GG Menéndez

Education and Training University Studies Ph.D. Doctor of Health Sciences Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí, Havana, Cuba 2011 M.Sc. Master in Virology Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí, Havana, Cuba 2001 B.SC. University of La Habana, Havan, Cuba 1997 Postgraduate Training Professors Moodle course : Hospital hermanos Ameijeiras Ethics course: CECMED (Regulatory Authority of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices of the Republic of Cuba) 2020 2019 Epigenetics course: Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí 2018 Advanced Immunology Course: Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí 2017 Workshop: Determinaciones de las mutaciones EGFR en pacientes con adenocarcinoma de pulmón, Hospital Hermanos Almeijeira 2017 Workshop: Cobas Z480 2016 Workshop; Flow Cytometry Dengue Research Framework for Resisting Epidemics in Europe), Imperial College, London, England 2012 Immunogenetics Training and Research Collaboration, Institute of Tropical Medicine. Nagasaki Medical University. Japan.: 2010 Training in mast cell culture Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico. 2009 International Innate Immunity Course against pathogens. Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico. 2008 Scientific exchange with the Oxford Unit at the Ho Chi Minh Hospital of Tropical Medicine in Viet Nam under the DENCO project 2007 Second International Spring Course. Closter Ettal, Bavarian, Sponsored by the German Immunology Society 2006 Advanced Course in Immunology, Vaccinology and Biotechnology applied to infectious diseases. Institute of Tropical Medicine, Havana Cuba 2004 Training in Virology-immunology. Department of Immunology and Biochemistry Institute of Tropical Medicine Medical University of Nagasaki. Japan. 2002 Training in Tropical Medicine. Nagasaki Medical University. Japan 2002 Professional Experience Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, La Habana, Cuba 2019 - Present Associate Professor, University of Havana, La Habana, Cuba Immunology and molecular genetics 2015 - Present Assistant Professor, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, Institute Pedro Kourí, La Habana, Cuba 2010 – 2018 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Virology and Immunology, University of Nagasaki, Japan 2004 – 2010 Research Interests • Immunology, genetics, epidemiology and diagnosis of Celiac Disease • Microbiome biomarkers for early diagnosis of colon cancer • Parkinson’s Disease, etiology, epidemiology and immunology . SARS CoV-2 Immune Response and mechanisms