Gregorio Núñez presidirá el Consejo Social de Granada

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Gregorio Núñez presidirá el Consejo Social de Granada

Actualmente es director del departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica de la Universidad de Granada

Gregorio Núñez Romero-Balmas, director del departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica de la Universidad de Granada, ha sido propuesto por el Ayuntamiento de Granada para presidir el Consejo Social de Granada.

Así se lo ha comunicado el concejal de Economía y Hacienda del Ayuntamiento de Granada, Juan Antonio Mérida, a los miembros del Consejo Social, entre los que se encuentran representantes de las entidades financieras y colegios profesionales, de las organizaciones sociales y vecinales, de los grupos políticos y de las fuerzas sindicales de la ciudad.

Una vez dado a conocer la proposición, el delegado de Economía y Hacienda elevará la propuesta al alcalde de Granada, José Torres Hurtado, para que se lleve a cabo el nombramiento en el próximo pleno del Consejo Social, informa el Ayuntamiento de Granada en un comunicado remitido a laopiniondegranada.es.

Mérida ha destacado que la propuesta consigue aunar dos de los objetivos del Consejo Social de la Ciudad «contar con personas vinculadas y con una estrecha relación con la Universidad de Granada y, a la vez, con un profundo conocimiento del sector económico de la ciudad y de Andalucía», señaló.

El nombramiento de Gregorio Núñez Romero-Balmas como presidente del órgano consultivo municipal permitirá retomar la andadura del Consejo Social de Granada que continúa «con su labor para analizar, estudiar y proponer proyectos necesarios para el desarrollo económico, social y cultural de la ciudad».
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Los profesores sacan un 7,50

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Los profesores sacan un 7,50

El 90% de los estudiantes de la Universidad de Granada valora positivamente las competencias de sus docentes aunque el 68% no haya ido nunca a sus tutorías.

«Un notable alto». Ésta es la calificación final que le han dado los estudiantes de la Universidad de Granada (UGR) a sus profesores cuando han sido consultados por sus competencias. Y no es la única nota significativa del sondeo anónimo que se realizó el pasado curso entre el alumnado a pocos meses de aterrizar el nuevo equipo de Gobierno que encabezaba Francisco González Lodeiro. «El 90,9% de los entrevistados concedió una valoración favorable a los enseñantes», otorgándoles un 7,50 a su actuación.

Cuatro años después de que se hiciera pública la primera encuesta de satisfacción del alumnado de la Universidad de Granada (UGR), los estudiantes han tenido la oportunidad de volver a opinar de nuevo sobre la labor que desempeñan sus docentes. Y en parte esto ha sido posible gracias a la Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad (Aneca), y su homóloga andaluza (AGAE), que incluyeron en el sistema de acreditación del profesorado un apartado que valora los informes de docencia. «Han sido los propios docentes los que han demandado a la UGR que les facilite un sistema de evaluación -explicó la vicerrectora para la Garantía de la Calidad de la UGR, María José León Guerrero-, y eso hicimos».

El propio director del Centro Andaluz de Prospectiva, Antonio Pascual, ofreció ayer en Granada las conclusiones de la misma encuesta de satisfacción que se ha realizado entre los alumnos de las demás universidades andaluzas, aunque no consideró oportuno «hacer comparaciones».

Entre las 27 preguntas que se les hizo figuraban cuestiones como: «¿me atiende cuando solicito tutoría en el horario establecido?», a lo que el 80,8% del alumnado de la UGR ha respondido favorablemente. O «informan sobre la bibliografía y fuentes de información relevantes», con un 69,6% de respuestas afirmativas.

El esfuerzo que ha realizado la Universidad al efectuar este sondeo tiene una gran recompensa ante la próxima evaluación de sus competencias en el concurso de los Campus de Excelencia Internacional: uno de los apartados que más se valora es la competencia de los docentes, y los de Granada gozan de muy buena estima. Un 75,6% cree que hay un buen ambiente en clase y que la relación profesor-alumno es buena; un 75,4% de los estudiantes consideran que sus enseñantes cumplen el Plan Docente; un 74% da buena nota a sus competencias y el 73% evalúa positivamente el aprendizaje en la UGR.

