Esther Via Virgili
Investigador
Research group
The researcher Esther Via graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2006 from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, later she specialized in Psychiatry at the Hospital de Bellvitge, Barcelona, in 2010. In 2015 she obtained her Ph.D. degree in Medicine by the University of Barcelona, receiving an extraordinary PhD award from the same university in 2018.
Between the years 2010 and 2016, she carried out several training stays in neuroimaging research: Institute of Psychiatry, London and Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Center.
Her research has been funded by several competitive grants, including an Endeavor Award from the Australian Government and a Rio Hortega grant from the Carlos III Institute of the Spanish Government. This last scholarship was carried out during 2016-2018 year at Parc Taulí de Sabadell Hospital with a contract of a postdoctoral researcher with a clinical dedication.
Since 2018, she works at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in a joint clinical and research contract. She is currently studying the presence of neuro-structural and neurofunctional alterations of the conical-streakal pathways present in adolescents who are either at risk of developing them or because they present a mental disorder.
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SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital Last Publications
- Cardoner N, Andero R, Cano M, Marin-Blasco I, Porta-Casteràs D, Serra-Blasco M, Via E, Vicent-Gil M and Portella M Impact of Stress on Brain Morphology: Insights into Structural Biomarkers of Stress-related Disorders CURRENT NEUROPHARMACOLOGY . 22(5): 935-962.
- Fortea A, van Eijndhoven P, Calvet-Mirabent A, Ilzarbe D, Batalla A, de la Serna E, Puig O, Castro-Fornieles J, Dolz M, Tor J, Parrilla S, Via E, Stephan-Otto C, Baeza I and Sugranyes G Age-related change in cortical thickness in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis: a longitudinal study EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY . 33(6): 1837-1846.
- Via E and Contreras-Rodríguez O Binge-Eating Precursors in Children and Adolescents: Neurodevelopment, and the Potential Contribution of Ultra-Processed Foods Nutrients . 15(13): .
Projects
- Project name:
- Precursores del trastorno por atracón en adolescentes con obesidad: marcadores MRI temprano de disfunción de circuitos cerebrales de refuerzo e inhibición (Estudio PREC-BED)
- Leader
- Esther Via Virgili
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Fundació Privada per a la Recerca i la Docència Sant Joan de Déu - FSJD, Via Virgili, Esther
- Code
- PI22/00655
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2023 - 2025
- Project name:
- Trastorno por atracón en adolescentes con obesidad: caracterización clínica, neuropsicológica y de neuroimagen de formas precursoras y predictores de evolución. Estudio piloto PREC-TA.
- Leader
- Esther Via Virgili
- Funding entities:
- Torrons Vicens SL
- Code
- PFNR0179
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2023 - 2025
- Project name:
- SGR 2022-2024_Grup de Recerca en Etiopatogènia i Tractament dels Trastorns Mentals Greus (MERITT)
- Leader
- Judith Usall i Rodié
- Funding entities:
- Agaur - Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
- Code
- 2021 SGR 01380
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2022 - 2025