Prof. Dr. Paula Oliver

Paula Oliver has a degree in Biology and Biochemistry and a PhD in Biochemistry with European Doctorate Mention (2000). She is a Full Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of the Balearic Island (UIB) (since 2019). Previously, she was an associate professor at the same university (since 2004). She is Co-PI of the research group 'Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Assessment' of the CIBER of Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN) and of the Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa). Her research mainly addresses the study of the effect of diet and diet compounds on health, with a particular interest in the molecular mechanisms involved in body weight control (obesity). Currently, she is focused on the search for early molecular biomarkers of diet-related pathologies (mainly obesity and its medical complications) using blood cells. She has led several preclinical and human studies demonstrating the usefulness of peripheral blood cells (mainly the PBMC fraction) to obtain biomarkers of nutrition and health. At present, she is part of the 'coordination office' of the European project INTEGRactiv ('Identification and validation of integrative biomarkers of physical activity level and health in children and adolescents'). She is a member of The European Nutrigenomics Organization (NuGO), the Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity (SEEDO), and the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM).