Extraordinary Doctorate Awards 2022 of the UdL to 4 researchers IRBLleida

The Steering Committee of the Doctoral School of the University of Lleida (UdL) has awarded the Extraordinary Doctoral Awards 2022 to the different doctoral programmes of the UdL, including 4 researchers who completed their doctorate at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Lleida (IRBLleida). These are:

Medicine and Surgery
Dr. Esther Sapiña Beltrán
Thesis title: STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF SLEEP APNEASHIPOPNEAS SYNDROME AND ITS TREATMENT WITH CPAP ON DIFFERENT PHENOTYPES OF BREATHING PRESSURE.
Director: Dr. Manuel Sánchez de la Torre and Dr. Mireia Dalmases Cleries

Biomedicine
Dr. Elena Britti
Thesis Title: DORSAL ROOT GANGLION NEURONS AS A MODEL OF FRIEDREICH ATAXIA
Director: Dr. Joaquim Ros Salvador

Psychology
Dr. Ignacio Lucas Adell
Thesis Title: EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS, EMOTION AND PERSONALITY: ACTIVITY OF THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX THROUGH FUNCTIONAL NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FNIRS)
Director: Dr. Antoni Aluja Fabregat

Nursing and Physiotherapy
Dr. Carolina Climent Sanz
Thesis Title: CONCEPTUALIZATION OF POOR SLEEP QUALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF FIBROMYALGIA: FROM PATIENT EXPERIENCE TO MANAGEMENT
Director: Dr. Montserrat Gea Sánchez, Dr. Maria Teresa Moreno Casbas and Dr. Cristina Esquinas López

The award, for people who have defended their thesis in the academic year 2020-21, consists of a diploma, issued by the rector of the University of Lleida, and the inclusion in the student's academic transcript of the explicit mention of the Award granted. This mention will be included in the academic certificates, as well as in the European Diploma Supplement.