Además, el 62% del profesorado que fue evaluado negativamente en el curso 2004-05 recibe ahora valoraciones favorables por parte de su alumnado. «Un 13,5% obtiene una nota superior al 9», se destaca en el estudio. Hay por tanto una progresión que destacar y se constata que el profesorado ha tomado nota de las críticas vertidas hace cuatro años.

Aunque hay cuestiones que, a pesar de obtener un resultado muy favorable, su importancia es tan alta que el más mínimo margen negativo puede ser preocupante. Es el caso del trato del docente hacia el alumnado, ante la pregunta de si «el profesorado es respetuoso con el alumno», un 83,7%, es decir, casi 9 de cada 10, contesta que sí, que es respetuoso. Sin embargo, hay un 16,3% de los estudiantes que han contestado negativamente, que los docentes de la UGR no son respetuosos con ellos.

Entre las fortalezas de la docencia universitaria granadina se destaca el dominio del profesorado en la materia que imparte, sabe resolver bien las dudas y explica con claridad. Entre las cuestiones por resolver queda en primer lugar la asistencia a las tutorías (un 67,7% no fue nunca en la carrera) y la motivación del profesorado hacia su alumnado.
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Il pesce che «intacca» la mente dei bambini

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Il pesce che «intacca» la mente dei bambini

«Il pesce fa bene al cervello perché contiene il fosforo!», quante volte abbiamo sentito ripetere questa frase?
Quella che invece non abbiamo ancora sentito abbastanza è che il pesce è, ahimè, contaminato dal mercurio; e non da ieri, ma già da un po\’.
Il mercurio è un metallo tossico, altamente tossico.
Il fatto che il pesce contenga mercurio ha fatto scattare la necessità di condurre uno studio per capire se questo potesse avere un\’influenza sulla salute se assunto con l\’alimentazione.

Ricercatori dell\’Università di Granada in Spagna hanno così scoperto che il consumo di alcuni tipi di pesce può peggiorare le prestazioni cognitive e la memoria nei bambini.
In questo studio sono stati analizzati 220 bambini appartenenti alla zona geografica di assistenza sanitaria del San Cecilio University Hospital a Granada. Di questi sono state analizzate l\’esposizione ai contaminanti ambientali per mezzo dell\’acqua, l\’aria e la dieta alimentare.
I risultati hanno mostrato che le concentrazioni totali di mercurio nei capelli dei bambini di 4 anni erano tra 0,04 e 6,67 g/g. Dette concentrazioni sono risultate sì più alte rispetto a quelle riscontrate in bambini che consumano meno pesce, ma più basse rispetto a zone geografiche dove il consumo è più elevato.
Questo studio – il primo del genere – ha così descritto per la prima volta il grado di esposizione da parte dell\’infanzia agli inquinanti ambientali, in particolare a metalli tossici come il mercurio, il quale diventa per questi bambini tra le principali fonti di tossicità. Il mercurio, infatti, è in grado di intaccare le facoltà mentali.
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Pesce: se contaminato da mercurio fa male ai bambini

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Pesce: se contaminato da mercurio fa male ai bambini

Di per sé, il pesce è un alimento salutare, ricco di sostanze utili per la salute.
Ma se viene contaminato dal mercurio può trasformarsi facilmente in un cavallo di Troia nutritivo, in grado di danneggiare l\’organismo dei bambini.

Lo sostiene uno studio dell\’ Università di Granada in Spagna, sezione Department of Radiology and Physical Medicine.

