Dr. Germán Bou
Servicio Microbiología Clínica.
Complejo Hospitalario de A Coruña.
• Bioinformática aplicada al estudio de las resistencias bacterianas
Fundamento y usos clínicos.
Head of the Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario A Coruña, Spain.
Associate Professor of Microbiology, USC.
Master Health Administration (Health National School).
Author of more than 295 scientific articles in relation to clinical microbiology.
Publications in Nature, Nature Com., Proc Natl Acad. Sci., PLoS Pathog., Emerging Infectious Diseases, J. Amer Chemical Society; J. Clin. Investigacion among them.
Bibliometric H index of 64 with 22,500 citations.
Author or co-author of 9 patents, one of them PCT in National Phases.
Principal investigator of more than 30 scientific projects at National or European level.
He is the national coordinator of the Antimicrobial Resistance Program within the Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI).
Areas of interest include the study of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, the development of vaccines against resistant bacteria, the development of diagnostic technology, and the study of the human microbiome and its modulating role in human health.
National and International Recognitions
ICAAC Program Committee Award in the Area of Antimicrobial Resistance (ASM, American Society for Microbiology). 2010.
Member of the Royal Academy of Pharmacy, 2017.
Honorary recognition of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID Fellow) in 2017 for professional excellence.
Ibero-American Society of Pharmacy Award, 2018.