Interests
Jonathan Adrián Zegarra Valdivia, PhD
Neuroscientist
People and governments must work to promote basic and applied science, education, and brain/mental healthcare.
Current Work
Adrián is working as a predoctoral researcher at the Cajal Institute CSIC, in the Functional and System Neurobiology department.
Personal Hero
Oliver Sacks, Ursula Zegarra
Words of Strength
Dreaming big, taking initiative, dedication
Vision
Adrián believes people and governments must work to promote basic and applied science, education, and brain/mental healthcare. A focus on vulnerable populations and early biomarkers/diagnosis is needed.
Strategy
Adrián is working with cognitive and metabolic endophenotypes as biomarkers for early detection of mild cognitive impairment and dementia. This could help to allow earlier diagnosis, as well as cognitive and behavioral intervention.
Impact
Adrián hopes to achieve a highly multidisciplinary training in brain health and dementia to develop innovative ideas and solutions to the health problems in his community.
Motivation
Low-income countries have important socioeconomic and sanitary deficiencies, so dementia, or brain health, is not usually a key point of health and policy intervention. In Peru, there are more than 3.5 million older people and 200,000 have dementia, with difficulties in diagnosis or treatment.
Education & Experience
Adrián received his graduate degree in psychology from the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Peru. He is also earned a master´s degree in Neuroscience from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. After that, he started his doctoral degree at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is currently working as a predoctoral researcher at the Cajal Institute CSIC, in the Functional and System Neurobiology department.
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