Sanar con drogas, vivir sin drogas | Olga Valverde | TEDxCadizUniversity
This talk delves into the therapeutic use of certain substances with potential harmful effects, clarifying that a drug and a medication are not the same thing. It emphasizes the value and weight of scientific research as key to the development of medical therapies. Olga Valverde es Licenciada en Medicina y Cirugía (1989) y Doctora en Medicina y Cirugía en el Programa de Neurociencias por la Universidad de Cádiz (1992). Es Doctora en Farmacia por la Universidad René Descartes de Paris (1996). Realizó una estancia post-doctoral entre 1992 y 1998 en la Universidad René Descartes con una ayuda de la UE del programa “Human Capital and Mobility” y con otros contratos posteriormente. En el año 1998 se incorporó a la Universidad Pompeu Fabra (UPF) como profesora de los estudios de Biomedicina. Desde el año 2008 es Catedrática de Psicobiología del Departamento de Medicina y Ciencias de la Vida de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra.Dirige el Grupo de Investigación de Neurobiología del Comportamiento (Grenec-NeuroBio). Su investigación está orientada al estudio de las bases neurobiológicas de los trastornos neuropsiquiátricos con una perspectiva de género, los procesos adictivos, la depresión, el síndrome alcohólico fetal. Entre sus estudios destacan la caracterización funcional de los receptores opioides y del receptor cannabinoide CB1 en el sistema nervioso central y el desarrollo de modelos animales comportamentales.En el año 2022 recibió la distinción ICREA Academia (Generalitat de Cataluña) por su actividad investigadora. Es autora de más de 150 artículos publicados en revistas internacionales sobre los temas de su investigación y colabora con distintas agencias de evaluación, entre ellas la Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) y la AQU Cataluña. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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