YACHAY TECH

Santiago Ballaz, Ph.D.

PROFESOR TIEMPO COMPLETO PRINCIPAL 2

Teléfono Ext. 2626

Biografía

Graduado en Ciencias Biológicas por la Universidad de Navarra (España) en 1989. Doctorado en Ciencias por la misma Universidad (1996). Profesor de la Universidad Pública de Navarra y de la UNED (España). Estancia postdoctoral en el Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute de la Universidad de Michigan (USA) con los prestigiosos profesores Stanley Watson y Huda Akil. Investigador del Centro de Patología Molecular de la Universidad de Lisboa (Portugal) y en el Departamento de Neurociencias del Centro de Investigación de Medicina Aplicada (España). Docente inaugural de la Universidad Yachay Tech desde octubre de 2014. Editor Asociado de Frontiers in Pharmacology.

 

Research Interests

Neuropsicofarmacología (desarrollo de nuevos fármacos para el tratamiento desórdenes psiquiátricos incluido adicción y neurodegenerativos como enfermedad de Parkinson), Neurotoxicidad in vitro de agroquímicos, pronóstico de enfermedades respiratorias asociadas al mal de altura como el edema pulmonar, diagnóstico de severidad de enfermedades infecciosas respiratorias como COVID-19 y neumonías adquiridas en la comunidad basados en análisis sanguíneos rutinarios.

 

Selected Publications:

    1. Lapo-Talledo GJ, Talledo-Delgado JÁ, Portalanza, D, Ballaz SJ, Siteneski A, (2023). “Analysis of socio-demographic, economic and individual reasons for COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in Ecuador: a nationwide longitudinal study.” Journal of Community Health. Jan 18:1–13. doi: 10.1007/s10900-023-01188-7. IF: 4.371. Q1
    2. Sánchez K, Ramírez-Cando LJ, Machado W, Villafuerte A, Ballaz SJ. (2022). “Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC): A new biomarker for high-altitude pulmonary edema in the Ecuadorian Andes.” Scientific Reports 12(1):20740. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25040-5. IF: 4.996. Q1
    3. Fors M, Ballaz S, Ramírez H, Mora F, Pulgar-Sánchez M, Chamorro K, Fernández-Moreira E. (2022) Sex-biased performance of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte, monocyte-to-lymphocyte, platelet-to-lymphocyte and mean platelet volume-to-platelet ratios in discriminating COVID-19 severity. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 9:822556. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.822556. IF: 5.846. Q1
    4. Pulgar-Sánchez M, Chamorro K, Fors M, Mora FX, Fernández-Moreira E, Ramírez H, Ballaz SJ. (2021) “Biomarkers of sever COVID-19 pneumonia on admission using data-mining powered by common laboratory blood test-dataset”. Computers in Biology and Medicine 136: 104738. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104738. IF: 6.698. Q1
    5. Torres A, Fors M, Rivero T, Pantoja K, Ballaz SJ. (2021). “Comparison between RT-qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 and Expanded Triage in Sputum of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic COVID-19 Subjects in Ecuador”. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21(1):558. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06272-8. IF: 3.09. Q2
    6. Ballaz SJ, Espinosa N, Bourin M. (2021) “Does endogenous cholecystokinin modulate alcohol intake?” Neuropharmacology 1;193:108539. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108539. IF: 5.25. Q1
    7. Ballaz SJ, Pulgar-Sáchez M, Chamorro K, Fernández-Moreira E, Ramírez H, Mora FX, Fors M (2021) Common laboratory tests as indicators of COVID-19 severity on admission at high altitude: A single-center retrospective study in Quito (ECUADOR). Clin Chem Lab Med. 2021 Mar 5. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2021-0156. IF: 8.490. Q1
    8. Lopez DE & Ballaz SJ (2020). The role of brain cyclooxygenase 2 beyond neuroinflammation: neuronal homeostasis in memory and anxiety. Molecular Neurobiology. 57(12):5167-5176. doi: 10.1007/s12035-020-02087-x. IF: 5.59 Q1
    9. Rodriguez-Losada N, de la Rosa F, Larriva M, Wendelbo R, Aguirre JA, Castresana JS & Ballaz SJ (2020) Overexpression of alpha-synuclein promotes both cell proliferation and cell toxicity in human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Journal of Advanced Research 23: 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2020.01.009. IF: 12.822. Q1
    10. Ballaz SJ & Rebec GW (2019) Neurobiology of vitamin C: expanding the focus from antioxidant to endogenous neuromodulator. Pharmacological Research. 146:104321. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2019.104321. IF: 10.334. Q1
    11. Ballaz S. (2017) The unappreciated roles of cholecystokinin receptor CCK(1)r in brain functioning. Reviews in the Neurosciences doi: 10.1515/rev

Información Académica

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PUBLICACIONES

Neurobiology of vitamin C: Expanding the focus from antioxidant to endogenous neuromodulator

2019

Journal: Pharmacological Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2019.104321

The unappreciated roles of the cholecystokinin receptor CCK(1) in brain functioning

2017

Journal:

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/revneuro-2016-0088

The unappreciated roles of the cholecystokinin receptor CCK(1) in brain functioning

2017

Journal: Reviews in the neurosciences

DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2016-0088