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Mr Cesc Bertran Cobo

Research Assistant

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Enthusiastic, non-conformist neuroscientist | PhD @UCT 🧠 | Malaria RA & HIV module org @LSHTM | 🏳️‍🌈 They/Them

Researcher in child global health, focused on the use of neuroimaging in resource-limited settings to decipher how early life factors impact brain development in children. Experienced investigator in the field of paediatric MRI, HIV, malaria, and neuroinflammation, as well as implementation research and training for capacity building in malaria-endemic countries.

Affiliations

Department of Infection Biology
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

Cesc is the co-organiser of the HIV module at the Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, LSHTM, together with Dr David Lawrence. This is an intense course that aims to provide master students with insights into multiple disciplines and aspects of health and well-being related to the HIV pandemic. In addition to that, Cesc is a malaria immunology lecturer in the MSc in Immunology of Infectious Diseases, together with Dr Samuel Wassmer.

Prior to joining LSTHM and as part of Barcelona's Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Cesc facilitated training to in-country staff in multiple sites in Sierra Leone, in the context of the ICARIA clinical trial and MULTIPLY implementation project. Sessions included training on community-based, cross-sectional household survey procedures and multi-stage sampling methodologies, as well as the collection of dried blood spots and adequate storage of biological samples.

Research

Research Area
Child health
Neurology
Immunology
Immunopathology
Disease and Health Conditions
Malaria
HIV/AIDS
Mental health
Neurological diseases
Country
United Kingdom
Spain
South Africa
Malaysia
Sierra Leone
India
Gabon
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
South Asia
Euro area

Selected Publications

PA-466 Factors associated with coverage of three doses of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants with Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine: a cross-sectional community-based survey in Sierra Leone
Fombah, AE; Chen, H; Owusu-Kyei, K; Quinto, L; Gonzalez, R; Williams, J; Berne, ML; Wassenaar, M; Jalloh, A; Sunders, J-HC; Ramirez, M; Bertran-Cobo, C; Saute, F; Ekouevi, DK; Briand, V; Kamara, AR Y; Sesay, T; Samai, M; Menendez, C;
2023
Abstracts of Poster and e-Poster Presentations
PA-574 Prevalence and factors associated with malaria infection in children aged 10 to 23 months in Togo in 2022
Tchankoni, MK; Arikawa, S; Gbeasor-Komlanvi, FA; Sadio, AJ; Figueroa-Romero, A; Berne, ML; González, R; Bertran-Cobo, C; Saute, F; Ekouevi, DK; Briand, V; Samai, M; Menendez, C;
2023
Abstracts of Poster and e-Poster Presentations
Altered TFEB subcellular localization in nigral dopaminergic neurons of subjects with prodromal, sporadic and<i>GBA</i>-related Parkinson’s disease and Dementia with Lewy bodies
Moors, TE; Morella, ML; Bertran-Cobo, C; Geut, H; Udayar, V; Timmermans-Huisman, E; Ingrassia, AM T; Brevé, JJ P; Bol, JG J M; Bonifati, V; Jagasia, R; Van de Berg, WD J;
2023
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants after four years of implementation in Sierra Leone.
Fombah, AE; Chen, H; Owusu-Kyei, K; Quinto, L; Gonzalez, R; Williams, J; Berne, ML; Wassenaar, M; Jalloh, A; Sunders, J-HC; Ramirez, M; Bertran-Cobo, C; Saute, F; Ekouevi, DK; Briand, V; Kamara, AR Y; Sesay, T; Samai, M; Menendez, C;
2023
Malaria Journal
Early neurodevelopment of HIV-exposed uninfected children in the era of antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
WEDDERBURN, CJ; Weldon, E; Bertran-Cobo, C; REHMAN, AM; Stein, DJ; Gibb, DM; YEUNG, S; Prendergast, AJ; Donald, KA;
2022
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
A Neurometabolic Pattern of Elevated Myo-Inositol in Children Who Are HIV-Exposed and Uninfected: A South African Birth Cohort Study.
Bertran-Cobo, C; WEDDERBURN, CJ; Robertson, FC; Subramoney, S; Narr, KL; Joshi, SH; Roos, A; REHMAN, AM; Hoffman, N; Zar, HJ; Stein, DJ; Donald, KA;
2022
Frontiers in Immunology
Preclinical evaluation of antigen-specific nanotherapy based on phosphatidylserine-liposomes for type 1 diabetes.
Villalba, A; Rodriguez-Fernandez, S; Ampudia, R-M; Cano-Sarabia, M; Perna-Barrull, D; Bertran-Cobo, C; Ehrenberg, C; Maspoch, D; Vives-Pi, M;
2019
Artificial cells, nanomedicine, and biotechnology
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