Pedraza Benitez, Carmen

Biography

Carmen Pedraza has a degree and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Málaga. He is part of the Psychobiology Area, where he occupies the position of Full Professor of the University. His teaching activity has been developed mainly in the University of Malaga, where he has taught in subjects of the Area of ​​Psychobiology in the Degree of Psychology and Diploma of Speech Therapy. Currently teaches the subject of Neuropsychology in the third year of the Degree in Psychology. He regularly participates in postgraduate teaching in several Masters, both in the University of Málaga and in other Spanish Universities. He is member of ethics committee of the University of Malaga and belongs to the editorial committee of the journal Escritos de Psicología. Currently, its main line of research is focused on determining the role of lipid transmitters, through its LPA receptor 1in hippocampal neurogenesis and its implication in cognition and emotion. She has participated in numerous research projects, both autonomous and state funded in competitive public calls, being the principal investigator of two of them. She has also participated, as a collaborator or principal investigator, in numerous R & D & I contracts with companies (Fernández y Canivell, OXON RISK MANAGEMENT, SL). From a scientific production point of view, it has more than 50 publications, of which 36 are indexed in the "Journal Citation Reports" of the web of Science. In addition, it maintains active collaborations with several national and foreign research groups, which has allowed the joint publication of several scientific articles.

Research Interest

Neuroimmunology (multiple sclerosis)