Arturo Anadón#
| Membership Number: | 5390 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0580-7204 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present Guest Professor of Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei (China)
- 2004 Director of Research Group "Toxicology and Safety of Chemical and Biological Agents", UCM, Madrid, Spain
- 1991 Full Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
- 1990 - 2016 Director of the Centre for Research Assistance (Laboratory Animal Centre), UCM, Madrid, Spain
- 199 - 2008, 2012-2016 Head, Dep. of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UCM, Madrid, Spain
- 1988 - 2008 Director of the Toxicology Research Unit, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- 1988 - 1991 Professor of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University (UCM), Madrid, Spain
- 1982 - 1988 Full Professor of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leon, Spain
- 1981 - 1982 Full Professor of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cordoba, Spain
- 1974-1982 Associate Professor of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UCM, Madrid, Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular toxicity mechanisms of drugs and pesticides, pharmacokinetics, metabolism, P450 isoforms, gene expression profiling
- Signal pathways of oxidative stress, apoptosis, inflammation, and DNA methylation and drug therapeutic effect.
- Pharmacokinetics/toxicokinetics
- Pharmacological and toxicological in vivo and in vitro studies with drugs, pesticides, and chemicals and their interpretation.
- Food safety
- Risk assessments evaluation to animals, humans and environment
Honours and Awards
- 2017 - 2018. Hearing Expert in Pesticides - ECHA/EFSA Endocrine Disruption Guidance Consultation Group
- 2016 Member of the World Veterinary Association Advisory Group on Pharmaceutical Stewardship
- 2014 Member of the Emerging Risks Network, Spanish Agency for Consumption, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
- 2012 Member of the National Plant for the reduction of the risks of antibiotic resistance in veterinary medicine. Spanish Agency for Medicinal Products, Ministry of Health
- 2014 - 2019 Member and President of the Consumer Section of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Consumer, Food Safety and Nutrition Agency, Madrid, Spain. Vice-President (2012-)
- 2013 Member of Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) Medicines Working Group, Brussels (Belgium)
- 2008 - 2011 Membership of the EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids, Parma, Italy
- 2004 Consultant of the Organization of American States, Washington, USA
- 2004 Member of Ethical Committee for the Use of Laboratory Animal, UCM, Madrid, Spain
- 2003 - 2010 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition Agency, Madrid, Spain
- 2003 - 2006 Membership of the EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed, Brussels, Belgium
- 2003 Technical Co-Operation Expert of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria
- 2000 Member of the Expert Advisory Panel on Food Safety at the WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2000 - 2013 Member of the Committee for Veterinary Medical Products SW Group, EMEA, London, U.K.
- 1999 - 2000 Member of the Scientific Steering Committee WG on Harmonisation of Risk Assessment Procedures. EC, Brussels
- 1995 - 2013 Member of the Committee for Veterinary Medical Products Working Party of Residues, EC, Brussels, Belgium
- 1995 Expert of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA). London, U.K., (currently Amsterdam)
- 1986 - 2000 Member and Vice-President of the Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition, EC, Brussels, Belgium
- 1986 - 1997 Member of the Scientific Committee for Pesticides, EC, Brussels, Belgium
