Ana Choperena, Carolina Ugarte and Alberto Pérez Mediavilla, new University deans

The president of the University of Navarra, María Iraburu, has appointed Ana Choperena, Carolina Ugarte and Alberto Pérez Mediavilla, deans of the Schools of Nursing, of Education and Psychology, and of Sciences, respectively.

Ana Choperena (Pamplona, 1980) replaces Mercedes Pérez Díez del Corral, who had occupied the position since 2014. Diploma in Nursing (2001), degree in Humanities (2008) with award extraordinary end of degree program and PhD in History (2014) from the University of Navarra, Ana Choperena has worked as a nurse for seven years in the Clinic's Hemodialysis service.

Since 2017 she has been Vice Dean of Office of Academic Affairs (until 2022) and of Students at School Nursing, where she teaches her teaching. She leads the project of research "NarratUN", which promotes the use of clinical narratives for the development professional in Nursing and collaborates with the group REDWINN, of the Institute for Culture and Societywhich seeks to give visibility to the contribution of women in different fields. She is also a member of group of research "Innovation for Person-Centered Care". She has completed postdoctoral fellowships at the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College and at the Massachusetts General Hospital, also in Boston.

Carolina Ugarte (Pamplona 1976), new dean of the School of Education and Psychology, replaces Concepción Naval, who held this position since 2013. With a degree in Psychopedagogy and a PhD in Education from the University, she is a full professor at the area of Theory and History of the Education and director of the department Learning and Curriculum.

His research focuses on the autonomy of schools as a criterion of educational quality and on the study of pedagogical leadership as an element core topic in the profile of school principals. His recent publications include article on the promotion of school quality in the International Journal of Leadership in Education. She is part of the group of research "Education, citizenship and character" and is a member of project "Civic Parliament", which was created jointly between the University and the Parliament of Navarra (2010-2017).

For his part, Alberto Pérez Mediavilla (San Sebastián, 1964) position Luis Montuenga, who has position Dean the School of Science the University of Navarra since 2014. graduate 1988) and Ph.D. (1993) in Biology from the University, he is a professor of Biochemistry Molecular Biology in the Degree , of Cell Signaling in the Biochemistry Degree Biochemistry of Metabolism in the Human Degree and Dietetics Degree .

He served Associate Dean Office of Academic Affairs the School of Science 2021–23) and as Associate Dean Student Affairs (2009–18) at the School of Pharmacy and Nutrition. He is a memberadvisor School of Medicine advisor committee School of Medicine the implementation of the integrated curriculum and has served director Diploma Sports Diploma at the School of Pharmacy and Nutrition. In 1995 and 1998, he was visiting professor the National Eye Institute (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States). researcher Cima since 2004; his research field on identifying therapeutic targets for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.