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
Research lines:
- Characterization of the emergence of foodborne pathogens subjected to surveillance and monitoring programs through quantitative epidemiology (EPIQ)
- Evaluation of the performance of diagnostic tests for diseases of importance in animal health and assessment of their application in the frame of control and surveillance programs (EPIQ)
Last scientific publications:
- Kanankege K., Phelps NBD., Vesterinen HM., Errecaborde KM., Alvarez J., Bender J., Wells SJ. and Perez AM.. Lessons Learned From the Stakeholder Engagement in Research: Application of Spatial Analytical Tools in One Health Problems. Frontiers in veterinary science, 7:254. 2020. (A)
- Picasso C., Alvarez J., VanderWaal K., Fernandez F., Gil A., Wells SJ. and Perea A.. Epidemiological investigation of bovine tuberculosis outbreaks in Uruguay (2011-2013). Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 138:156-161. 2020. (A)
- Hayer SS., Rovira A., Olsen K., Johnson TJ., Vannucci F., Rendahl A., Perez A. and Alvarez J.. Prevalence and trend analysis of antimicrobial resistance in clinical Escherichia coli isolates collected from diseased pigs in the USA between 2006 and 2016. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 00. 2020. (A)
- Sponheim A., Alvarez J., Fano E., Schmaling E., Dee S., Hanson D., Wetzell T. and Pieters M.. Comparison of the sensitivity of laryngeal swabs and deep tracheal catheters for detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in experimentally and naturally infected pigs early and late after infection. Veterinary Microbiology, 241:108500. 2020. (A)
- Hayer SS., Rovira A., Olsen K., Johnson TJ., Vannucci F., Rendahl A., Perez A. and Alvarez J.. Prevalence and time trend analysis of antimicrobial resistance in respiratory bacterial pathogens collected from diseased pigs in USA between 2006-2016. Research in Veterinary Science, 128:135-144. 2020. (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:
- Juez-García M., Alvarez J., Sotodosos-Carpintero M. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Asociación entre resistencia a antibióticos y serotipos en Salmonella de transmisión alimentaria. Revista Madrileña de Salud Pública, 4(5):1-8, Dirección General de Salud Pública de la Consejería de Sanidad de la Comunidad de Madrid. 2020.
- Alvarez J. and Dominguez L.. COVID-19: lo más importante es lo que está por venir. The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group. 2020.
- Alvarez J. and Dominguez L.. COVID-19: lo más importante es, como siempre, lo que está por venir. Análisis madri+d, Fundación para el Conocimiento madri+d. 2020.
- Dominguez L., Goyache J. and Alvarez J.. COVID-19: La importancia de la gestión basada en los datos. Animal´s Health, Animal´s Health. 2020.
- Alvarez J. and Dominguez L.. COVID-19: Lessons learned after over a month of pandemic. VISAVET Outreach Journal, VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (U.C.M.). 2020.
Next communications:
- Samper-Cativiela C., Lopez G., Saez JL., de Frutos C., Duran M., Adam F., Serrano T., Hernandez M., Dominguez L. and Alvarez J.. Epidemiology of Salmonella Kentucky ST 198 resistant clones from poultry flocks in Spain. One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2020. (Oral communication)
- Alvarez J., Medus C., Magnuson L., Saupe A., Smith K., Perez A. and Machado G.. Development of algorithms for automated detection of Salmonella outbreaks in Minnesota, US. One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2020. (Oral communication)
- Ferrandis-Vila M., Mamerow S., Van de Putten B., Tiwari SK., Nguyen VT., Oldenkamp R., Bootsma M., Matamoros BR., Thi Hoa N., Leng J., Ritchie J., Fivian-Hughes A., Alvarez J., Fruth A., Schwarz S., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Bethe A., Schultsz C., Semmler T., La Ragione R., Menge C. and Berens C.. In vivo analysis of E. coli strains selected for different host specificities by a “Nearest Neighbour" bioinformatics approach in experimentally inoculated piglets. One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2020. (Poster communication)
- Leng J., Ritchie J., Fivian-Hughes A., Van de Putten B., Trung-Nguyen V., Oldenkamp R., Bootsma M., Kumar Tiwari S., Matamoros S., Thi Hoa N., Berens C., Alvarez J., Jolivet D., Ferrandis-Vila M., Fruth A., Schwarz S., Dominguez L., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Bethe A., Wieler LH., Menge C., Schultsz C., Semmler T. and La Ragione R.. The survival of 17 E. coli strains within an in vitro model of the chicken caeca. One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2020. (Poster communication)
- Ugarte-Ruiz M., Juez-García M., Alvarez J., Sanchez E., Garcia M., Inigo S., Maasoumi N., Rivero E., Martinez-Fernandez E., Porrero MC. and Dominguez L.. Detection and antimicrobial characterization of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica isolated from eggs at retail in Madrid, Spain from 2003 to 2019. One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2020. (Oral communication)
Last communications:
- Alvarez J.. Científicos holandeses alertan del posible primer salto conocido del coronavirus de animales a humanos en una granja de visones. Ciencia. 2020. (Web interview)
- Alvarez J.. Veterinarios en la crisis de COVID-19. Como el perro y el gato. 2020. (Radio communication)
- Alvarez J.. ¿Las mascotas pueden contagiarse de COVID-19?. Big Bang. 2020. (Radio interview)
- Infantes-Lorenzo JA., Roy A., Ortega Martín J., Dominguez M., Moreno I., Alvarez J., Romero B., Gortazar C., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Bezos J.. Evaluación de un nuevo ELISA para el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis caprina en muestras de leche. XXIV Simposio Avedila. 2019. (Oral communication)
- Alvarez J.. Estudios epidemiológicos en la explotación/zona. Las encuestas epidemiológicas. Curso de formación en los aspectos teóricos, prácticos y de base legal en el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis bovina. 2019. (Oral communication)
