Lorena Ortega-Moreno

Once I achieved my PhD degree, I moved to Italy on March 2014 in order to continue my research formation. Under Prof. Trischitta and Dr. Menzaghi supervision I was able to publish six original papers during my permanence in the Endocrinology and Diabetes Lab in IRCCS Casa SollievodellaSofferenza (San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy). My research there was focused on the study of adipokines as possible predictors of mortality and cardiovascular risk on type 2 diabetes. I had got the opportunity to attend several international congresses (i.e. ADA in US, EASD in Sweden) and nationals ones (i.e. SID in Sicily or Rimini) with poster presentations or oral communications. I travelled to Boston (US) with a one-year grant from Hearst Foundation on August 2016 to follow my post doctoral studies on the diabetes field. Under Dr. Doria supervision (Epidemiology and Genetics Lab) in Joslin Diabetes Center (Harvard Medical School) for 13 months, studying the association between different serum metabolites with renal and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes using metabolomics as a tool to carry out it. I attended another ADA congress (San Diego, CA) during this period presenting a poster. I returned to Spain on September 2017 with a 4-year contract from Comunidad de Madrid (Atracción de Talento 2017 Modalidad 2) to investigate at the Gut Immunology Reaserch Lab in Hospital Universitario La Princesa under Dr. Bernardo and Prof. Gisbert supervision. My research here was focused on IBD and biomarkers of prediction to avoid invasive colonoscopy. Now I have a positios as Profesor Ayudante Doctor in Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Alcorcón, Madrid) and I am interested in functional models to investigate the gut-brain axis in relation to gastrointestinal disorders.