Lines of research | Concentration area | Start | Description |
1 – Metabolic and Morphological Effects of Drugs and Other Substances in Pregnancy | Physiological and Experimental Obstetrics | 2012 | Through biological testing, using macroscopic morphological evaluation, optical microscopy, histochemistry and electron microscopy, it seeks to study the action of drugs or other substances on the various maternal organs, placenta and fetus. |
2 – Psychosocial and Behavioral Aspects Correlated to the Puerperal Pregnancy Cycle | Physiological and Experimental Obstetrics | 2012 | Through biological testing, using macroscopic morphological evaluation, optical microscopy, histochemistry and electron microscopy, it seeks to study the action of drugs or other substances on the various maternal organs, placenta and fetus. |
3 – Clinical and Metabolic Effects of Contraceptive Methods | Physiological and Experimental Obstetrics | 2012 | Develops clinical and laboratory research related to the use of contraceptive methods, assessing their effectiveness and side effects. In the laboratory, it seeks to identify metabolic effects resulting from its use in different periods of exposure. |
4 – Laboratory Aspects Involved in Maternal Fetal Interaction and its Relationship with Obstetric Pathologies | Obstetric pathology and tocosurgery | 2012 | It studies the trophoblastic invasion and biomarkers of this process with techniques of molecular and cellular biology, genetic polymorphisms and the expression of mediators of the inflammatory response and of the cell life cycle in the phases of the puerperal pregnancy cycle. |
5 – Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Obstetric and Perinatal Conditions | Obstetric pathology and tocosurgery | 2012 | It studies the pathophysiology, epidemiology, treatment and prognosis of intercurrent conditions and their impact on reproductive success. Seeks the development of interventions that can contribute to health promotion in the affected population. |
6- Technological Innovation and New Procedures: Impact on Obstetric Practice | Fetal Medicine | 2012 | It studies the impact of clinical, technological interventions and new diagnostic tests seeking to increase maternal and perinatal safety. |
7- Structural, Biophysical and Biochemical Analysis of Maternal Fetal Interaction and Its Effects on the Female Reproductive System and Fetal Health | Fetal Medicine | 2012 | Through biophysical methods such as ultrasound, cardiotocography and Doppler, isolated or associated with biomarkers, she studies maternal and fetal structures and adaptive mechanisms of pregnancy, patterns of normality and anomalies of this process. |
8- Perinatal Surgery and its Effects on the Maternal-Fetal Binomial | Fetal Medicine | 2017 | Minimally invasive perinatal surgery began in the early 1990s using thin fetoscopes for the treatment of fetal-fetal transfusion syndrome in twin pregnancies by means of photocoagulation of vascular anastomoses. This technique was developed, and in the early 2000s it allowed the intrauterine treatment of fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia by means of an intra-tracheal balloon and low urinary obstruction through the fulguration of the posterior urethral valve. With the publication of a randomized clinical trial, demonstrating the benefits of “open surgery” for the correction of meningomyelocele, this procedure has expanded to several centers of reference worldwide. |