Dr Pedro Beltran-Alvarez
| Biography | After his integrated MSc Chemical Engineering (environmental specialism), Pedro did his PhD at the University of Bristol (2004-2007) funded by a Marie Curie grant from the EU. After a short stage in the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL, Heidelberg, 2007-2009), he joined the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University of Girona (2009), where he gained a Sara Borrell Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Spanish Government (2011-2014). Pedro then joined the University of Hull in 2015 as a Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, becoming a Senior Lecturer in the Hull York Medical School in 2022. Some of the research that we do is in youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JtVvdFJsnc |
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| Research Interests | Research Mission: to investigate adaptation responses to environmental changes, with a focus on human health. Pedro has enjoyed external funding as lead investigator from a variety of bodies, including since 2020: the British Heart Foundation, NERC, YBTC, HERCTF for a variety of research projects around the above theme. |
| Teaching and Learning | Pedro is the Programme co-Director of the MSc Health and Climate Change, where he leads on several modules. The MSc Health and Climate Change is a course for current or future health leaders who realise that climate change is the greatest threat to human health of the 21st century (WHO). The University of Hull has an international reputation for research focused on the environment and on human health. The University is within the world's top 100 in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings (2022) and 82% of our research is recognised as world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2021). We have been classified as a 1st Class University (24 our of 153) in the People and Planet 2022/23 University League, which ranks UK universities against sustainability and ethics criteria – our two key themes in Strategy 2030. Pedro additionally teaches on a variety of modules including Biochemistry (L4), Biological Basis of Disease (L5), Muscle Fitness and Failure (L6), and Clinical Biochemistry (Level 6). Pedro additionally contributes to teaching of UG and PG students in modules including Skills for Biomedical Scientists and supervises UG and PG students during their final research projects. |
| Scopus Author ID | 15135183800 |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Pedro proudly supervises students interested in biochemistry and post-translational modifications, in a variety of systems from cardiovascular to environmental models. Current PG students include: - Lauric Feugere (3rd year PhD student, second supervisor), who is interested in stress signalling in fish in the context of climate change - Antonia Barry (1st year PhD student), who is interested in brain disease -Quentin Rodriguez (1st year PhD student), who is interested in the effect of environmental pollution -Ed Gilbert (1st year PhD student), who is interested in genetic and biochemical markers of adaptation to environmental change Past supervision: Dr Donatus Onwuli (graduated 2018), Dr Sabrina Samuel (graduated 2021) and Dr Alistair Marsden (2023) |