María Amparo Pascual López (born November 29, 1944) is a Cuban pharmacologist, medical doctor and clinical trial expert.
She was the driving force behind the establishment of Cuba's Clinical Trials Coordinating Center (CENCEC),[1] a center for the evaluation of products before their medical practice. She was also named Cuba's first biostatistician and was named one of the 10 most outstanding scientists of Latin America.[2]
Education edit
In 1967, María Amparo Pascual López graduated from University of Havana, as a Doctor of Medicine. Then, in 1974, she went to the School of Public Health (Escuela de Salud Pública) in La Havana, Cuba[3] She first wanted to focus on medicine, but ultimately decided on becoming a biostatistician.
Career edit
Following the rapid development of the pharmaceutical industry in Cuba, there needed to be a method for evaluating products before they are introduced to the public. As a result, María Amparo Pascual López, along with four other specialists, established the CENCEC, with the objective of ensuring proper clinical assessment of medical-pharmaceutical and biotechnology products will ethical, scientific and methodological rigor, while complying with international standards to be ready to be approved for marketing both in Cuba and internationally[2] María Amparo Pascual López shifted her focus from being a doctor to investigation in oncology, and then in the rest of the specialties.[4] She has also been a professor at the University of Habana, teaching Biostatistics and Bioethics.
From 1991 to 2014, María Amparo Pascual López was a founding director of the CENCEC. In 2013, she was named one of the 10 female leaders of science in Latin America.[4]
References edit
- ^ "The Power of Persistence: María Amparo Pascual MD MS Founding Director, National Clinical Trials Coordinating Center, Havana". Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ a b Fauveau, Alice (2016-12-14). "Mª Amparo Pascual directora del CENCEC:una lección de actitud | FOW". ▷ VIAJES PARA MUJERES 【Focus On Women】 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ "Cuba's National Clinical Trials Coordinating Center: Emergence, Evolution, and Main Results". MEDICC Review. 13 (1): 46. 2011. doi:10.37757/mr2011v13.n1.10. ISSN 1555-7960.
- ^ a b "10 mujeres que lideran la ciencia en América Latina". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2020-10-26.