Meet the researchers: Dafina Petrova and Federico García in 'Meet the Researcher'
Two researchers from Biosanitary Research Institute ibs.GRANADA, Dafina Petrova y Federico Garcia Garcia, have participated in Meet the Researcher, a science outreach initiative linked to the European Researchers' Night which allows you to get to know, in a close way, the people behind the research and the work they do.
Through two audiovisual pieces, both researchers share their career path, their main lines of work and their vision of science, bringing the public closer to areas of research with an important impact on health.
Federico García García: research in microbiology and infectious diseases
Federico Garcia Garcia, attached to the Scientific Directorate and principal investigator of the group MP13-Antiretroviral Resistances The ibs.GRANADA team carries out its activities in the field of microbiology and infectious diseases, with lines of research related to HIV, viral hepatitis and other health challenges linked to infections.
▶ Meet Federico García García at Meet the Researcher
Dafina Petrova: Epidemiology and psychology to advance cancer prevention
Dafina Petrova, group researcher A17-Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Cancer The ibs.GRANADA focuses its work on cancer prevention from a perspective that integrates epidemiology, psychology and the study of health-related behaviors.
▶ Meet Dafina Petrova at Meet the Researcher
Bringing research closer to the public
Meet the Researcher It is part of the activities of the European Researchers' Night and brings together audiovisual pieces in which researchers present their work, their professional beginnings and their relationship with science in the first person.
The initiative helps to bring scientific activity closer to society and to make more visible the people who work every day to generate new knowledge.
The participation of Dafina Petrova and Federico García García reinforces the commitment of ibs.GRANADA with scientific dissemination and knowledge transfer to the public, showing in an accessible way some of the lines of research that are developed at the Institute.
Meet the Researcher It is an activity coordinated by the Discover Foundation Within the framework of European Researchers' Night in Andalusia, an initiative promoted by the European Commission through Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions of Horizon Europe.