A researcher Cima of Navarra, first Spanish co-editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Gut

The scientific journal Gut has appointed Dr. Matías Ávila, co-director of the Solid Tumor Program at Cima University of Navarra and member of CIBEREHD and IdiSNA. The first Spaniard to hold this position, Dr. Ávila will share this scientific activity for three years with Professors Thomas Rosch (University of Hamburg) and William Grady (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, United States).

Gut is the official publication of the British Society of Gastroenterology. Founded in 1960, it is one of the leading international journals in the field of hepatology and gastroenterology.

Expert in the study of the liver

Matías Ávila holds a PhD in Pharmacy from the Complutense University of Madrid. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University (Washington, D.C., USA), he joined the University of Navarra in 1997 and later Cima, where he has focused his research translational hepatology.

An expert in liver diseases, his scientific activity focuses on studying the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the liver's response to acute injury and regeneration, as well as the progression of chronic liver disease. His laboratory also laboratory to identifying new targets for cancer treatment and biomarkers for the early diagnosis of hepatobiliary neoplasms.

Dr. Ávila isFull Professor Biochemistry the University of Navarra School Medicine and professor in the Medicine and Biochemistry Degrees Biochemistry