Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals

Doctor Gorka Oriva, aged 44, is a prolific, multi-faceted pharmacy lecturer, researcher, teacher, educator and entrepreneur. He takes part in a range of research projects. His academic output is outstanding, including a total of 318 international publications, 45 in Spain, 25 book chapters and 3 books as principal editor. He has an h-index of 70 and over 18,400 citations. His academic output is over 20 international articles a year over the last 10 years. He is in the top 1% of scientists by h-index in a sample of 55,000 in Spain. Moreover, in the recent “Top Scientific Rankings” drawn up by Stanford University, he heads the list of the most influential pharmaceutical researchers in Spain, and is one of the top 30 scientists in the world in this category, counting those still working who published their first article in the 21st century. He is founder and CSO of the firm Geroa Diagnostics.

Unax Lertxundi works as Head of the Pharmacy Section in the Araba Mental Health Network, part of Osakidetza, the Basque Health Service. In 2002 he came first in the national entrance examination for FIR, or Resident In-House Pharmacists. Holder of a doctorate in Pharmacy from the University of the Basque Country (special prize-winner), he has led and taken part in numerous research projects, and is the author of more than 60 articles in international academic journals and 60 conference papers, having won numerous awards. He is also one of 16 European professionals to be a Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP) specialist, awarded by the prestigious American Pharmacists Association.

Tomas Brodin is an aquatic ecologist, studying ecological effects of pharmaceuticals in aquatic systems. Tomas has a background in evolutionary- and behavioral ecology, and is now using this knowledge to increase the ecological relevance of chemical risk-assessment in general, and pharmaceutical risk-assessment in particular. His research bridges the gap between the lab and the real world by combining lab-experiments, for mechanistic understanding, with large-scale field studies that answers the million dollar question “What happens in the lake or stream?”

Biologia Molekularreko katedraduna, irakasle eta ikerlari lanetan aritu da EHUko Medikuntza Fakultatean eta Zientzia eta Teknologia Fakultatean. Ikerkuntza-egonaldiak egin ditu hainbat unibertsitatetan: University of Wales, Universität Heidelberg, King´s College School of Medicine and Dentistry, San Diegoko University of California eta University of Hong Kong. Haren ikerketa-jarduera honako eremu hauetan zentratzen da: kutsaduraren biomarkagailu molekular eta zelurarrak garatu eta aplikatzea, zelula-kultiboak eta in vitro toxikotasun mekanismoak, transkriptomika eta proteomika, zelulen patologia eta histopatologia, honako elementu hauek eragindako kutsadura kimikoari lotuta: hidrokarburo aromatikoak eta petrolioa, disruptore endokrinoak, nanomaterialak eta mikroplastikoak. EHUko Zoologia eta Animalia Zelulen Biologia Saileko idazkari akademikoa izan da (2009-2010), eta Graduondoko Ikasketen eta Etengabeko Prestakuntzaren Unitateko zuzendari-kargua izan du (2010-2011), baita Master eta Doktorego Eskolako zuzendari-postua ere (2012). 2013az geroztik, Zoologia eta Animalia Zelulen Biologia Saileko zuzendaria da.