Gli scienziati hanno analizzato 220 bambini, tutti appartenenti alla zona geografica coperta dal San Cecilio University Hospital a Granada, osservandone dieta alimentare ed esposizione ai contaminanti (sia tramite cibo che non). Gli studiosi iberici hanno così scoperto come la presenza di mercurio nei bambini di 4 anni oscillava tra 0,04 3 6,67 g/g e le concentrazioni maggiori si riscontravano negli amanti di pesce.

I ricercatori iberici fanno notare come il loro lavoro sia uno dei pochi ad aver fatto luce sulla possibilità di esposizione alla contaminazione da parte dei bambini tramite alimenti inquinati. Inoltre, essi ricordano come il maggior pericolo del mercurio sia la sua capacità di provocare danni al cervello.
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The Use Of Stem Cells In Regenerative Medicine May Be Detrimental For Health

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The Use Of Stem Cells In Regenerative Medicine May Be Detrimental For Health

The use of stem cells in regenerative medicine is not always beneficial for human health, it may even be harmful according to a work done by the University of Granada and University of León. Scientists have demonstrated that transplantation of human mononuclear cells isolated from umbilical cord blood exerted a deleterious effect in rats with liver cirrhosis.

Researchers aimed to investigate whether the mononuclear cell fraction of human cord blood (HUCBM cells), which contains stem cells, might be useful in hepatic regenerative medicine. Both histological and biochemical findings obtained in this research suggest that cell transplantation did not improve the health of sick animals but it induced a hepatorenal syndrome instead.

The authors of this work are Ana I Álvarez-Mercado, María V García-Mediavilla, Sonia Sánchez-Campos, Francisco Abadía, María J Sáez-Lara, María Cabello-Donayre, Ángel Gil, Javier González-Gallego and Luis Fontana, researchers from the University of Granada and University of León.

Research in rats

In order to evaluate the regenerative potential of HUCBM cells, researchers carried out a human-to-rat xenograft. First, liver cirrhosis was induced to rats by administration of 0.3 g/L thioacetamide (TAA) in drinking water throughout 4 months. Later on, ten million HUCBM cells were injected through the portal vein. A similar transplantation experiment was done in control rats, i. e., rats that drank water, not TAA.

TAA induced nodular cirrhosis to animals. Cell therapy did not have any effect on hepatic histology, but analysis of biochemical parameters revealed that cirrhotic rats subjected to transplantation exhibited alterations in liver fuction (lower albumin concentration and higher bilirubin concentration in plasma compared to cirrhotic rats that did not receive HUCBM cells). Also, the group with cirrhosis that received HUCBM cells showed renal damage.

Nowadays, approximately 17% of the world population is affected by liver diseases. There is to date no specific treatment for the liver fibrosis that develops in chronic hepatic diseases, and patients receive treatment for its associated complications. In addition, the current therapy for end-stage hepatic disease, whole liver transplantation, is limited by the shortage of organ donors. Accordingly, novel therapies, such as the use of cord blood stem cells, are required to alleviate the suffering of many patients. This work, however, highlights the need of further research in the area of hepatic regenerative medicine.

The work has been funded by Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), FEDER, Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa (Junta de Andalucía), Consejería de Sanidad (Junta de Castilla y León), and Federación de Cajas de Ahorro de Castilla y León. It will appear in the November issue of the journal Cell Transplantation.
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Association Between Consumption Of Certain Fish During Pregnancy And Poorer Cognitive Performance

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Association Between Consumption Of Certain Fish During Pregnancy And Poorer Cognitive Performance

Children who eat fish more than 3 times per week show a worse performance in the general cognitive, executive and perceptual-manipulative areas. Those with higher levels of exposure to mercury show a generalised delay in cognitive, memory and verbal areas. Mercury is a contaminant found especially in oily fish and canned fish and to a lesser extent in white fish.

This conclusion emerges from research conducted at the University of Granada, which warns of the need to assess children\’s health risk according to fish consumption, distinguishing between varieties or species they consume, especially in those areas where fish is part of the staple diet of the population.

