Our group is a multidisciplinary team with experience in the clinical and molecular study of rare diseases, particularly family lipodystrophies and neurogenetic syndromes.

Team Leader and Principal Investigator

  

David Araújo Vilar, MD, PhD
[email protected]

Associate Professor
(Profesor Titular) of Medicine at USC
Specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition
Responsible of the
Lipodystrophy Unit
President-Founder of the Spanish Society of Lipodystrophies
Chairman of the Governing Board of ECLip

+34 881 815 426 / +34 881 815 446

Principal Investigator

 Álvaro Hermida Ameijeiras, MD, PhD

[email protected]
Associate Professor (Profesor Titular) of Medicine at USC
Specialist in Internal Medicine


CURRENT MEMBERS

 

Sofía Sánchez Iglesias, PhD
[email protected]

Assistant Professor (Profesora Ayudante Doctor) of Biochemistry at USC
Post-doc researcher & Lab manager

  

Antía Fernández Pombo, MD, PhD
[email protected]

Specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition
Post-doc researcher (contrato Juan Rodés)

 

Silvia Cobelo Gómez
[email protected]

Biotechnologist, PhD student

 

Antón Cruces Sande, PhD
[email protected]

Pharmacist, Post-doc fellow (IDIS)

 Everardo Josué Díaz López
[email protected]
Graduate in Medicine, PhD student
 
 Teresa Prado Moraña
[email protected]
Graduate in Medicine, PhD student
 

María González Rodríguez
[email protected]

Dietitian/nutritionist

  

Fermín Rey Fernández

[email protected]
Undergraduate Medicine student (TFG)

  

Laura Rey Calvo

[email protected]
Undergraduate Medicine student (TFG)

  

Laura Rodríguez Sobrino

[email protected]
Graduate in Biotechnology
TFM (2023-2024), TFG (2022-2023), SEL Fellowship (2024)

  

Carlos García Vázquez

[email protected]
Undergraduate Medicine student (TFG)

 

Roque Devesa Fernández

[email protected]
Undergraduate Medicine student (TFG)

 Rubén Fontán Taboada
[email protected]
Undergraduate Biology student (TFG
)
 Gabriel Varela Acosta
[email protected]
Undergraduate Biotechnology student (TFG)
  

Nasrin Azouzi Azzouzi

[email protected]
Undergraduate Medicine student (TFG)

 
PAST MEMBERS

 
  

Joaquín Lado Abeal, MD, PhD
[email protected]
Full Professor (Catedrático) of Medicine at USC
Full Professor (Catedrático) of Internal Medicine at UMKC (University of Kansas)

Associate Professor (Profesor Titular) of Medicine at USC

Specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition

 

Cristina Guillín Amarelle, MD, PhD
[email protected]

Specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition

 

Leticia Rodríguez Cañete, MD
[email protected]

Specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition

 Laura Lampón Fernández
Technician (2021)
 

Lía García Formoso

Graduate in Medicine
TFG (2019-2020)

  

Alberto Níñez Díaz

Graduate in Medicine
TFG (2021-2022)

 

Andrés Antelo Abeijón

Graduate in Medicine
TFG (2021-2022)

 

Carmen Francisco Díaz

Graduate in Medicine
TFG (2021-2022)

 

Mariví Pérez Arnoso

Graduate in Biology
TFG (2021-2022)

 

Alicia Tahoces Rodríguez

Graduate in Biology
TFG (2022-2023)

 Raquel Domínguez Domínguez
Graduate in Biotechnology
TFG (2023-2024)