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Assistant Professor of Political Science, UMass Lowell
Assistant Professor of Political Science, UMass Lowell My research focuses on the use of narratives in the public policy process and how the differential use of various heroes, villains, and victims can be used by policy actors to construct different understandings of policy problems.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Louisville
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Louisville Melissa Merry received a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Hampshire College and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Washington, with specializations in American Politics and Public Policy. Before joining the faculty at University of Louisville, she spent one year as a Visiting Professor at Pacific Lutheran University. Her research interests include environmental politics and policy, interest groups, and political communication. Her scholarly articles have appeared in American Politics Research, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Online Information Review, Review of Policy Research, Policy & Internet, and Policy Studies Journal. Melissa is the author of two books, one examining environmental groups’ communications in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, and the other examining the policy narratives of gun control and gun rights organizations. Her current research focuses on health care policy and involves analysis of public comments submitted between 2016 and 2018 in response to proposed changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program.
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Université de Sherbrooke
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Université de Sherbrooke -Diversity and discrimination -Electoral Behavior -Political Psychology -Canadian and Quebec politics -Quantitative methods -Experimental methods -Mixed methods Affiliated with: School of Applied Politics, Université de Sherbrooke Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSDC) Réseau québécois en études féministes (RÉQEF) PolitiCo, Université Laval Network for Economic and Social Trends (NEST), Western University
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Investigadora en Farmacia, Universidad de Navarra
Investigadora en Farmacia, Universidad de Navarra PHARMACIST PhD “A positive-thinking, self- motivated and high achieving person who have a relentless determination to have an exciting and successful career” EDUCATION PhD at the Department of Food Science and Physiology, University of Navarra (Pamplona/Spain), September 2017 to November 2021. Bachelor’s degree in Optics, Optometry and Audiology, CEUSan Pablo (Madrid/Spain), September 2016 to – Erasmus programme, University of Wolverhampton (Wolverhampton/UK), September 2015 to January 2016. University Degree- Pharmacy, University of Navarra (Pamplona/ Spain), September 2011 to June 2016. TEACHING COLLABORATION Subject: Human Physiology -180 hours in Pharmacy, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Biology, Biochemistry and Nurse degrees (Spanish), University of Navarra (Pamplona/Spain), September 2017 to December 2019. Subject: International Trends in Pharmaceutical and NutritionalScience -10 hours in Pharmacy and Human Nutrition and Dietetics degrees (English), University of Navarra (Pamplona/Spain), January 2019 to March 2019. Clinical session of Psychiatry and Medicine entitled: “Effects of antidepressant and antipsychotic use on weight gain: A systematicReview” at the department of Psychiatry and Psychologic Medicine at Clínica Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona, Spain), 11th of December 2019 PUBLICATIONS Research articles (1st AUTHOR) Effects of antidepressant and antipsychotic use on weight gain:A systematic review. Obes Rev. (Q1) 2019. doi: 10.1111/obr.12934 Ultra-processed food consumption and the risk of short telomeres in an elderly population of the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) Cohort. Am J Clin Nutr. (Q1) 2020. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa075. Association between Ideal Cardiovascular Health and telomere length in subjects over 55 years old from the SUN cohort. RevEsp Cardiol. (Q1) 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2021.04.002 Dietary exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and telomere length in subjects over 55 years old from the SUN project. J. Epidemiol. Community Health. (Q1) doi: 10.3390/nu14020353 Other research articles Higher adherence to an empirically derived Mediterranean dietary pattern is positively associated with telomere length: the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) project. Br J Nutr. (Q3) 2020. doi: 10.1017/S0007114520004274 Association between diet quality indexes and the risk of short telomeres in an elderly population of the SUN project. Clin Nutr. (Q1) 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.11.003 Circulating microRNAs in girls with abdominal obesity: miR-221-3p as a biomarker of response to weight loss interventions. Pediatr Obes. Q1. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12910 Book chapters 1st edition. Obesity: Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants, edited by Drs. Marti and Aguilera. Elsevier (in press). ISBN 9780128125045. Aging, telomere integrity and antioxidant food. Chapter 12. CONGRESS PRESENTATIONS International: Posters: 27th ECO Online September 1st-4th, 2020;26th ECO, Glasgow-UK Apr 28th- May 1st, 2019; 25th ECO, Vienna- Austria, May 23rd- 26th, 2018. National: Poster: XV Congreso SEEDO, Vigo, March 13th-15th 2019; XII Jornada de Investigación y de ciencias experimentalesy de la salud de la Universidad de Navarra/Pamplona, April 2nd, 2019. SCHOLARSHIPS -La Caixa Banking Fundation, Caja Navarra and La Caixa, October2019 to August 2021. -Asociación de Amigos scholarship, University of Navarra (Pamplona/Spain), September 2017 to September 2019. -SEEDO Scholarship, XV SEEDO Congress (Vigo/Spain), March13th-15th, 2019. -EASO travel grant, ECO 2019 (Glasgow/UK), April 28th-May 1st,2019 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Associated Pharmacist, Farmacia Paloma Pedrero (Pamplona/ Spain), August 2016 to August 2017. Supervised practices at pharmacy, Farmacia Aurora Rosino (Pam- plona/Spain), May 2016 to July 2016. Supervised practices at hospital Clínica San Miguel (Pamplona/ Spain), February 2016 to April 2016. Supervised practices, Farmacia Paloma Pedrero (Pamplona/ Spain), January 2015 to December 2015. Supervised practices, Farmacia Trébol Betanzos (Madrid/Spain),July 2014 LANGUAGES Spanish- Native language English- Advanced level French- Elementary level OTHER INFORMATION: Piano lessons (2002-2011) and Musical language (2004 to 2009) at Escuela Duquesa Pimentel (Benavente/Spain). SOFTWARE SKILLS: STATA, Python, Unycop, Bitfarma, Pub-med, Web of Science, UCSC GENOME BROWSER, Portal NCBI, Gene and Genecards, OMIM, Chemicalize, standard office software. SOFT SKILLS: Creativity, team work, leadership capacity, organization, discipline, speed up decision-making, stress tolerance, resilience and flexibility. DRIVING LICENCE - Yes INTERESTS: Fashion, Art, Music, Wine world, Mountaineering, Voyages.
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Catedrática de Fisiología, Universidad de Navarra
Catedrática de Fisiología, Universidad de Navarra
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Ingénieure de Recherche, Université Paris Cité
Ingénieure de Recherche, Université Paris Cité Sylvie Bortoli est ingénieure de recherche en toxicologie mécanistique à l’Université Paris Cité. Dans l’équipe METATOX, elle coordonne plusieurs projets visant à caractériser l’impact de contaminants environnementaux tels que les hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques et les pesticides sur l’homéostasie métabolique en lien avec la progression tumorale, et s’intéresse particulièrement aux mécanismes de toxicité qui altèrent le fonctionnement des mitochondries. Elle a participé à l’expertise collective INSERM « Pesticides et Santé » pour le chapitre sur les fongicides SDHi et est membre du comité de pilotage “Cancer et Environnement” de la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer et du conseil scientifique de la Société Française de Nutrition.
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