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YALE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB) HUMAN INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE III; Clinical Trial Manager for Transplant & Cardiac surgery , Surgery
Biography
A versatile clinical research professional with extensive experience in coordinating patient recruitment, human research protection, laboratory sample processing, and ensuring compliance with good clinical practice across a wide range of clinical trials. Currently serving as Manager of Research Programs at the Yale New Haven Transplant Center, demonstrating a strong commitment to advancing medical research within rigorous ethical and regulatory standards. Actively involved with the Yale University Institutional Review Board (IRB) Human Investigation Committee as a physician scientist, contributing to the oversight and protection of human subjects in research.
Last Updated on August 11, 2025.
Education & Training
- MD
- FUSM, Medical Doctor (2004)
Research
Publications
2026
An Early Warning System for sand fly-borne diseases in the Iberian Peninsula
Natal S, San-Martín D, Maia C, Marme R, Berriatua E, Verdú-Serrano E, Risueño J, Pérez-Cutillas P, JImenez M, Molina R. An Early Warning System for sand fly-borne diseases in the Iberian Peninsula. 2026 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-17834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly warning systemIberian PeninsulaSpatial patternsHigh-resolution climate dataWarning systemPotential future changesClimate-sensitive diseasesInterannual variabilityMachine learning-based modeling approachesSeasonal forecastsClimate anomaliesClimate projectionsClimate variabilityHistorical climatePublic health preparednessClimate dataFuture changesSand fly-borne diseasesModel outputRisk mapsSand fly vectorsClimate changePeninsulaClimateSeasonal dynamics
2025
Agreement Document for the Study of Leishmaniasis from a One Health Approach in Spain
Martín-Sánchez J, Requena J, Gállego M, Jiménez M, Molina R, Nguewa P, Morillas-Márquez F, Pérez-Victoria J, Monge-Maillo B, Morales-Yuste M, Marín C. Agreement Document for the Study of Leishmaniasis from a One Health Approach in Spain. Tropical Medicine And Infectious Disease 2025, 10: 269. PMID: 41003580, PMCID: PMC12474016, DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed10090269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurveillance networkNational surveillance networkStudies of leishmaniasisNational control planAnalysis of retrospective dataResistance patternsManagement of leishmaniasisComprehensive national registryPublic health strategiesSpanish SocietyVector-borne diseasesPublic health concernDisease evolutionNational registryEndemic countriesRetrospective dataEpidemiological dataTherapeutic targetCase surveillanceGenomics trainingMolecular characterisationMolecular diagnosticsLeishmaniasisHealth strategiesGenome sequenceThe Lifecycle of Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) Sand Fly in a Newly Developed Colony in Bangladesh.
Ghosh D, Sagar S, Molina R, Alim A, Chowdhury R, Alam M, Alvar J, Mondal D. The Lifecycle of Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) Sand Fly in a Newly Developed Colony in Bangladesh. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2025, 112: 1201-1206. PMID: 40168975, PMCID: PMC12139556, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0683.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSand fliesVectors of Leishmania parasitesLaboratory-reared sand fliesInsecticide resistance monitoringP. argentipesAdult sand fliesSand fly coloniesExperimental infectionFly coloniesColonized sand fliesPupa stageBlood mealLeishmania parasitesPhlebotomus argentipesResistance monitoringIncubation periodLeishmaniasis researchEggsPupaeSandFliesMultiple generationsControlled laboratory environmentXenodiagnosesInsecticides
2024
Infection of Leishmania donovani in Phlebotomus orientalis Sand Flies at Different Microhabitats of a Kala-Azar Endemic Village in Eastern Sudan
