Professor Luis Sobrevia

Luis Sobrevia, Chilean, holds a BSc in Biology and Natural Sciences from the Universidad del Bío-Bío and MSc in Physiological Sciences from the Universidad de Concepción (Chile), and a PhD in Physiology and Medical Sciences, with postdoctoral training in vascular pathophysiology at King’s College London from the University of London (UK). He holds a Diploma in Teaching from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). He is a Fellow of The Physiological Society (UK) (FTPS), a Fellow of the Academy of Physiology of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (FIUPS), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (FRSM), member of the Academy of Sciences of Latin-America (ACAL), Professor of Molecular Physiology and Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine at PUC, Honorary Professor at University of Queensland (Australia), Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), and São Paulo State University (UNESP, Brazil), and Collaborator Professor at Faculty of Medicine, UNESP (Brazil).

Dr. Sobrevia is the Director of the Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL) at PUC (Chile) and CMPL at UNESP (Brazil). Editor-in-Chief of Physiological Mini Reviews, co-Editor-in-Chief of Current Vascular Pharmacology, Executive Editor and member of the editorial board of several scientific/medical journals, IUPS Representative to Americas, member of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Council Commission of IUPS, co-Chair of the Liaison Committee of the Regional Focal Point for Latin America and the Caribbean (RFP LAC) of the International Science Council (ISC). His research focus is altered fetoplacental vascular function in diseases of pregnancy, including gestational diabesity, gestational diabetes mellitus, preeclampsia, and maternal obesity.