Isidro Ferrer#
| Membership Number: | 4820 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ciberned.es; http://www.idibell.cat |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - present Senior Consultant Neuropathologist, Bellvitge University Hospital
- 1996 - present Full Professor of Pathology (Chair), University of Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics
- 2014 - present Coordinator of the group Neuropathololgy at the Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona
- 2012 - present Coordinator of the group Neuropathology at the Research Network Center of Neurodegenerative Diseases: CIBERNED), Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Compettiveness
- 2011 - 2016 Founder and Scientific Director of the HUB-ICO-IDIBELL Biobank
- 2004 - present Coodinator of the group Neuropathology at the Biomedical Institute of Biomedical Research Bellvitge (IDIBELL)
- 1996 - 2016 Founder and Director of the Institute of Neuropathology and Brain Bank, Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona
- 2008 - 2010 Coordinator of the former Spanish Network Research Center of Neurological Diseases (CIEN), Ministry of Health
- 2005 - 2007 Vice-Chancellor of Science Policy at the University of Barcelona
- 1986 - 1996 Professor of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona
- 1978 - 1996 Founder and coordinator Unit Neuropathology, Principes de España Hospital, Bellvitge University Hospital
- 1978 - 1988 Consultant Neuropathologist at the Pediatric Hospital Saint John of God , Sant Creu i Sant Pau Hospital, University of Barcelona Brain Bank at the Clinic Hospital Barcelona (founder of the corresponding units and services for a period of about five years, until their indepent function), Barcelona
Fields of Scholarship
- Normal and abnormal development and aging of the central nervous system
- Vascular pathology of the central nervous system
- Neuroinflammation
- Neurodegenerative diseases with abnormal protein aggregates
- Molecular neuropathology
- Neurons, astrocytes, oligodendocytes, microglia
- Neuropathology
- Brain Banking
Honours and Awards
- 2003 Narcis Monturiol Price for Research of the Catalonia Government
- 2006 Collegi de Metges de Barcelona per la Recerca
- 2008 Research award of the Catalan Institute of Health
- Profile Lancet Neurology: Isidre Ferrer: a revolutionary in neuropathology. Published Online February 21, 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016
- Member of the Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya
- 2016 Alfons Maria Jakob silver medal of the German Society of Neuropathology and Neuroanatomy, Hamburg
- 2016 Premi Ramon Turró, Societat Catalana de Biologia, Institut d’Estudis Catalans
