Jesus M. Prieto (born 6 April 1944, Oviedo, Spain) is a Spanish medical doctor and scientist who is at present Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Navarra.
Jesús Prieto Valtueña | |
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| Born | Jesús Prieto Valtueña 6 April 1944 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | University of Valladolid |
| Awards | National Prize for Medical Research Gregorio Marañón (Spain, 2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Hepatology |
Biography edit
He studied at the University of Valladolid where he obtained the degree in Medicine in 1967 and the PhD degree in 1969. He specialized in Internal Medicine and Gasteoenterology at the University Hospital of Valladolid and in Hepatology at the Royal Free Hospital of London (1972-73) where he was Research Fellow in the Department of Professor Sheila Sherlock.[1] In 1976 he was appointed Associated Professor of Medicine of the University of Oviedo[2] and in 1977 he obtained the Chair of Medicine of the University of Santiago de Compostela[3] (Galicia, Spain) being designated Director of the Department of Medicine of the General Hospital of Galicia.[4] In 1979 he was appointed full Professor of Medicine of the University of Navarra, Director of the Department of Medicine of the Clinic University of Navarra and Director of the Division of Hepatology and Gene Therapy of the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA). Since 2014 he is Emeritus Professor of Medicine of the University of Navarra and is in charge of a laboratory at CIMA which is dedicated to do research in cancer gene therapy and to the training of young African scientists.
Honors edit
- Former President of the Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver (AEEH)[5]
- Former Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)[6]
- Founder member of the Spanish Society of Gene Therapy
- Former Member of the Scientific Committee of the French Agency for Research on AIDS and Hepatitis C
- Former President of the International Committee of the American Society of Gene Therapy
- He has been member of the editorial board of diversity of prominent medical journals in the field of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Gene Therapy.
Prizes and Recognitions edit
- Spanish National Prize of Medical Research (2014)
- Recognition Award of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (2013)
- Gold Medal of the University of Navarra (2015)
- Doctor “Honoris Causa” of the University of Porto (Portugal) (2001)[7]
- Doctor “Honoris Causa” of the University Austral (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (2012)[8]
- Great Prize Bial Foundation of Medical Research (Lisbon, 2005)
Publications and professional achievements edit
He has published more than 400 papers in high-rank international scientific journals and has directed more than 50 doctoral thesis and submitted an important number of patents. He has conducted several clinical trials with innovative therapies pertaining treatment of liver cirrhosis and gene therapy of liver cancer and monogenic liver diseases.[9]
References edit
- ^ Strazzabosco, Mario (2013). "EASL Recognition Awardee 2013 Professor Jesus Prieto". Journal of Hepatology. LIX (3): 408–10. doi:10.1016/S0168-8278(13)00390-5. PMID 23764136. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ P., A. (2016). "El médico Jesús Prieto recibe la medalla de oro de la Universidad de Navarra". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Oviedo. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ Cabezas Cerrato, José; Lorenzo Zúñiga, Vicente; Torre Carballada, José Antonio (2015). "Profesor Dr. Jesús Prieto Valtueña. Catedrático Emérito de la UN". 70 años de historia de la medicina académica en Compostela (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela: Editoral Compostela. pp. 91–95. ISBN 978-84-8064-220-0.}
- ^ "El doctor Jesús Prieto, "Premio de Reconocimiento" de la EASL". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. 5 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "El ovetense Jesús Prieto presidente del Comité Internacional de la Sociedad Americana de Terapia Génica". Europa Press (in Spanish). Oviedo. 24 January 2006. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "Jesús Prieto, Pamplona/ES". European Society of Radiology. 1 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "El catedrático de la UN, Jesús Prieto, doctor "honoris causa" por la Universidad de Oporto" (in Spanish). Madrid: Fundación Universia. 12 October 2001. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "La Austral confirió dos títulos Honoris Causa" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 5 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "El doctor Jesús Prieto Valtueña, Premio Nacional de Investigación". Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). Pamplona. 15 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.