Rosa Riveiro Álvarez Email & Phone Number

Medical reporter

Genetics Department

Healthcare responsabilities: ◦ Prenatal and postnatal molecular diagnosis of inherited diseases, solid experience in the design and supervision of genetic tests, clinical reporting and genetic counselling.◦ Responsible for genetic testing on hereditary cancer and familial heart disease in the laboratory, including their design and incorporation into the service portfolio (2014).◦ Responsible for the European Molecular Genetics Quality Network (EMQN) schemes in hereditary cancer and familial heart disease.◦ Extensive expertise in various health specialties: hereditary cancer, cardiogenetics (cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias), ophthalmogenetics, paediatric genetics, neuromuscular diseases, autoimmune diseases and pharmacogenetics.◦ Experience in Molecular Genetics Laboratory management: committed to cost-effective management of resources, quality performance, safety of care, continuous improvement and competitiveness.◦ Responsible for the implementation of the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in healthcare molecular diagnostics (2012): experience in requesting quotations for high-throughput sequencing equipment, cost analysis and fine-tuning of the acquired technology.Research career and scientific contribution:◦ Proven track record of high impact publications as a first author and over 100 citations:- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=riveiro-alvarez+r- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=riveiro+r◦ Co-Principal Investigator in epigenetics research projects:- "Study of the aetiopathogenesis and analysis of comorbidities associated with small for gestational age (SGA) newborns"- "Analysis of epigenetic changes throughout pubertal development: influence of anthropometric data, body composition and perinatal history".◦ Research associate in several national and international research projects;◦ Reviewer of scientific papers.◦ Participation in clinical trials.◦ Knowledge of the transfer of intellectual property.

Genetics Dept. Of Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital

◦ Postdoctoral researcher: publication of papers in scientific journals with impact factor.◦ Project manager of the Sensorineural Pathology Programme: preparation of reports, applicationfor funding proposals, preparation of annual and final reports of results, organisation of scientificmeetings, experience in the presentation of results.◦ Final Degree project evaluator for the Official College of Biologists of Madrid (Spain).

Genetics Department. Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital.

Doctoral Thesis about inherited retinal dystrophies

Genetics Department. Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital.

Adquisición de conocimientos acerca de las enfermedades hereditarias y aprendizaje de las técnicas básicas de Biología Molecular: Aislamiento de ácidos nucleicos, purificación y cuantificación, electroforesis en gel, técnicas de PCR (real-time PCR, RT-PCR, qPCR), análisis de restricción, Multiplex Ligation Probe Assay (MLPA), denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (dHPLC), secuenciación Sanger.

Acquisition of knowledge about "in vitro" protein expression studies: plasmid DNA isolation from bacteria, restriction analysis, DNA subcloning to expression vectors, site-directed mutagenesis, Western blotting technique, primary cell culture, DNA transfection, genetic transformation in bacteria, immunohistochemistry, optical microscopy.

Master In Enology, Hotels And Tourism, Sobresaliente (9,20/10)

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Executive Mba, Dirección Y Administración De Empresas

Activities and Societies: Estrategia empresarial, Comunicación e influencia, Contabilidad, Dirección de marketing, Modelos de calidad.

Doctor In Biology, Genética Humana

Degree In Biology, Rama Biosanitaria