Roser Torra Balcells

Head of Unit

Orphan Kidney Diseases

Biografía

Dr Roser Torra is the Head of the Orphan Kidney Diseases Unit at the Nephrology Department and the Research Coordinator at the Nephrology Department and of the multidisciplinary teams on Orphan Diseases with the Hospital de Sant Pau. She is also the President-elect of the European Renal Association (ERA).

She graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona in 1989 and obtained her PhD in Medicine from the University of Barcelona in 1997. She completed her residency in Nephrology at the Hospital Clínic from 1990 to 1993.

She is devoted to the comprehensive care of patients with inherited kidney diseases, as well as research in these diseases, both nationally and internationally.

She is also a full professor at the Department of Medicine of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Research focused on inherited kidney diseases since 1994.

She is the author of more than 170 publications in national and international journals on inherited kidney diseases and has published over 10 book chapters.

Actividad docente y científica

Lecturer at the Department of Medicine of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Direction of bachelor's (TFG), master's (TFM) and doctoral theses. Member of the national and international thesis committee. Collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs with regard to the MIR residency exam.
Research focused on inherited kidney diseases since 1994.
More than 170 publications in national and international journals on inherited kidney diseases and over 10 book chapters published.
Associate editor of Clinical Kidney Journal and Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases.
National and international project evaluator (UK, Qatar, Singapore, Italy, the Netherlands, France).

Distinciones

President-elect of the European Renal Association (ERA).
Coordinator of the working group on inherited kidney diseases of the Spanish Society of Nephrology.
Coordinator of the working group on inherited kidney diseases of the Catalan Society of Nephrology.
Advisor to the Ministry and CATSALUT (Catalan Health System) for orphan diseases.
Member of the National Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction.
Member of the National Agency for Project Evaluation.
President of the Scientific Committee of the AIRG-E Patients Association.
Member of the Internal Scientific Committee of the IIB Sant Pau.
Member of the INCLIVA External Scientific Committee.
FERA (Fellow of the European Society of Nephrology).
Fundación Renal Íñigo Álvarez de Toledo Award runner-up.

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