Francisco Amaro-gahete MD, PhD

Dr. Francisco J. Amaro Gahete (FAG) has a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Sciences (2013) and in Medicine (2022) obtaining the UGR-Caja Rural de Granada award for university academic performance at the University of Granada. He also completed three Master’s degrees in the 2013-2014 and 2014/2015 academic years. FAG has participated in numerous research projects. He obtained two research initiation grants during his undergraduate studies. Thereafter, FAG obtained the most prestigious pre-doctoral grant in Spain (FPU grant) obtaining one of the best scores within the Biomedicine area (2015). During the FPU, FAG completed his doctoral studies, obtaining a PhD in Biomedicine (Summa Cum Laude).

His PhD Thesis is composed of a total of 18 research articles, all of them published in very high-impact journals. To note is that one of the manuscripts published by FAG has received the “Fidel Fernández Osuna” Scientific Award (2020) conferred by the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Eastern Andalusia. Importantly, his International PhD Thesis has received two prestigious awards: (i) the “PhD Academy Award” (2021) conferred by the British Journal of Sports Medicine and (ii) the “Extraordinary PhD Award” (2022) conferred by the University of Granada. His current position is Associate Professor at the University of Granada.