The work entitled «Children\’s exposure to environmental contaminants in Granada and potential effects on health» was carried out by Carmen Freire Warden, from the Department of Radiology and Physical Medicine of the UGR, and led by professors Nicolás Olea and Marieta Fernández Serrano Cabrera.

For this study, scientists analyzed the exposure to environmental contaminants through water, air and diet, in a sample of 220 children in the geographic health care area of San Cecilio University Hospital in Granada. This study has described for the first time the extent of childhood exposure to environmental pollutants of special concern, such as trihalomethanes, NO2, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and mercury. Following the hypotheses posed, this research assessed the combination of exposure to air pollution, on the one hand, and mercury, on the other, with child neurodevelopment at 4 years of age.

Mercury concentrations

Thus, total mercury concentrations found in the hair of 4 year-old-children from Granada were between 0.04 and 6.67 g / g. Concentrations were higher than those found in other paediatric populations with a lower consumption of fish, but lower than levels found in high consuming areas.

Important factors in this exposure were the place of residence, maternal age, passive exposure to tobacco smoke and consumption of oily fish. The results suggest that fish consumption is the main source of exposure to mercury in the sample population studied.

The work carried out at the University of Granada also suggests that in Granada, children\’s health risk from exposure to trihalomethanes via drinking water can be considered to be significantly lower than in other areas of the country, and that air pollutant NO2 concentrations (measured in the external environment of the study area) were also lower than those described in other Spanish cities. Traffic of motor vehicles is the main source of emission of these pollutants in the study area.

Moreover, the research also revealed that there is a direct relationship between children\’s passive exposure to tobacco smoke and the use of gas stoves inside houses, and the presence of 1-hydroxypyrene, an indicator of exposure to damaging health air pollutants.

Researchers warn that although environmental exposure levels found in children are low enough not to cause any obvious concern, they could have an impact on child development in the long-term, only appearing as symptoms many years after first exposure. Consequently, they explain, «whatever the extent of involvement of environmental exposures in the etiology of the disease, the simple fact of acting very early in life opens the door to a transcendental field in public health: the possibility of applying early prevention measures to minimize problems.»

These research results were recently published in scientific journals such as Environmental Research, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Science of the Total Environment and Gaceta Sanitaria.

Reference: Carmen Freire Warden, Department of Radiology and Physical Medicine, University of Granada.

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Babies learning ability affected by eating fish

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Babies learning ability affected by eating fish

Eating oily fish and canned fish during pregnancy can result in a delay in childrens cognition, memory and verbal abilities according to research from the University of Granada published November 13, 2009, in the scientific journals Environmental Research, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Science of the Total Environment and Gaceta Sanitaria. The cause is mercury. The effect can begin during pregnancy if the mother eats certain kinds of fish.

The study found that mothers and children who consume more fish have a higher concentration of mercury and thus the potential for slower learning skills. The effect of a variety of pollutants was also studied including trihalomethanes, NO2, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and mercury.

The subjects were 220 children aged 4 from various areas of Spain. Children from Granada had higher levels of mercury because they eat more fish. White fish is less harmful.

The levels of mercury were comparatively low but the long term effects are the major concern.

Reference: Carmen Freire Warden, Department of Radiology and Physical Medicine, University of Granada. Tel: (+34) 958 240 758. E-mail: cfreire@ugr.es
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Not money, not politics; Europeans look to culture in Turkey debate

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Not money, not politics; Europeans look to culture in Turkey debate

Europeans widely believe that it is a democratic political system and economic factors that define European identity and want candidate countries to fulfill these two criteria first and foremost to be able to join the European Union, but they tend to reject Turkey as a member, not on political or economic grounds, but on the assumption that it is culturally different, according to results of a new survey.

The survey — a joint project of Boğaziçi University’s Center for European Studies, the İstanbul-based Dialogue with Europe Association, the Autonomous University of Madrid and the University of Granada — was conducted between June 2008 and November 2009.