Khogali A, Elnaiem D, Díaz-Regañón R, Jibreel T, Nour B, Abdelrahman S, Molina R, Jiménez M. Infection of Leishmania donovani in Phlebotomus orientalis Sand Flies at Different Microhabitats of a Kala-Azar Endemic Village in Eastern Sudan. Tropical Medicine And Infectious Disease 2024, 9: 40. PMID: 38393129, PMCID: PMC10892308, DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed9020040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfected fliesSand fly femalesInfectivity of Leishmania donovaniFresh cowsDonkey bloodCDC light trapsSand fliesBlood mealFly femalesLeishmania donovaniITS1 region sequencesPeri-domesticITS1 regionDonkeysGedarif StateDNA extractionVL endemic villagesLeishmania donovaniPhlebotomusRate of infectionKDNALight trapsInfection rateControl programsKala-azar
2023
Typing of Leishmania isolates from vectors and leporids of the Madrid (Spain) outbreak
Fernández-Arévalo A, González E, Ballart C, Martín-Martín I, Tebar S, Muñoz C, Jiménez M, Molina R, Gállego M. Typing of Leishmania isolates from vectors and leporids of the Madrid (Spain) outbreak. Parasitology 2023, 151: 213-219. PMID: 38105582, PMCID: PMC10941034, DOI: 10.1017/s0031182023001336.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Heme synthesis through the life cycle of the heme auxotrophic parasite Leishmania major
Orrego L, Cabello‐Donayre M, Vargas P, Martínez‐García M, Sánchez C, Pineda‐Molina E, Jiménez M, Molina R, Pérez‐Victoria J. Heme synthesis through the life cycle of the heme auxotrophic parasite Leishmania major. The FASEB Journal 2019, 33: 13367-13385. PMID: 31553893, DOI: 10.1096/fj.201901274rr.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Impact of Willingness to Accept Hepatitis C Seropositive Kidneys Among Hepatitis C RNA-Positive Waitlisted Patients.
Sageshima J, Troppmann C, McVicar JP, Santhanakrishnan C, de Mattos AM, Perez RV. Impact of Willingness to Accept Hepatitis C Seropositive Kidneys Among Hepatitis C RNA-Positive Waitlisted Patients. Transplantation 2018, 102:1179-1187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRace, Risk, and Willingness of End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Without Hepatitis C Virus to Accept an HCV-Infected Kidney Transplant
McCauley M, Mussell A, Goldberg D, Sawinski D, Molina RN, Tomlin R, Doshi SD, Abt P, Bloom R, Blumberg E, Kulkarni S, Esnaola G, Shults J, Thiessen C, Reese PP. Race, Risk, and Willingness of End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Without Hepatitis C Virus to Accept an HCV-Infected Kidney Transplant. Transplantation 2018, 102: e163-e170. PMID: 29346260, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000002099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virusHCV cure ratesCure rateC virusUninfected kidneyEnd-stage renal disease patientsHCV-negative patientsPrior transplant recipientsRenal disease patientsHigh cure ratesEffective antiviral treatmentKidney recipientsTransplant recipientsKidney transplantMost patientsOlder patientsAntiviral treatmentWhite patientsDeceased donorsAllograft qualityFuture trialsBlack raceDisease patientsPatient acceptanceYoung donors
2016
First record of Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) (Diptera; Culicidae) from Minorca (Balearic Islands, Spain).
Bengoa M, Delacour-Estrella S, Barceló C, Paredes-Esquivel C, Leza M, Lucientes J, Molina R, Miranda M. First record of Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) (Diptera; Culicidae) from Minorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). Journal Of The European Mosquito Control Association 2016, 34: 5-9. DOI: 10.1163/2054930x-03401002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
First record of Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) (Diptera; Culicidae) from Ibiza (Balearic Islands; Spain)
Barceló C, Bengoa M, Monerris M, Molina R, Delacour-Estrella S, Lucientes J, Miranda M. First record of Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) (Diptera; Culicidae) from Ibiza (Balearic Islands; Spain). Journal Of The European Mosquito Control Association 2015, 33: 1-4. DOI: 10.1163/2054930x-03301001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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