PRESENT POSITION: Full Professor of Internal Medicine. Director of the Department of Internal Medicine. Reina Sofia University Hospital. School of Medicine. University of Cordoba. Spain.
PUBLICATIONS: Prof. Lopez- Miranda has published almost 664 scientific articles in peer review journals, including The Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of American College of Cardiology, Atherosclerosis, Journal of Lipid Research and the Journal of Nutrition. His “H” index is 72 at present.
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Prof. López-Miranda major research interests focus on the dietary and genetics factors predisposing to cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease and their interaction with the environment and behavioral factors with special emphasis on diet and particularly on the gene-diet interaction determining cholesterol levels, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, obesity, endothelial function and cardiovascular diseases. The research carried out by his Unit is primarily in the area of human nutrition, personalized nutrition and the interaction between gene polymorphism and diet in lipoprotein metabolism, postprandial metabolism, insulin sensitivity, obesity, cardiovascular diseases and Metabolic Syndrome.