Amaia Rodríguez Murueta-goyena

Biography

    Licenciada (2000) and Doctor (2004) in Biological Sciences by the University of Navarra. Postdoctoral research fellow, Obesity Research Unit, Helsinki Biomedicum, Helsinki (Finland, 2008). Since 2004 she is a Researcher at the Laboratory of Metabolic Research at the University of Navarra Clinic and since 2007 she is a member of the CIBER of Pathophysiology of Obesity and Nutrition of the Carlos III Health Institute. Research Areas Since 2008, he has been involved in activities of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) representing the Southern European region at EASO Young Investigators United. She has been a Principal Investigator of 5 research projects, obtaining funding from entities such as the Health Research Fund (FIS PI10 / 01677 and FIS PI13 / 01430). She has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry since 2008. She has been Principal Investigator of 5 research projects , Education Departments (res228 / 2008) and Health (04/2006) of the Government of Navarre and PIUNA (2011-2014), and participated as a Collaborator in 5 research projects.  As a teacher Professor Contracted Doctor in the Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition of the Faculty of Medicine accredited by the ANECA since October 2009.  As researcher She has published more than 80 scientific articles (20 as the first author and 3 as the last author), of which 71% belong to international first quartile journals within the ranking of journals in their category. In addition, 4 of its publications have been published as a journal due to its scientific interest. His articles have been cited 1,369 times (1,109 no self-citations) with a factor H of 22. He has written 4 chapters of books related to obesity. In addition, it has participated in 15 invited conferences, 9 oral communications and 60 posters of national and international congresses related to obesity. 

Research Interest

 Study of the effects of new adipokines on adipobiology and its impact on human physiology and pathophysiology.