According to the survey, conducted in five EU countries, culture is also the main reason why those who support Turkish membership do so. Some 40.4 percent of those surveyed said it was mostly cultural factors that shaped their stance — negative or positive — towards the possible membership of Turkey in the EU. Of those surveyed, 26.8 percent said it was mostly economic factors that determined their stance towards Turkey and 26 percent said it was mostly political factors.

“Europe looks at politics and the economy when defining its own identity, but focuses on cultural factors when it weighs Turkish accession,” said Professor Hakan Yılmaz of the Center for European Studies at Boğaziçi University when announcing results of the survey at a meeting in İstanbul on Monday evening. Yılmaz thus said the arguments that Turkey’s membership would be good for the EU because it would help Europe have better ties with the Muslim world or foster an alliance of civilizations might be counterproductive, strengthening the cultural concerns among Europeans over Turkey’s membership. He said instead that the government should focus more on the legal aspect, reminding Europeans that the EU has made a promise to Turkey that, when it fulfills the objective criteria, it will join the union.

According to the survey — conducted in France, Germany, Spain, Britain and Poland — more than half of those who oppose Turkey’s membership (51.3 percent) say Turkey should not join because it is a Muslim country and is culturally not in line with Europe’s Christian roots; 15.8 percent said Turkey is not qualified because it is not located on the European continent.

Participants tended to disagree on whether Turkey’s accession would prevent a clash of civilizations (54 percent disagreeing as opposed to 43 percent who agreed) but when asked whether Turkish membership would increase the EU’s influence in the Muslim world, a majority of 59 percent said they agreed while 46 percent disagreed.

The participants also agreed that Turkey’s strong military would contribute to EU security (47 percent versus 34 percent) but dismissed the claims that Turkey’s young population would help Europe address its shortage of workers (50 percent) and that the Turkish economy would boost the EU’s competitiveness in the global economy (53 percent).

When asked whether it would be unfair to break promises made to Turkey regarding its eventual membership, a majority of 57.8 percent agreed.

Turkey loses referendum on membership
The survey also revealed that majority of Europeans — even in countries which officially support Turkish membership such as Britain — would vote “no” if there was a referendum on Turkey’s accession today.

A referendum is not a formal condition for accession, but public feelings affect lawmakers to a certain extent when they ratify membership of a new country in the EU. Additionally, politicians in France vowed to hold a public vote on Turkish accession when the country fulfills the objective criteria for entry.

According to survey results, 51.8 percent say they would vote against Turkish accession if there was a referendum today. Opposition was biggest in France (64.4 percent). France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, says Turkey should never be allowed to join because it is culturally and geographically not part of Europe. France was followed by Germany (62 percent) and Britain (46. 3 percent). In Spain and Poland, majority of the participants (53.2 percent and 54.1 percent respectively) said they would vote “yes” in a referendum on Turkish membership.

The survey showed the strongest opposition to Turkey was among the older segments of the European population. Only 35.2 percent of participants older than 65 said they have a positive view about Turkish membership. In the 18-24 age group, 57 percent of participants said they viewed Turkey’s membership positively.
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La multinationale Toshiba choisit Grenade pour accueillir la I Réunion hispano-japonaise sur les TIC’s, à laquelle participeront plus de 200 experts

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Grenade accueillera la semaine prochaine la I Réunion hispano-japonaise sur Communication (TIC’s), une rencontre scientifique au plus haut niveau patronnée par l’International Toshiba Foundation (TIFO) et organisée par l’Université de Grenade, ce qui amènera dans la ville certains parmi les plus grands experts en TIC’s du Japon.

L’École Technique Supérieure d’Ingénieries informatique et des Télécommunications de l’UGR a été élue comme siège de ce forum d’échange de connaissance scientifique, qui aura lieu du 24 au 26 novembre. Cette rencontre réunira plus de 200 personnes provenant de toute l’Espagne et du Japon.

