Anna López Sala
Investigador
Research group
Research line:
Pediatric neurometabolism: mechanisms of neural communication and personalized therapies
Anna López Sala graduated in Psychology in 1996 from the University of Barcelona. She did her master's degree in Child and Adult Clinical Neuropsychology from 1999 to 2002 and obtained her PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2011.
She has the FANPSE Certificate of Expertise in Neuropsychology. Since 2004 she has been working as an assistant in the Neurology Service of the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital.
She is the coordinator of the UTAE (School Learning Disorders Unit) of the Sant Joan de Déu Pediatric Institute. She is a professor in different master's degrees teaching subjects related to neuropsychology and an internship tutor. Also, she is the director of the master's degree in Neuropsychology at the University of Barcelona.
Last Publications
- López-Sala A, Ahufinger, N, Colomé-Roura R, Balsells S, Andreu, L, Aguilera, M, Martínez-García, C, Perálvarez, I and Cuadras-Palleja D Prelectocat. Catalan screening tool for early detection of reading difficulties in childhood OCNOS-JOURNAL OF READING RESEARCH . 24(2): .
- Bellido-Castillo E, López-Sala A, Aparicio J, Cuadras-Palleja D and Palacio-Navarro A Verbal episodic memory in children undergoing temporal lobe epilepsy surgery: a one-year follow-up study REVISTA DE NEUROLOGIA . 78(3): 61-71.
- Forné S, López-Sala A, Mateu-Estivill R, Adan A, Caldú X, Rifà-Ros X and Serra-Grabulosa JM Improving Reading Skills Using a Computerized Phonological Training Program in Early Readers with Reading Difficulties INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH . 19(18): .
Projects
- Project name:
- Mapas de conectividad funcional cerebral y neurodesarrollo en epilepsias pediátricas de debut precoz (Proyecto EPI-NEUROMAPS)
- Leader
- Maria del Carmen Fons Estupiña
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- PI22/01441
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2023 - 2025
- Project name:
- Estudio sobre la frecuencia de dificultades atencionales en pacientes pediátricos con epilepsia y el efecto del tratamiento farmacológico con metilfenidato
- Leader
- Anna López Sala
- Funding entities:
- Laboratorios Rubió
- Code
- Laboratorios Rubió
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2017 - 2020
- Project name:
- Epilepsy and Mood Regulation Disorders: a Prospective and Longitudinal Study in Children With Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy. EPILETRE
- Leader
- Jaume Campistol Plana, Alexis Arzimanoglou
- Funding entities:
- Fundació La Caixa, Fundació Bancària " La Caixa"
- Code
- EPILETRE
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2016 - 2024
