Full Name
Professor Encarna Guillén-Navarro
Job Title
Chief of Medical Genetics Section/Principal Investigator/Associate Professor
Company/Organisation
Hospital Clínico Universitario V. Arrixaca/IMIB-Arrixaca/UMU/CIBERER-ISCIII
Speaker Bio
President of the Spanish Association of Human Genetics (AEGH); Head of the Medical Genetics Section, Paediatric Service, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Clinical Hospital; Murcia Full Professor linked to the Faculty of Medicine-University of Murcia (UMU); Principal Investigator, Coordinator of Area 2 and Member of the Internal Scientific Committee of the Murcian Institute of Biosanitary Research (IMIB); Head of the Clinical Group linked to the CIBER of Rare Diseases (CIBER -ISCIII); Member of the Spanish Bioethics Committee (CBE); Member of the National Commission for Assisted Human Reproduction (CNRHA); Member of the Advisory Committee of FEDER (Spanish Federation of Rare Diseases); Member of the Clinical Genetics Section of the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS); Member of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP), of the Spanish Association of Human Genetics (AEGH), of the Spanish Society of Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology (SEGCD), of the Association of Congenital Errors of Metabolism (AECOM) and the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG). Former president (currently member of the board of directors) of the Spanish Society of Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology (SEGCD); Former Minister of Health of the Region of Murcia.

Training: Degree in Medicine and Surgery (UMU) -Specialist in Pediatrics and Specific Areas (HCUVA) - Fellowship in Clinical Genetics-Specialist in Clinical Genetics (NYU-USA) -PhD in Public Health and Preventive Medicine (UMU) -Master's Degree in Health Administration and Management (UNIR).

Scientific Production: More than 150 scientific articles published in indexed journals, the mostly international, and numerous book chapters. H index: 25 3 six-year research periods (2018 call).

Supervised theses: National Association of Patients with Ectodermal Dysplasia (AADE) National Association of Growth Problems (CRECER) National Association of Mucopolysaccharidoses and related syndromes (MPS Spain) Association of Rare Diseases and other serious developmental disorders D'Genes Spanish Association of Lipodystrophies (AELIP) Dravet Foundation.
Encarna Guillén-Navarro