Julio Álvarez Sánchez
Qualifications:
PhD in Veterinary Sciences
Diploma de Estudios Avanzados
Degree in Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Contact
VISAVET, Health Surveillance Centre
Universidad Complutense
Av. Puerta de Hierro s/n. 28040 Madrid. Spain
e-mail:
Telephone: (+34) 91 394 3992
Fax: (+34) 91 394 3795
Biography
After defending my PhD in 2008, focused on different aspects of the epidemiology of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis in Spain, I served as the head of the unit of neglected and emerging diseases in the VISAVET Health Surveillance Center, Spain, for two years, and then held two post-doctoral positions at the Spanish wildlife research institute (IREC) of Ciudad Real, Spain, and at the Research Institute Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS) focusing on the epidemiology of bacterial zoonotic diseases in wildlife and humans. After this I joined the University of Minnesota in 2014, first as a research associate and then as an assistant professor, and came back to VISAVET in 2018 with a Ramon y Cajal postdoctoral contract. My research is currently focused on the application of quantitative approaches for the study of the epidemiology of infectous diseases in the human-animal-environmental interface.
I have co-authored over 100 papers in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, being first or last author in 36 of them; I have acted as PhD advisor of four students in the last 5 years, and currently act as scientific advisor of the European Laboratory for Bovine Tuberculosis, as well as a scientific reviewer for 12 indexed scientific journals.
I have co-authored over 100 papers in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, being first or last author in 36 of them; I have acted as PhD advisor of four students in the last 5 years, and currently act as scientific advisor of the European Laboratory for Bovine Tuberculosis, as well as a scientific reviewer for 12 indexed scientific journals.
Investigation
Next scientific publications:
- Van Hattem J.M., Cabal A., Arcilla M.S., Alvarez J., de Jong M.D., Melles D.C., Penders J., COMBAT Consortium., Gortazar C. and Schultsz C.. Risk of acquisition of human diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli virulence genes in intercontinental travellers: a prospective, multi-centre study Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. (A)
Last scientific publications:
- Whitten T., Brayshaw G., Patnayak D., Alvarez J., Larson CM., Root-Kustritz M., Holzbauer SM., Torrison J. and Scheftel J.. Seroprevalence of Brucella canis antibodies in dogs entering a Minnesota humane society, Minnesota, 2016–2017. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 168:90-94. 2019. (A)
- Elnekave E., Hong SL., Lim S., Hayer SS., Boxrud D., Taylor AJ., Lappi V., Noves N., Johnson TJ., Rovira A., Davies P., Perez A. and Alvarez J.. Circulation of plasmids harboring resistance genes to quinolones and/or extended-spectrum cephalosporins in multiple Salmonella enterica serotypes from swine in the United States. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63(4):e02602-18 . 2019. (A)
- Alvarez J., Bakker D. and Bezos J.. Epidemiology and Control of Notifiable Animal Diseases. Frontiers in veterinary science, 43(6):1-2. 2019. (E)
- Martinez-Aviles M., Garrido-Estepa M., Alvarez J. and de la Torre A.. Salmonella Surveillance Systems in Swine and Humans in Spain: A Review. Veterinary sciences, 6(1):1-16. 2019. (A)
- Garrido J., Alvarez J., Culhane M., Nirmala J., Cano JP. and Torremorell M.. Comparison of individual, group and environmental sampling strategies to conduct influenza surveillance in pigs. BMC Veterinary Research, 15(1):61. 2019. (A)
Last PhD thesis supervised:
- Mª Luisa de la Cruz Conty. Application of quantitative analytic methods for the epidemiological study of zoonotic diseases. 2018.
- Teresa García-Seco Romero. Epidemiology of Q fever in domestic ruminants in the central zone of the Iberian peninsula. 2017.
- Adriana Cabal Rosel. Distribución, cuantificación y caracterización de genes de virulencia de Escherichia coli en reservorios animales, humanos y medioambientales. 2016.(Internacional)
- Carmen Casal Comendador. Diagnosis of tuberculosis in ruminants and camelids: optimization of cell-based and humoral tests. 2016.(Laboratorios Ovejero Award, PhD Extraordinary Award, Europea)
- Marta Pérez Sancho. Aplicación de nuevas estrategias en el diagnóstico y profilaxis de la brucelosis producida por Brucella melitensis en rumiantes domésticos. 2014.(Mención Europea)
Outreach
Last outreach publications:
- Alvarez J. and Ruiz-Fons F.. Aplicaciones de la epidemiología en el control del PRRS. Monográficos, Grupo Asis. 2019.
- Vilalta C., Sanhueza J., Torremorell M., Corzo C., Morrison R., Alvarez J. and Murray D.. Tail docking, castration: Prime time for PRRS tests. National Hog Farmer, Informa USA. 2018.
- Briones V., Bezos J. and Alvarez J.. Medicina Preventiva Veterinaria: concepto y actualización. Profesión Veterinaria, 91(2018/19):20-23, Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Madrid. 2018.
- Alvarez J., Bezos J., Diez-Guerrier A., Gonzalez S. and Saez JL.. Manual de detección de animales infectados anérgicos en explotaciones T2 de riesgo o con antecedentes de tuberculosis. Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA) y Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). UCM.. 2018.
- Cabal A., Garcia-Castillo M., Canton R., Gortazar C., Dominguez L. and Alvarez J.. Prevalence of Escherichia coli virulence genes in patients with diarrhea and a subpopulation of healthy volunteers in Madrid, Spain. Applications of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) tools in microbiology of infectious diseases. Ed. 1. Frontiers. 2017.
Last communications:
- Alvarez J.. Cuando el tamaño importa: "big data" en el mundo de las ciencias veterinarias. Seminarios metodológicos en Ciencias Biomédicas y experimentales. Principios y aplicaciones. 2019. (Oral communication)
- Alvarez J.. Grupo de Investigación Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Presentación del grupo. Pasado, presente, futuro, colaboraciones. I Workshop Ibérico y II Nacional de investigación en tuberculosis animal. 2019. (Oral communication)
- Tiwari SK., Van der Puten B., Vinh TN., Bootsma M., La Ragione R., Matamoros S., Ngo Thi H., Berens C., Leng J., Alvarez J., Jolivet D., Ferrandis-Vila M., Ritchie J., Fruth A., Schwarz S., Dominguez L., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Bethe A., Wieler LH., Ewers C., Fivian-Hughes AS., Menge C., Schultsz C. and Semmler T.. Genomic analysis reveals varyng degrees of host adaptation in Escherichia coli. 29th ECCMID. 2019. (Oral communication)
- Ortega J., Roy A., Diez-Guerrier A., de la Cruz ML., Saez JL., Dominguez L., de Juan L., Alvarez J. and Bezos J.. Evaluación de las reacciones cuatáneas inespecíficas asociadas al empleo de la jeringa Mclintock en el diagnóstico oficial de la tuberculosis bovina mediante intradermotuberculinización (IDTB). II Congreso Nacional de Sanidad Animal. 2018. (Poster communication)
- Pozo P., VanderWaal K., Grau A., de la Cruz ML., Nacar J., Bezos J., Perez A., Minguez O. and Alvarez J.. Are Movements Important In The Transmission Of Bovine Tuberculosis In Castilla y Leon, Spain?. 15th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE 15). 2018. (Poster communication)
