Dr. Fernández-Veledo (1977) is a biomedical researcher with demonstrated experience
in bench-to-bedside research focused on molecular metabolism and metabolic diseases.
After completing her doctorate at the UB (Biomedicine, 2000-2004) and developing a solid postdoctoral training in several research centers in Madrid (UCM, CBMSO) and La Jolla (The Scripps Research Institute), Dr. Fernández-Veledo began her independent career in 2011 as a Miguel Servet researcher at the Pere Virigili Health Research Institute (IISPV, Tarragona). Currently, she is a consolidated researcher at the IISPV, where she leads the "DIAMET Lab" (www.diamet.org), which also belongs to CIBERDEM. Her research is currently focused on developing a deeper understanding of the etiology of metabolic disorders such as obesity, T2D and most recently NAFLD, which should open new horizons for the development of novel treatments and clinical tools. To address this, she has directed her efforts to converging knowledge from different fields through the assembly of a multi-disciplinary team of biologists and medical researchers. Her priority is to bridge the gap between basic and clinical science. Discovering new metabolic regulators whose dysregulation triggers obesity and T2D has become one of the major topics of research of Dr. Fernández-Veledo in recent times.
Fernandez-Veledo has published > 100 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, 45 as a senior author (some of them in high-impact journals such as Cell Metabolism, Nature Immunology, Diabetes Care, Microbiome, the British Journal of Pharmacology or Cardiovascular Disease). She has led 10 competitive research projects (MINECO, Fundació La Caixa, Fundació La Marató de TV3, EASD, EISMEA) and 7 of Innovation & Transfer (ISCIII, AGAUR, Fundació La Caixa,). In addition, Dr. Fernández-Veledo has experience in the management of non-competitive contracts and agreements with the pharmaceutical industry, and in the generation of intellectual property. Indeed, she has filled 3 patents, from which one has been licensed to SUCCIPRO S.L., a spin-off recently created from the IISPV and URV in which she is also co-founder. She is currently Chief Scientific Officer in SUCCIPRO S.L. She also has experience in organizing R&D activities and has participated in more than 100 national and international conferences. Since 2013, she has actively participated in various scientific evaluation committees of research projects and calls for human resources (FIS, MINECO, ANEP/AEI). Academic activities: Dr. Fernández-Veledo also has extensive experience in training graduates and postgraduates at various Spanish universities (UB, UCM, UAM). She is currently an associate professor at the School of Medicine (URV). She has supervised 8 PhD theses, 7 end-of-master and 15 end-of-degree projects; and is currently mentor of 8 PhD students. Fernández-Veledo has also experience supervising post-doctoral researchers (most of them holders of competitive fellowships). Institutional Responsibilities: Beyond her management responsibilities as a group leader,
Fernández-Veledo is actively involved in the organizational structures of the hosting institution. Specifically, she is member of the Steering Committee of IISPV, and has recently appointed as a Coordinator of the Nutrition and Metabolism Research area.