Program Overview

PhD Program in PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY (R.D. 99/2011)

The PhD program in PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY (R.D. 99/2011) is effective since 2013. The program focuses on various research areas, including:

• Alterations in the structure-function of blood cells induced by reactive oxygen species
• Protection by antioxidants
• Role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in hematopoiesis
• Molecular bases of Cardiovascular development
• Vascular flow
• Adrenergic-serotonergic neurotransmission
• Diabetes
• Hypertension Pharmacological Control of Glucid Homeostasis
• Peripheral Nervous System as a Regulator-Modulator of the Endocrine System
• Diabetes mellitus and central nervous system
• Study of peptides associated with the insulin receptor
• Aging
• Physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology and nutrition
• Physiology and Biology of cellular plasticity during physiological and tumor development
• Translational oncology and experimental therapies
• Study of the secretory response of the pancreatic ducts during acute pancreatitis
• Pathophysiology of acute renal failure
  ephrotoxicity and chronic renal failure/fibrosis
• Cardiovascular physiology
• Angiogenesis
• Hypertension
• Experimental hepatology and drug vectorization
• Overcoming antitumor resistance
• Hypertension and diabetes
• Damage to target organs (cardiovascular, renal)
• Kidney fibrosis
• Identification of markers of predisposition to acute kidney failure
• Identification of therapeutic targets for the development of preventive co-therapies for nephrotoxicity
• Molecular mechanisms underlying virus-cell interaction
• Paramyxovirus, RNA virus (-), membrane fusion, infectivity, viral vectors
• Neurochemistry, Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Acute pancreatitis: Pathophysiology and treatment

Program Directors

The program is directed by:

• Director: María Jesús Monte Río
• Secretary: Oscar Briz Sánchez

Prevailing Specialties

The top 10 prevailing specialties in the program, obtained from publications, are:

1. Internal Medicine (Medicine)
2. Pediatrics (Medicine)
3. Community and Home Care (Nursing)
4. Cancer Research (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
5. Hepatology (Medicine)
6. Clinical Biochemistry (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
7. Developmental and Educational Psychology (Psychology)
8. Education (Social Sciences)
9. Animal Science and Zoology (Agricultural and Biological Sciences)
10. Cell Biology (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)