Dr Gubern-Mérida holds a degree in Biology from
Pompeu Fabra University (UPF, 2003). She obtained a Diploma of Advanced Studies
in the field of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of
Girona (UdG, 2009) and a PhD in Experimental Sciences and Sustainability from
UdG (2015).
She
has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, in the field of
Cell Biology, since 2016. Since 2021, she has been the coordinator of the
course “Biological
Bases of Cerebrovascular Pathology” in the Master’s programme in
Cell Biology, Biomedicine, and Health. Additionally, she is an advisor and
collaborator of the Research Group in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology at
UdG and a postdoctoral R3 researcher in the Cerebrovascular Pathology Research
Group at the Girona Biomedical Research Institute Dr Josep Trueta (IDIBGI)
(2021 SGR 01608). She is also a member of the Thematic Network for Cooperative
Research in Health (RICORS) of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) since
its first call in 2006 (RD07/0026/2002 (RENEVAS), RD12/0019/003 (INVICTUS),
RD16/0019/0003 (INVICTUS plus), RD21/0006/0011 (RICORS-ICTUS), RD24/0009/0006
(RICORS-ICTUS)).
Her
research career has focused on the study of biomarkers and molecular mechanisms
in stroke, participating as a collaborating researcher in 12 competitive
national projects (PI22/01073, PI21/00209, PI19/01776, PI17/02123, PI16/01540,
PI13/02258, PI070322, PI060870, RDITSCON07-1-0006, CIT-090000-2008-11,
CIT-090100-2007-43, CIT 090100-2005-15) and as a co-principal investigator in a
competitive national project (PI24/00008). As an advisor and collaborator of
the Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology group at UdG, she has participated in
two national competitive projects focused on evaluating the effect of
intracranial stimulation in Alzheimer’s disease (PID2020-117101RB-C22,
PSI2017-83202-C2-2-P).
Currently,
her research aims to identify blood biomarkers for: 1) diagnosis of carotid
stenosis and prognosis of vulnerable plaques, 2) prognosis of haematoma growth
in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage, 3) prognosis of cerebral aneurysm
instability, 4) prediction of upper limb motor recovery and functional
prognosis in stroke patients, and 5) prediction of recanalisation in ischaemic
stroke patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy.
Since
2016, she has co-supervised one doctoral thesis and is currently supervising
and co-supervising two ongoing theses. Additionally, since 2015, she has
mentored students undertaking internships, undergraduate dissertations (TFG),
and master’s dissertations (TFM).
Dr
Gubern-Mérida has also participated in various science outreach activities,
including the project “¿Mito o ciencia? Un escape room virtual para comprender
mejor la ciencia y la investigación biomédica” (FCT-22-18009), the Ciència
en Equip Fair (2023, 2024), the Descobert a Girona
conference series (2020), and stroke education workshops for secondary school
students in Girona, among others.