Professors and Researchers
David Casamichana
Faculty of Health Sciences
PhD in Sport and Exercise Science Master's Degree in Teacher Training specialized in Physical Education. Professional in the area of Fitness and Health. Expert in aspects related to physical exercise and sports training.
David Gil Sánz
Faculty of Health Sciences
Clinical Psychologist, working in the Hospital Padre Menni. My work at the University focuses on attracting the students’ interest towards research, with the aim to see the relationship between research and the daily practice and to be able to develop a critical vision.
David Herrero
Faculty of Health Sciences
PhD in Psychology, Deusto University. Specialization in Traffic and Road Safety, Psychophysiology and Behavior Social Sciences. Teaching at the Psychology faculty at Deusto University from 2011 to 2015. Teaching at the University of the Basque Country from 2015 to 2017. He gives lectures in corporations and schools about road accident prevention during the commute to work or while at work. Author of more than 30 scientific papers and more than 30 speeches at international congresses.
Esther Setién
Faculty of Health Sciences
Ph.D. in Medicine and Health Sciences Cum Laude from the University of Cantabria (2018). Neuropsychology specialist focused on the study of cognitive functions in severe mental pathology. To date, 54 of her scientific papers have been published in indexed journals that have been cited 636 times and with an h-index of 16 (Google Scholar).
Fernando Portal
Faculty of Health Sciences
Degree in Medicine and Surgery. Teacher in vocational training cycles in the specialties of dietetics, clinical analysis and auxiliary nursing care. Tutor of training in work centers in companies in the health and food field. Coordinator of European ERASMUS projects.
Francesca Giampieri
Faculty of Health Sciences
PhD degree on “Food, Health and Drug”, Specialization in Food Science, she is currently Distinguished Adjunct Professor at the King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia) and Professor of International Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics at the Polytechnic University of Marche (Italy). She is the author of about 150 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. In 2019 and 2020, she has been named a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher and listed in the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds in Agricultural Science category. She has an extensive experience in field of biochemistry and nutrition, in the evaluation of the role of dietary bioactive compounds on human health, and in particular on the biological mechanisms related to oxidative stress and inflammation