Salvador Macip

I am a physician with more than 25 years of experience studying the biological mechanisms of ageing. I have contributed to defining the importance of senescent cells in ageing-related diseases, such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease, and I am currently continuing this research with the aim of defining tools that can be used in patients to ameliorate these diseases. Furthermore, I work both on defining new biomarkers and developing new treatments. 

In addition, I direct the Faculty of Health Sciences at the UOC and do teaching and research at the University of Leicester, where I direct the Mechanisms of Cancer and Ageing Lab, which works in coordination with the Biology of Neurodegeneration and Ageing Research Group.

Current research duties:

• Group Leader of the Biology of Neurodegeneration and Ageing Research Group (BBRC)
• Group Leader at the Mechanisms of Cancer and Ageing Lab (University of Leicester)

Professional duties:

• Professor and Director of the UOC's Health Sciences Faculty
• Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Leicester

Previous professional duties:

• Group Leader, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (2023-2025)
• Professor and researcher, Health Studies, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2020-2022)
• Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester (2015-2022).
• Professor, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad de Leicester (2015-2022).
• Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester (2008-2015).
• Instructor, Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (2004-2007).
• Post-doctoral fellow, Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (1998-2003).

Academic Background:

• PhD in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona (1998)
• Graduate in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona (1994)