the GEICAM Balil-Pelegrí grants.
- 2000-present | Member of SEOM (Spanish Society of Medical Oncology).
- 2012-present | Member of GEINO (Spanish Neuro-oncology Research Group).
- 2012-present | Member of RTICC (thematic network of Cooperative Research in Cancer) in the call Networks 2012 (RD2012/0036/0063).
- 2014-present | Member of the Commission for the Training of Medical Specialists, Colegio de Médicos de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
- 2016-2018 | Member of the triple negative breast cancer group in GEICAM.
- 2016-present | Coordinator of the UN breast cancer research group NEONCOBREAST.
- 2017-current | Co-Principal Investigator of the biomarkers and cancer group at IdiSNA. Code 710C.
- 2018-current | Member of the Ethics Committee of Research with drugs of Navarra. Department of Health. Government of Navarra.
- 2018-current | Member of the Board of Directors of GEICAM.
- 2020-current | Active member of the Translational Research group in GEICAM.