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Sonia Gómez Martínez

Senior Technician

Research Groups:

Department: Unidad de Nutrición Humana

Short Bio

Dr. Gomez obtained a BS degree in Biology in 1989 by the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. She’s also got a Master’s degree in Human Nutrition by the Universidad del Rey Juan Carlos (2000). She presented her Thesis project on “Effects of dietetic supplements in Anorexia Nervosa patients: nutritional and immunological evaluation” in 2002 and got a PhD degree in Pharmacy. Since 1996 she joined Dr. Marcos’ research team in the CSIC where she has done research basically in the Immunonutrition field and specifically seeking for biomarkers of nutritional status in populations at risk of malnutrition, such as patients with eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa), obese and healthy adolescents. She’s also looked into the effect of probiotics on the immune system of humans with dietary intervention studies. She has lectured eventually in different academic subjects at University Complutense and been speaker in a number of conferences and courses on Nutrition and Health. The scientific activity developed along this path is performed within the area of Immunonutrition. With a scientific production of more than 105 SCI publications and 60 book chapters. Consulting actively working on nutrition education campaigns and the dissemination of science. As usual several universities as a partner: UCM, UAM, UCM, University of the Basque Country, CEU, EMU. With great experience in organizing conferences and postgraduate courses. She is currently the head of the Human Nutrition Unit (UNH) of ICTAN-CSIC

Lifestyle patterns and endocrine, metabolic and immunological biomarkers in European adolescents: The HELENA study. Agostinis-Sobrinho C, Gómez-Martínez S, Nova E, Hernandez A, Labayen I, Kafatos A, Gottand F, Molnár D, Ferrari M, Moreno LA, Michels N, Ruperez A, Ruiz JR, Marcos A (Agostinis-Sobrinho y Gómez-Martínez la misma contribución). Pediatric Diabetes 20(1):23-31.

https://doi.org/10.1111/pedi.12802

Inflammation and fatness in adolescents with and without Down syndrome. UP&DOWN Study. Gutierrez-Hervas A, Gómez-Martínez S, Izquierdo-Gómez R, Veiga OL, Perez-Bey A, Castro-Piñero J, Marcos A. (Gómez-Martínez Corresponding). J Intellect Disabil Res. 64(2):170-179.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12697

Moringa oleifera Leaf Supplementation as a Glycemic Control Strategy in Subjects with Prediabetes. Gómez-Martínez S, Díaz-Prieto LE, Vicente Castro I, Jurado C, Iturmendi N, Martín-Ridaura MC, Calle N, Dueñas M, Picón MJ, Marcos A, Nova E. Nutrients. 24;14(1):57.

https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14010057

Fitness, body composition, and metabolic risk scores in children and adolescents: the UP&DOWN study. Sánchez-Delgado A, Pérez-Bey A, Izquierdo-Gómez R, Jimenez-Iglesias J, Marcos A, Gómez-Martínez S, Girela-Rejón MJ, Veiga OL, Castro-Piñero J. Eur J Pediatr. 182(2):669-687.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-022-04707-1

Healthy habits in CSIC workers during COVID-19 lockdown in Spain. Hernández de Diego E, Zapatera B, Frias J, Gómez-Martinez S. Arbor CSIC 198, 806.

https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2022.806011

New indices in predicting cardiometabolic risk and its relation to endothelial dysfunction in adolescents: the HELENA study. Nogueira MD, Braga RAM, Manios Y, Androutsos O, Molnár D, Polito A, Gómez-Martínez S, Béghin L, Widhalm; K, Bueno G, Castillo Mj, Arum P, Moreno LA, Maia C. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc. 33(5):1037-1048.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2023.01.015

915492300 ext. 436476

sgomez@ictan.csic.es

ORCID:
0000-0002-3281-0118

Researcher ID:
Q-2626-2017