L’UGR, un référent
Ainsi que l’a expliqué le délégué du recteur pour les Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication, M. José Luis Verdegay Galdeano, l’objectif de ce rendez-vous est que les scientifiques japonais connaissent directement l’énorme potentiel des recherches qui sont réalisées à l’ETS d’Ingénieries informatique et des Télécommunications, qui ont fait de ce centre un référent mondial sur les TIC’s.

Parmi les intervenants japonais participant à la I Réunion hispano-japonaise sur les frontières technologiques : réalités et défis dans les TIC’s, se trouvent les professeurs Sadaoki Furui (Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo), Kaoru Hirota (Tokyo Institute of Technology in Yokohama), Hisao Ishibuchi (Osaka Prefecture University), Kazuo Tanaka (University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo) et Takeshi Yamakawa (Kyushu Institute of Technology).

Cette rencontre servira à réaliser des échanges scientifiques entre le Japon et l’Espagne, à introduire les derniers progrès technologiques dans des domaines comme les TIC’s, l’intelligence computationnelle et l’intelligence artificielle ainsi que les neurosciences, à pousser les collaborations entre l’UGR et les institutions académiques japonaises, et à fomenter la connaissance mutuelle entre les deux institutions.

Référence : Prof. José Luis Verdegay Galdeano ; Délégué du recteur pour les Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication, Centre d’enseignement virtuel de l’Université de Grenade ; tél. : 958 241000 (ext. 20222)/629 787 296 ; courriel : verdegay@ugr.es

Japanese multinational Toshiba has chosen Granada to host the First Spanish-Japanese Meeting on ICTs, which will involve over 200 experts

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Next week Granada will host the “1st Spanish – Japanese Meeting on Frontier Technologies: “Realities and Challenges in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)”, a top-level scientific meeting sponsored by the Toshiba International Foundation (TIFO) and organized by the University of Granada. This meeting will host some of the foremost experts on ICTs from Japan.

The Higher Technical School of Computer Sciences and Telecommunications Engineering of the UGR, has been chosen to host this forum for exchange of scientific knowledge, to be held in November from 24th and 26th. The meeting will bring together more than 200 people from all over Spain plus a large Japanese delegation.

The UGR, a reference
As explained by the delegate of the Rector for Information and Communication Technologies, José Luis Verdegay Galdeano, the objective of this conference is that Japanese scientists “know first-hand the enormous potential of research projects conducted at the Higher Technical School of Computer Sciences and Telecommunications Engineering, which has made this university a world reference as regards to ICTs.”

Among Japanese speakers participating in the “1st Spanish – Japanese Meeting on Frontier Technologies: “Realities and Challenges in ICTs”, are outstanding professors such as Sadaoki Furui (Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo); Kaoru Hirota (Tokyo Institute of Technology in Yokohama); Hisao Ishibuchi (Osaka Prefecture University); Kazuo Tanaka (University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo) and Takeshi Yamakawa (Kyushu Institute of Technology).

This meeting will contribute to enhancing future scientific exchanges between Japan and Spain; introducing the latest technological advances in areas such as ICTs, computational and artificial intelligence and brain science; promoting partnerships between the University of Granada and Japanese academic institutions, and encouraging mutual understanding between both institutions.

Reference: Prof. José Luis Verdegay Galdeano.
Delegate of the Rector for Information and Communication Technologies.
Virtual Learning Centre, University of Granada.
Tel.: 958 24 10 00 (Ext. 20222) / 629 787 296.
E-mail: verdegay@ugr.es

La Diputación Provincial de Granada apoya el Campus de Excelencia Internacional en la Universidad de Granada

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Antonio Martínez Caler, presidente de la Diputación Provincial de Granada, y el rector de la Universidad de Granada, Francisco González Lodeiro, han suscrito en la mañana del miércoles, 18 de noviembre, un acuerdo de compromiso con la agrupación estratégica CEI-GRANADA, impulsando una serie de actuaciones en Docencia, Investigación, Innovación y Empleo.

