Silvia Alemany Sierra I am psychologist with experience in the fields of Psychiatric Genetics and Environmental Epidemiology. I have experience analyzing several environmental factors such as child maltreatment, paracetamol use during pregnancy, or air pollution. I analyze the genetic basis of complex traits and diseases such as cognition or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using different methodologies such as polygenic risk scores, genome-wide and epigenome-wide association studies. I am very interested in understanding gene-environment relationships and interactions. Institutions of which they are part Main researcher Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca Twitter Orcid Email Silvia Alemany Sierra Twitter Orcid Email Institutions of which they are part Main researcher Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca I am psychologist with experience in the fields of Psychiatric Genetics and Environmental Epidemiology. I have experience analyzing several environmental factors such as child maltreatment, paracetamol use during pregnancy, or air pollution. I analyze the genetic basis of complex traits and diseases such as cognition or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using different methodologies such as polygenic risk scores, genome-wide and epigenome-wide association studies. I am very interested in understanding gene-environment relationships and interactions.
Graduated in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 2006 and Master in Human Biology from the University of Barcelona (UB) in 2007. I have a PhD in Biodiversity from the UB in 2013, and I obtained the Extraordinary Doctorate Award from the Faculty of Biology. In 2014 I joined the group led by Dr. Jordi Sunyer at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) as a postdoctoral researcher. I have enjoyed competitive pre-doctoral (PFIS, Carlos III Health Institute) and post-doctoral (Sara Borell, Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación) fellowships. I collaborate with international consortia such as Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) and Early Genetics and Lifecourse Epidemiology (EAGLE). In 2020 I joined the team led by Dr. Marta Ribasés and Dr. Toni Ramos-Quiroga. In 2022 I got a Miguel Servet contract from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. My main line of research focuses on the study of genetic and environmental risk factors and their interaction in mental health.
Projects Genetic and environmental underpinnings of individual differences in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders IP: Silvia Alemany Sierra Collaborators: Judit Álvarez González Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 308600 Reference: CP22/00026 Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2027 Grup consolidat IP: José Antonio Ramos Quiroga Collaborators: Pilar Lusilla Palacios, Natalia Calvo Piñero, Amanda Rodríguez Urrutia, Montserrat Corrales De la Cruz, Judit Cabana Dominguez, Marc Ferrer Vinardell, Gemma Nieva Rifa, Mª Dolores Braquehais Conesa, Lara Grau Lopez, Constanza Daigre Blanco, Marta Ribases Haro, Laura Gisbert Gustemps, Vanesa Richarte Fernández, Mireia Forner Puntonet, Christian Fadeuilhe Grau, Francisco Collazos Sanchez, Silvia Alemany Sierra, Silvia Amoretti Guadall, Gara Arteaga Henriquez, Natalia Llonga Tejedor, Maria Soler Artigas, Jorge Lugo Marin Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 60000 Reference: 2021 SGR 00840 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025 Impact of Neurodevelopmental Disorders on School Performance: genes and environment (INSchool) IP: Marta Ribases Haro Collaborators: Gemma Español Martín, Judit Cabana Dominguez, José Antonio Ramos Quiroga, Laura Gisbert Gustemps, Vanesa Richarte Fernández, Silvia Alemany Sierra, Natalia Llonga Tejedor, Maria Soler Artigas Funding agency: Fundació La Marató de TV3 Funding: 199187.5 Reference: 202228-30-31 Duration: 20/04/2023 - 19/04/2026 Eat2beNICE: Effects of Nutrition and Lifestyle on Impulsive, Compulsive, and Externalizing behaviors (Grant Nº 728018) IP: José Antonio Ramos Quiroga Collaborators: Carolina Ramos Sayalero, Marta Ribases Haro, Christian Fadeuilhe Grau, Silvia Alemany Sierra, Gara Arteaga Henriquez Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Funding: 479789.91 Reference: EAT2BENICE_H2020-SFS2016 Duration: 01/09/2017 - 28/02/2023
