Alberto García-Basteiro
Tuberculosis Research Coordinator Manhiça Health Research Center, Mozambique Tel:+258 866575707 Email: Alberto.garcia-basteiro@manhica.net
VALIDATE Role: Network Investigator
Research Keywords: Clinical trials, Epidemiology, Observational studies Biography: Dr Alberto Garcia-Basteiro currently coordinates the TB research unit at the Manhiça Health Research Center (CISM), Mozambique. He was trained as a physician at University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain, and completed the residency on preventative medicine and public health at Hospital Clinic in Barcelona and a Master´s Degree of Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He has participated in different research projects and clinical trials in poverty related diseases. Since June 2012, he is affiliated with the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The TB research area at CISM is involved in several large observational studies and clinical trials which contribute to the development of new tools to fight tuberculosis, in particular new diagnostic evaluations and drug and vaccine clinical trials. Dr Garcia-Basteiro’s interests include the study of the burden of TB disease in different vulnerable populations and characterization of the disease at clinical, microbiological and social level.
Related Websites Profile page at CISM ISGlobal site
Key Publications: Available on NCBI |