La Diputación Provincial de Granada se compromete con la agrupación CEI Granada, impulsando una serie de actuaciones, tales como:

DOCENCIA:
La Diputación de Granada se compromete a:
– Abrir sus acciones formativas a la comunidad universitaria hasta un porcentaje de 20% de sus plazas.
– Organizar acciones formativas conjuntamente con la Universidad de
Granada destinadas tanto para la comunidad universitaria como para el personal que presta sus servicios en las administraciones locales de la provincia.
– Poner a disposición de la Universidad de Granada a su personal más cualificado para que participe como docente en programas formativos.
– Mantener el compromiso de la Diputación con la Universidad para que becarios o alumnos en prácticas realicen las tareas correspondientes a su beca o sus prácticas en la institución provincial.
– Compartir experiencias en teleformación.

INVESTIGACIÓN:
– Cooperación en el Observatorio Territorial de Estudios y Análisis para la evaluación de las políticas públicas, de planes de desarrollo local y estudios prospectivos de empleo y sectores productivos.
– Mantenimiento del Convenio de colaboración entre la Diputación provincial de Granada y la Universidad de Granada para el desarrollo, promoción y la financiación del mantenimiento del Centro de análisis y documentación política y electoral de Andalucía con una aportación que no será inferior a 60.000 euros anuales.

INNOVACIÓN:
– Colaboración para la implantación de actuaciones tecnológicas y sostenibles en polígonos empresariales.
– Proyectos de transferencia de la oferta I+D+i universitaria.
– Cooperación en los proyectos y ayudas I+D+i.

EMPLEO:
– Puesta a disposición de la Universidad de la Oficina de Proyectos Europeos de la Diputación para la creación, evaluación y seguimiento de proyectos generadores de empleo.

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La UGR publica “Historia de la Medicina interna”, del profesor Blas Gil Extremera

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Con el título “Historia de la Medicina Interna” el profesor Blas Gil Extremera, de la UGR, coordina un libro que publica la Editorial Universidad de Granada (EUG) y en el que se presentan, de manera sencilla y amena, los avances y conquistas de la medicina interna, sus orígenes, sociedades científicas, bases, lenguaje, estudios e historia.

Así, en más de 300 páginas, el profesor Gil Extremera da cuenta de los contenidos de este libro, cuya propuesta surgió, según explica el propio autor, en octubre de 2006, en la asamblea del congreso nacional, “con la propuesta del doctor Montes Santiago de elaborar La Historia de la Medicina Interna con la responsabilidad por mi parte de llevarla adelante”. El espíritu de este libro, pues, no ha sido otro que recuperar y presentar los avances, las conquistas, los desvelos y las sombras ”de un inacabado viaje cuyo nombre  –afirma Gil Extremera– ha sido enfermo y la necesidad inaplazable de curarlo”. Se trata, entonces, de entender la medicina en toda su grandeza, complejidad clínica y pedagógica, en relación estrecha con el mundo de la investigación. “Gracias a espíritus abiertos  –concluye el profesor Gil Extremera–  y decididos a enfrentarse al dolor y a desvelar el laberinto de la enfermedad, la medicina ha progresado de manera continua”.

Blas Gil Extremera es catedrático, jefe de servicio de Medicina Interna y director del Departamento de Medicina. Presidente de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna (1998-2000), miembro de honor de la Sociedad Internacional de Medicina Interna, exvicerrector de la Universidad de Granada y autor de más de 400 artículos científicos publicados en revistas del máximo prestigio.

Ha publicado 52 libros y monografías, entre los que cabe destacar: “Manual de Patología Médica” (tomos 3 y 5), “Autoevaluación en Medicina”, “Sinopsis histórica y vivencias de la medicina interna”, “Enfermedad, historia y proceso creador”, “Obesidad y riesgo cardiovascular”, o “La Medicina, pasado y presente”.

Referencia: Profesor Blas Gil Extremera. Departamento de Medicina. Universidad de Granada. Tfns: 958 24 9081. Correo electrónico: blasgil@ugr.es