UAB Experts Guide for journalists

Anna Gil Bardají

Arabist, expert in Arabic language and in translation from Arabic to Catalan and Spanish.  She is a member of MIRAS research group (Mediation and Interpreting, Research in the Social Settings). Among her lines of research there is the analysis of orientalist discourse in translation, the translation from Arabic into Catalan and Castilian, and Public Service Interpreting.

Keywords: arabic, translation from Arabic

Antonio Gil Moreno

He has a strong commitment towards the improvement and the innovation of the health system. He is the Head of the Gynaecology Service of the Vall Hebron Hospital since 2013 and Principal Investigator of the Biomedical Research Group in Gynaecology at Vall d`Hebron Research Institute from 2014. His intervention in clinical and translational research began in 1997. He has participated in more than 30 research projects, 10 as the principal investigator in the last 5 years. He has published more than 100 articles reviewed by experts in international journals, as well as many articles in national journals, 23 book chapters and 4 patents.

Keywords: translational and clinical research, endometrial and ovarian cancer, biomarkers, therapy, murine models

Lydia Giménez Llort

She is an expert in behavioral neuroscience, aging, Alzheimer's disease and pain in cognitive impairment.

Keywords: behavioral neuroscience, aging, Alzheimer's disease and pain in cognitive impairment

Xavier Gimeno Soria

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Jesus Giraldo Arjonilla

He coordinates the SGR group "Laboratory of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Bioinformatics", where he investigates the signal transduction mechanisms of the neurotransmitter receptors responsible for neurological and psychiatric disorders. His objective is to unravel the complexity of the interactions between receptors, lipids, ions and transducer proteins, which take place in the cell membrane and ultimately determine the health of a person. To this end, he applies computational methods -molecular dynamics, mathematical modeling and artificial intelligence- in order to generate knowledge for the design of safer and more precise drugs.

Keywords: GPCR, allosteric modulators, biased agonism, partial agonists, inverse agonists, schizophrenia, Parkinson's, molecular dynamics, mathematical modeling, drug design, big data analysis

Roser Girós Calpe

BA Social and Cultural Anthropology and Pedagogy, MA in Educational Research (2016) and project management (2010). Currently she is a PhD candidate focused on the study of minority children plural socialisation. She develops a multi-situate ethnographic approach in heritage language and culture learning settings, as faith congregations and community based-schools. She is part of EMIGRA research group (CER-Migrations) collaborating as researcher in TRANSEMIGRA, IDCol, and StoryS European project (Rec.777257) in which she had also the role of National Coordinator.

Keywords: community-based schools, migrant capital, transnationalism, diaspora studies, school-family discontinuity

Alejandro Godino Pons

Sociologist, expert in the fields of employment relations, work organization and labor market. He has worked on the organizational and labor effects of outsourcing, the digital economy, la calidad del empleo, changes in collective bargaining, management of diversity at work and employment policies. At methodological level, he mainly works with data from European surveys, combining it with case studies in companies and economic sectors. Currently, he is part of the coordinating team of two European projects focused on the transformations of collective bargaining in Europe.

Keywords: industrial relations, employment, digital economy, outsourcing, business organization, employment policies, labor market, collective bargaining, trade unions, quality of employment

Juan José González López

Clinical microbiologist of the Microbiology Service of the Hospital Vall d'Hebron, professor of the Department of Genetic and Microbiology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and main researcher of the Research Group in Microbiology of the Vall d'Hebron Research Institut. Expert in mechanisms of action and resistance to the antimicrobials, in the molecular characterisation of these mechanisms and in the study of the molecular epidemiology of bacteria. Other fields of work are the study of populations and evolution of Bordetella pertussis, the study of the molecular mechanisms involved in the sepsis, as well as in the development of new diagnosis systems.

Keywords: microbiology, resistance, antimicrobials, epidemiology,, whooping cough, sepsis

Cristina González Martín

Her research lines focus on the teaching and learning of world music and the new teaching and learning methodologies in the music classroom. Regarding the first area, she studies the pedagogical practice of world music in the classroom and the training of the music teacher through the figure of the culture bearer (native musician). She also analyzes the importance of musical contextualization (connection between music and culture) to understand world music. Regarding the second area, she studies the characteristics of the methodology of project method in the music classroom.

Keywords: world music pedagogy, culture bearer, visiting artist, expert, contextualization, music pedagogy, music didactics, project method, project approach, project based-method, interculturality

Josep Maria Gregori i Cifré

Keywords: musical heritage, musical archives, musical holdings and collections, census of Catalonia musical holdings, IFMuC

Mar Griera Llonch

Sociologist, and expert on religion. Director of the research center on sociology of religion (ISOR), and vice-dean of the Political Science and Sociology Faculty. Her main research interests are, on the one hand, the governance of religion in contemporary societies with special attention to interreligious relations. On the other hand, she is interested in the growth of holistic spiritualities and therapies and their role in public institutions such as prisons, hospitals or schools. She is the principal investigator of the project "Mapping Religion in Catalonia" (Catalan Government), and of the project "Urban Religion" (R+D, MINECO).

Keywords: religion, minorities, diversity, public space, spirituality, secularism, Islam, Buddhism, Protestantism, prisons, public institutions, interreligious relations, sociology, sociological theory

Marc Guinjoan Francisco

Professor of Mathematics Didactics, linked to the University and the private sector through the Explorium Foundation he co-directs. His main fields of work and research are scientific education in informal or leisure contexts, extracurricular training, teacher training, the preparation of educational editorial materials and the learning of mathematics for talented students.

Keywords: education, mathematics, science, stem, steam, leisure, training, teachers, foundation, technology, robotics, entrepreneurship