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    Associate Professor

    Dra. Tamara Iturriaga Ramírez

    • Biomedicine and Health
    • Sports

    Tamara Iturriaga is a professor and researcher in the Department of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences. She holds a degree in Physical Education from Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, Santiago-Chile. She has a Master's in Physical Activity and Health and a Ph.D. in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences from Universidad Europea de Madrid.

    She teaches undergraduate courses in (1) Physical Activity and Health; (2) Cellular and Tissue Biology; (3) Physical Activity in Natural Environments. At the postgraduate level, she teaches (1) Conducting and Interpreting Exercise Tests.

    She has published seven scientific articles in indexed journals. Additionally, she has co-authored book chapters and has participated in more than ten national and international congresses in her field of expertise, as well as in 15 research projects funded by both private and public sources.

    Academic background

    • PhD in Physical Activity and Sport Science

      • Universidad Europea de Madrid
      • 2017-2020

    • Master in Physical Activity and Health

      • Universidad Europea de Madrid
      • 2015-2016

    • Graduate in Physical Education

      • Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (Santiago de Chile)
      • 2007-2011

    Professional experience

    • Universidad Europea de Madrid - Banco Santander
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    • 2020-2021

    II Call for applications for Santander Junior Research Fellowships - European University Foundation

    Santander Research Quarry Grant - European University Foundation 2020. COVID funds.

    • Universidad Europea de Madrid - Gofit LAB
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    • 2017-2020

    Research activity: (1) Physical exercise and applied biological markers; (2) Physical exercise in population with respiratory pathologies (Asthma and cystic fibrosis); (3) Evaluation of physical fitness and body composition in healthy population; (4) Physical exercise for the improvement of respiratory function and body composition in the work environment. And teaching support in laboratory practices in the subject of Exercise Physiology.

    • Banco Ripley - Raco Wind consultores Chile
    • Active breaks instructor
    • 2012-2014

    Programming and conducting active break classes for sedentary workers.

    • Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello - Fundación AES-GENER Chile
    • Outdoor Education and Recreation Instructor
    • 2008-2011

    Field teacher of Outdoor Life I and II. Monitor of Outdoor Education and Sports Coaching Programmes.

    Publications

    • Mechanisms of ventilatory limitation to maximum exercise in children and adolescents with chronic airway diseases.

      Mechanisms of ventilatory limitation to maximal exercise in children and adolescents with chronic airway disease (2023).

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    • Is exercise and electrostimulation effective in improving muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness in children with cystic fibrosis and mild-to-moderate pulmonary impairment?: Randomized controlled trial.

      Is exercise and electrostimulation effective in improving muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness in children with cystic fibrosis and mild to moderate pulmonary impairment: a randomised controlled trial (2022)?

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    • Acute Impacts of Different Types of Exercise on Circulating α-Klotho Protein Levels

      Acute effects of different types of exercise on circulating levels of α-Klotho protein (2021).

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    • Genetic Variations Associated with Non‐Contact Muscle Injuries in Sport: a Systematic Review

      Genetic variations associated with non-contact muscle injuries in sport: a systematic review (2021).

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    • Effects of a Short-Term Resistance-Training Program on Heart Rate Variability in Children With Cystic Fibrosis—A Randomized Controlled Trial

      Effects of a short-term resistance training programme on heart rate variability in children with cystic fibrosis: a randomised controlled trial (2021).

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    • Effect of a combined exercise program on physical fitness, lung function, and quality of life in patients with controlled asthma and exercise symptoms: A randomized controlled trial.

      Effect of a combined exercise programme on fitness, lung function and quality of life in patients with controlled asthma and exercise symptoms: A randomised controlled trial (2020).

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    • Effects of a short workplace exercise program on body composition in women: A randomized controlled trial.

      Effects of a short workplace exercise programme on body composition in women: A randomised controlled trial (2019).

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    Research projects

    • Impact of frailty on the prognosis of patients admitted for acute heart failure: role of biometric analysis and new biochemical and genetic biomarkers GRS 2525/A/22.

    • Genetic variations associated with non-contact soft tissue injuries: study of candidate genes.

    • Effects of physical fitness on the anti-ageing protein Klotho in a healthy population. Positive effects on health and quality of life of multiple interventions based on structured exercise programmes in the general population: generating evidence and facilitating good practice.

    • Association of Alpha Klotho protein with physical fitness, lung function and morbidity in patients with cystic fibrosis.

    • Effect of CFTR modulating drugs on fitness, lung function, ionotest and miRNAs in cystic fibrosis (2020/UEM25).

    • Analysis of the behaviour of the ?Klotho protein in the 72 hours following acute exercise in young people with medium-high physical condition (CoFiKSa II).

    • Effect of a synergistic physical exercise programme with muscular electrostimulation on lung function, physical condition, body composition and respiratory microbiota diversity in patients with cystic fibrosis with moderate pulmonary involvement (EEMiFQ project).

    • Effect of physical fitness and genetic variants of the PGC1-?-NRF-TFAM cellular pathway on the number of leukocyte mitochondria: a pilot study.

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