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DTO. de Epidemiología de Enfermedades Transmisibles
Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Research Unit
Unidad de vigilancia e investigación en enfermedades transmisibles
Staff
Foodborne illnesses:
- Carmen Varela (Jefa Unidad)
- María Guerrero
- Marina Peñuelas
Vaccine-preventable diseases:
- Josefa Masa (Jefa Unidad)
- Marta Soler
- María de Viarce Torres
- Noemí López
- Fernando Vallejo
Acute respiratory infections:
- Susana Monge (Jefa Unidad)
- Lorena Vega
- Marcos Lozano
- Gloria Pérez
- Ana Puerto
Emerging and vector-borne diseases:
- Beatriz Fernández (Jefa Unidad)
- Juan Miguel Guerras
HIV infection, sexually and parenterally transmitted infections:
- Asunción Díaz (Jefa Unidad)
- Victoria Hernando
- Lorena Simón
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and resistances:
- Carmen Varela (Jefa Unidad)
- César Garriga
- Maria Guerrero
- Marina Peñuelas
- Rocío Carmona
Mortality surveillance (MoMo):
- Diana Gómez-Barroso (Jefa Unidad)
- Inmaculada León-Gómez
CoRIS Cohort Coordination Unit:
- Inmaculada Jarrín (Jefa Unidad)
- Marta Rava
- Cristina Moreno
- Rebeca Izquierdo
- Teresa Gómez
- Cristina Marco
Tuberculosis:
- Zaida Herrador (Jefa Unidad)
- Álvaro Roy
- Juan Miguel Guerras
Spatial analysis and environmental impact on communicable diseases:
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Diana Gómez-Barroso (Jefa Unidad)
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Inmaculada León-Gomez
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Ayelen Rojas Benedicto
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Javier del Águila
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Enrique Alcalde
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Lucia Perez Marín
Zoonosis:
- Rosa María Estevez (Jefa Unidad)
Services
The Unit is responsible of providing the information necessary for the control of communicable diseases. The professionals of the Unit are experts in the epidemiology and control of communicable diseases of public health relevance. They analyze surveillance data, evaluate the impact of public health interventions, and disseminate the results to decision-makers in the areas of prevention and control.
General information
Activities
- Management of epidemiological surveillance of communicable diseases.
- Technical advice through participation in national expert committees for the development of communicable disease prevention and control plans that guide public health decision-making.
- Participation in international expert groups and European surveillance networks. Contribution to international surveillance.
- National and international institutional representation.
- Public health research. Membership of the CIBER for Epidemiology and Public Health and the CIBER for infectious diseases.
- Training activities. Teaching, mentoring resident interns (MIRs), doctoral students, EPIET, and EUPHEM, among others.
Research
Our mission is to conduct epidemiological and public health research to provide quality information to guide the control and prevention of communicable diseases, as well as the design, implementation, and evaluation of health policies.
The Communicable Disease Surveillance and Research Unit is comprised of several research subunits.