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Amanda Rodríguez Urrutia

Graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Barcelona (UB) in 2002, obtaining the specialization in psychiatry via MIR. Since 2007 I work as a specialist physician at the Mental Health Service of the hospital. I am currently part of the Resistant Depression Program and I coordinate the Brain-Immune-Gut Unit of the Mental Health Service of the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Psychiatrics
General Hospital

Amanda Rodríguez Urrutia

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Psychiatrics
General Hospital

Graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Barcelona (UB) in 2002, obtaining the specialization in psychiatry via MIR. Since 2007 I work as a specialist physician at the Mental Health Service of the hospital. I am currently part of the Resistant Depression Program and I coordinate the Brain-Immune-Gut Unit of the Mental Health Service of the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.

PhD in Psychiatry from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in 2017 with the qualification of excellent cum laude and extraordinary award. I am very interested in teaching, I am an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine, coordinator of tutors of MIR residents and tutor since 2013. Since 2018 I am part of the Hospital Ethics Committee. My main line of research is focused on the dysfunctions of the Brain-Immune-Gut axis and depression. I lead the implementation of the Brain-Immune-Gut line at VHIR together with other groups. I am part of national and international grants (discoverie.eu).

Projects

Neurofisiología y neurofisiopatología digestiva

IP: -
Collaborators: Amanda Rodríguez Urrutia, Joan Dot Bach, Carolina Malagelada Prats, Rosa Burgos Peláez, Monder Abu-Suboh Abadia
Funding agency: Ministerio Economía, Industria y Competitividad
Funding: 254100
Reference: SAF2013-43677-R
Duration: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2016

Effectiveness of psychooemotional support in Acute Spinal Cord Injury

IP: Pilar Lusilla Palacios
Collaborators: Amanda Rodríguez Urrutia, Gemma Parramon Puig, José Antonio Navarro Sanchís, Maria Amparo Cuxart Fina, Carmina Castellano Tejedor
Funding agency: Fundació La Marató de TV3
Funding: 165550.45
Reference: MARATV3-2011--112910
Duration: 17/01/2012 - 17/01/2015

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