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:
- Roy A., Infantes-Lorenzo JA., de la Cruz ML., Dominguez L., Alvarez J. and Bezos J.. Accuracy of tuberculosis diagnostic tests in small ruminants: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 182:105102. 2020. (A)
- Elnekave E., Hong SL., Lim S., Johnson TJ., Perez A. and Alvarez J.. Comparing serotyping with whole-genome sequencing for subtyping of non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica: a large-scale analysis of 37 serotypes with a public health impact in the USA. Microbial Genomics, 1-13. 2020. (A)
- Driciru M., Rwego IB., Ndimuligo SA., Travis DA., Mwakapeje ER., Craft M., Asiimwe B., Alvarez J., Ayebare S. and Pelican K.. Environmental determinants influencing anthrax distribution in Queen Elizabeth Protected Area, Western Uganda. PLoS ONE, 15(8):e0237223. 2020. (A)
- Picasso C., Alvarez J., VanderWaal K., Kinsley A., Gil A., Wells SJ. and Perez A.. Modelling the effect of test‐and‐slaughter strategies to control bovine tuberculosis in endemic high prevalence herds. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 1-11. 2020. (A)
- Servadio JL., Machado A., Alvarez J., de Ferreira Lima Junior FE., Vieira Alves R. and Convertino M.. Information differences across spatial resolutions and scales for disease surveillance and analysis: The case of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil. PLoS ONE, 15(7):e0235920. 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:
- Perez-Sancho M., Cruz F., Briones V., Alvarez J., Gonzalez S., Goyache J. and Dominguez L.. Coronavirus: el salto interespecie como mecanismo de diseminación. Profesión Veterinaria, 94:14-24, Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Madrid. 2020.
- 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.
Last communications:
- 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)
- de Juan L. and Alvarez J.. Centinelas de los microbios. Madrid. El País. 2020. (Press interview)
