Translational Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Transcriptomics, Exposome informatics, Clinical and molecular data integration

I have developed my scientific career in the area of clinical bioinformatics and biomedical informatics, applying these methods and techniques in different areas such as clinical microbiology or respiratory dieseases. During my career my interest has been mostly focused focus on improving the understanding of molecular mechanisms of disease, and it covered cover a broad area of research topics and include genomic and transcriptomic analyses, integration of clinical and molecular (including genetic) databases, clinical microbiology, systems biology and more recently the “exposome” and how environmental factors alter and interact with the individuals and their genomes. The final aim of my research interest is to foster and advance in what is currently understood as precision medicine. In this context, I consider the use of self-monitoring approaches as a window to the individual “exposome” and therefore a relevant and challenging piece of information to be included towards a more precise and personalized medicine as well as for a better understanding of the mechanisms of disease.