María Del Carmen Fariñas Álvarez

Carmen Fariñas Álvarez is head of Infectious Diseases Unit, Internal Medicine, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Cantabria. Santander, Spain Head of the Associated Clinical Research Group of Epidemiology and Pathogenic Mechanisms of Infectious Diseases at the Research Institute «Marqués de Valdecilla» (IDIVAL). Coordinator of Continuing Medical Education at the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital from 2005 to 2009. Medical Degree at the Medical School: University of Oviedo, Asturias. Internal Medicine Specialty at the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria. PhD Degree at the University of Cantabria (UC), Santander, Cantabria. Fellow in Immunology, Immunology Division, at the Stanford Medical Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, EE.UU. Lines of Investigation: Infections in immunosuppressed patients, Cardiovascular infections, Biofilm-associated infections.