VISAVET | Javier Bezos Garrido

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Clinical Trials Unit
VISAVET, Health Surveillance Centre
Universidad Complutense
Av. Puerta de Hierro s/n. 28040 Madrid. Spain

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Biography

Graduated with a Degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid (1996-2001). PhD in Veterinary Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) with a thesis on immunology and diagnosis of tuberculosis in goats (grade of cum laude) (2011).

Research stays at the University of Minnesota (USA), Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge, United Kingdom), Carlos III Health Institute (Madrid, Spain), Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (Dublin, Ireland), and Central Institute for Animal Disease Control (Lelystad, Netherlands). Head of R&D at MAEVA SERVET SL with a Torres-Quevedo Contract from MINECO (2014-2017) and Juan de la Cierva researcher in the Department of Animal Health at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Madrid (2018-2019).

Member of the tuberculosis subgroup of the Task Force under the European Commission and the Science Oversight Group (SOG) of DEFRA. Participated as an expert for EFSA (design of experimental vaccination trials against tuberculosis in cattle in the United Kingdom) and in the evaluation of bovine tuberculosis eradication programmes for the European Commission.

Author of over 100 scientific publications (30% as first or last author) in international indexed journals (ORCID 0000-0003-1913-0545; Scopus 22833847400; h-index 29, Q1) and more than 300 communications in national and international conferences. Reviewer for scientific journals such as Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Veterinary Microbiology, International Journal of Tropical Disease and Health, Research in Veterinary Science, International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports, and Vaccines, among others, and for scientific projects for ANEP, Czech Science Foundation, and FONCyT. Associate editor of the journals Frontiers in Veterinary Science: Epidemiology and Economics Section, International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports, American Journal of Animal, Veterinary Sciences, and Vaccines.

Significantly, I have been or am the principal investigator (PI) of the national project GoaTBfree (2020-2023) funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and PI and coordinator of the international project imdiTBap (ICRAD-AEI, 2023-2026) and of the contract with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to support the bovine tuberculosis eradication programme (2020-2022 and 2023-2025). Additionally, I have participated as a member of the research or working group in more than 30 research projects or contracts. I am an expert in animal experimentation and welfare (functions B, C, D, E and F according to RD53/2013).

Currently, I am Professor in the Department of Animal Health at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Madrid (UCM), Head of the Clinical Trials Service and researcher of the Health Surveillance Research Group at the VISAVET-UCM Centre (rated excellent by AEI) and Deputy Director of the EU-RL (European Reference Laboratory) for Bovine Tuberculosis.

Investigation

Research lines:

Tuberculosis control (MYC)
Molecular characterizacion studies of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MYC)
Tuberculosis diagnosis (MYC)
Molecular epidemiology of tubeculosis (MYC)
Diagnosis of other mycobacteriosis (MYC)

Next scientific publications:

Plamenova-Stefanova E., Sierra E., Fernandez A., Quesada-Canales O., Paz-Sanchez Y., Colom-Rivero A., Espinosa de los Monteros A., Herraez-Thomas P., Dominguez L., Bezos J., Perez-Sancho M., Moreno I., Risalde MA. and Andrada M.. Caprine paratuberculosis (Johne`s disease) detection in pre-and post-vaccinated herds: morphological diagnosis with lesion grading and bacterial identification. Frontiers in veterinary science. (A)

Last scientific publications:

Boschiroli ML., Salguero FJ., Jones G. and Bezos J.. Editorial: Tuberculosis in domestic ruminants: towards eradication of zoonotic tuberculosis. Frontiers in veterinary science, 11:1453876. 2024. (E)
Velasco-Reinaldos C., Ortega J., Gómez-Buendía A., Grau A., Lopez M., Alvarez J., Romero B., de Juan L. and Bezos J.. Evaluation of the Effect of a Recent Comparative Intradermal Tuberculin Test on the Humoral Diagnosis of Paratuberculosis Using Serum and Milk Samples from Goats. Veterinary sciences, 11(3):105. 2024. (A)
Velasco-Reinaldos C., Ortega J., Rincón-Fernández de la Puente J., Romero B., de Juan L., Dominguez L., Dominguez M., Moreno I., Alvarez J. and Bezos J.. Effect of a recent intradermal test on the specificity of P22 ELISA for the diagnosis of caprine tuberculosis. Frontiers in veterinary science, 11:1-7. 2024. (A)
Gómez-Buendía A., Alvarez J., Bezos J., Mourelo J., Amado J., Saez-Llorente JL., de Juan L. and Romero B.. Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: occurrence in skin test cattle reactors from official tuberculosis-free herds. Frontiers in veterinary science, 11:1361788. 2024. (A)
Bezos J., Saez-Llorente JL., Alvarez J., Romero B., Diez-Guerrier A., Dominguez L. and de Juan L.. Bovine tuberculosis in Spain, is it really the final countdown?. Irish veterinary journal, 76(Suppl 1):13. 2023. (A)

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Last PhD thesis supervised:

Javier Ortega Martín. Study of factors affecting the diagnostic performance of cellular and humoral-based techniques for caprine tuberculosis. 2024.
Pilar Pozo Piñol. Use of Epidemiological Analytic Tools and Molecular Characterization Techniques to Inform Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Programs. 2020.(Doctorado Internacional y Doctorado Industrial)
Álvaro Roy Cordero. Evaluation of new vaccines against tuberculosis in goats and advances in their immunological diagnosis. 2020.(Doctorado Internacional y Doctorado Industrial)
Carmen Casal Comendador. Diagnosis of tuberculosis in ruminants and camelids: optimization of cell-based and humoral tests. 2016.(Laboratorios Ovejero Award, PhD Extraordinary Award, Doctorado Europeo)

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Outreach

Last outreach publications:

Martucciello A ., Mazzone P., Napolitano F., Bezos J., Grandoni F., Boniotti MB., Cagiola M., Cappelli G., Di Vuolo G., Galiero G., Signorelli F. and De Carlo E.. Intradermal Tuberculin Test in Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis): Experimental use of Mycobacterial Antigens for the Diagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis. Journal of Buffalo Science, 13:46-52, Lifescience Global Inc. 2024.
Agullo-Ros I., Ortega J., Roy A., Moreno I., Gómez-Buendía A., Romero B., Ferreras-Colino E., de Juan L., Dominguez M., Dominguez L., Bezos J. and Risalde MA.. ¿Son los altos títulos de anticuerpos frente a la tuberculosis un indicador fiable de protección frente a la enfermedad?. Tierras. Caprino, 45, Grupo interempresas. 2024.
Velasco-Reinaldos C., Ortega J., Gómez-Buendía A., Grau A., Lopez M., Alvarez J., Romero B., de Juan L. and Bezos J.. Evaluación de una nueva estrategia para el diagnóstico humoral de la paratuberculosis caprina. Tierras. Caprino, 45, Grupo interempresas. 2024.
Velasco-Reinaldos C., Roy A., Ortega J., Romero B., Alvarez J., Dominguez M., Moreno I., Diez-Guerrier A., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Bezos J.. Mejorando el diagnóstico para ayudar en la erradicación de la tuberculosis en los rumiantes domésticos: el proyecto internacionalo imdiTBap. Ruminews, Noviembre 2023, Agrinews. 2023.
Velasco-Reinaldos C., Ortega J., Lorente-Leal V., Romero B., de Juan L. and Bezos J.. Nuevas metodologías para el diagnóstico ante-mortem de la tuberculosis bovina, ¿tiene futuro?. Tierras Vacuno, 1, Novaágora. 2023.