Valentina Echeverria Moran
Profesora
Universidad San Sebastian
Concepcion, Chile
Molecular Mechanisms, Drug discovery, Clinical research, Epidemiology, PTSD, schizophrenia, MDD, E Alzheimer disease, Stroke, Aging, Cotinine, Caffeine, antioxidants, Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, Astrocytes, Ethnopharmacology.
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Biología Celular y Molecular, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 1999
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Bioquímica, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 1994
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Bioquímico, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1991
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Clinical research, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2023
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Adjunct Assistant Professor Other
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
Medicine
Tampa, Estados Unidos
2007 - 2014
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Professor Full Time
Universidad San Sebastian
Ciencias de la Salud
Concepcion, Chile
2015 - 2023
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Professor Full Time
Universidad San Sebastian
Medicine
Concepcion, Chile
2023 - At present
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Principal Scientist Other
Bay Pines VAHCS
Bay Pines, Estados Unidos
2007 - At present
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Research Scientist Full Time
Columbia University
New York, Estados Unidos
2005 - 2006
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Postdoctoral fellow Full Time
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Estados Unidos
2003 - 2005
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Postdoctoral fellow Full Time
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
2001 - 2003
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Cientifico Postdoctoral Full Time
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB-CSIC)
España
1999 - 2001
2006-2023
- PhD Thesis
1. Cristhian Mendoza)(2018). Docente Investigador. USS
2. Alex Grizzell) Co-tutor (University of South Florida), Prof. Assistant Professor
3. Rafael Vides, MD, Psychiatrist. 2023. (Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Escuela de Estudios de Postgrado
Master Thesis
- Magister BMENT
1. Ms. Nathalie Alvarez Ricartes TM, MS.(2023). (Lecturer de TM.USS)
2. Ms. Patricia Olivares Matus, TM. Pending. (TM Clinical Laboratory, Pto. Montt)
3. Mr. Nelson Perez Urrutia.TM. Pending. ( Lecturer. USSs)
Master in Biomedicine (University of South Florida) (9 graduates)
4. Sagar Patel. (2014). MD Emergency.
5. Rosalyn Solomon NP(2014). Nurse Practitioner.
6. John Tran J. NP (2014). Nurse
7. Rosaly Holmes (2014).
8. Michelle Mullins M .(2014). (Scientist Florida Department of Law Enforcement-Biology/DNA)
9. Rohani A .(2014). MD.
10. Leila Charry .(2014). MD.
Undergraduate Thesis
- Students of Medical Technology (TM),
1. Carlos Silva Lavin (2016-1)(EB)
2. Nelson Perez Urrutia (2016-2)
3. Patricia Oliveros Matus (2016-2)
4. Francisco Susperreguy Montoya (2018-1)
5. John Hernandez Escanilla (2018-1)
6. Luis Hidalgo (2018-2)
7. Genesis (2018-2)
8. Gloria Cárdenas Véliz (2018-2)
9. Nathalie Diaz Sanhueza (2019-2)
10. Nicolás Ignacio Maldonado Pino (2021-2)
11. Danitza Guzman Fernandez (2021-2)
12. Pablo Toro (2021-2)
13. Miriam Cornejo (2021-2)
14. Nataly Arriasa Leiva (2021-2)
15. Javiera Alvarez (2022-1)
16. Thiare Rosales (2022-1)
17. Alberto Lopez (2023-1)
-Florida State University, 2007
Undergraduate BS-Biology Thesis
18. Sarah Burgess, (). BS. NP. Veterans Affairs Administration.
EDITORIAL BOARDS
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias; Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Associate Editor); Frontiers in ethnopharmacology; Neural Regeneration Research; World Journal of Pharmacology, Behavioral sciences; Frontiers in Pharmacology;American Journal of Neurodegenerative Disease; International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal; Chronic Diseases – International; SM Journal of Depression Research and Treatment; Encyclopedia (Oxford).
Editor (>15 peer-reviewed journals); Ad Hoc Reviewer (33 journals).
Associate Editor Frontiers in Ethnopharmacology; Clinical Neurosciences; Guest Associate Editor: Front in Aging Neuroscience Archive, Neurodegeneration; Molecular Signalling and Pathways; Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Brain-aging; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias; Review Editor Front in Aging Neuroscience Archive; Neurotrauma; Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Brain-aging; Psychiatry.
Patents
1. US 9,801,865 B2 Materials and methods for diagnosing, preventing, and treating stress disorders and conditions associated with Abeta peptide aggregation. The subject of the invention concerns treating posttraumatic stress disorder. Inventor: Valentina Echeverria Moran (United States of America (USA) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), University of South Florida (USF), filed Sep. 24, 2009. Approved: October 31, 2017.
2. US 10238641 B2. The subject invention concerns using Cotinine to detect the accumulation of Amyloid beta peptide in neural tissue and diagnose conditions such as AD. The method comprises administering Cotinine labeled with a radioisotope to a person or animal to be detected by Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Filed: October 4, 2017. Date of Patent: March 26, 2019. Assignees: USF, and the USA represented by the VA. Inventor: Valentina Echeverria Moran.
3. US 10, 307,411 B2 The Use of Cotinine in Treating or Preventing Neurogenesis Deficits and Enhancing Neurogenesis. The subject invention concerns methods for preventing neurogenesis deficits in neural tissue in a human or Animal. Inventor:Valentina Echeverria Moran & Doreen Appunn (VA Filed 1/5/2017. Approved; June 4, 2019.
4. US 2020/0000790 A1 The combination of Cotinine plus antioxidants for treatment-resistant depression and correction of astrocytes functional deficit induced by depression and other brain Conditions. Appl. No: 16/486,498 (22). PCT Filed: February 16, 2018 (86) PCT No .: PCT/IB18 / 00306 § 371 (c) (1)(2 Aug. 15, 2019. 16-02-2018. Expiration date:16-02-2038.
5. Chile. 2019-2313, registration: 64.986. Submitted 14-08-2019, Granted 20-05-2022. Date of registration in Chile. 01-08-2022.Uso de cotinina y Aceite de krill para tratar o prevenir un trastorno inducido por estrés crónico, (depresión o ansiedad) y composición farmacéutica que los comprende, Universidad San Sebastián, The USA as represented by the VA. Chile, by the Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial. Santiago, 22 de Agosto de 2022. 9:41:06. Expiration date:16-02-2038.
6. USA-Chile. US Patent No. 63/551,952 titled “Use of Cotinine to Reduce the Ill Effects of Stress in Farmed Sea Animals”. filed February 9, 2024 (VA ID No. 2017-449-06)
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Oversea Member
Royal Society of Medicine, UK
Reino Unido, 2018
Elegida como miembro extranjero. Este honor requiere de la postulación por dos miembros secretos de la RSM y la aprobación por un comité de selección.
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Doctoral fellowship
CONSEJO NACIONAL DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA
Chile, 1995
Four years competitive fellowship to perform the Biological sciences Ph.D. Program at the University of Concepcion, Chile. 1995-1999
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Fellowship to participate in the In Vitro Cell Biology and Biotechnology Program
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Estados Unidos, 1993
Program in cell biology and Biotechnology 700hs,. Graduated with 4.0+/4.0
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Teaching Assistant Graduate Fellowship
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Chile, 1991
Four years Fellowship from the graduate school to perform the Master of Science Program.
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International contract
MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA
España, 2000
Two years Contract to work in the National Center of Biotechnology, CNB en el laboratorio del Dr. Jose Ramon Naranjo, in Neurobiology. Gene expression regulation by the transcription factor DREAM.
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Teaching Assistant Doctoral Fellowship
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Chile, 1999
One-year fellowship to finish the Ph.D. Program.
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Member
American Psychological Association (APA)
Estados Unidos, 2024
Invited to join the American Psychological Association
Role of bone-morphometric proteins in the enhancement of fear extinction and astrocyte protection induced by cotinine in fear-conditioned mice |
INVESTIGATING COTININE AS A THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER |
Memory enhancing effects of high-energy compounds plus cotinine in aged mice |
Cotinine to reduce Chemotherapy-induced Cognitive Impairment |
Investigating Cotinine to Improve Memory and Prevent Tobacco Abuse in Subjects with Cognitive Impairment due to Psychiatric Disorders |
Cotinine as a Therapeutic Tool against Alzheimer’s disease |
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Neuroprotective Actions of Cotinine |
Role of cRaf-1/ERK Pathway on Cotinine Neurotoxicity |
CARACTERIZACION FUNCIONAL DEL DOMINIO HELICOIDAL DE LA SUBUNIDAD GAS DE LA PROTEINA G |